Category: CA Central Coast (Page 2 of 2)

My 22nd ride of April was a tough one. On paper, or more accurately on my Garmin 510, it doesn’t sound particularly tough – 2231 feet of ascent in 53 miles and 3002 feet of descent.

There was a long climb of about 3 miles with a grade of 6-7%, but an even longer descent to make up for it. One section of the descent was fairly steep and I definitely worked the brakes. I’m not used to climbs or descents like these. Also not used to the volume and speed of traffic we encountered on some of the roads.

We rode from Paso Robles to Avila Beach, stopped for lunch in a cool town on the coast, Morro Bay – home of a Prudential rock lookalike.

Much of the ride though had that lovely bucolic scenery we saw on our 2011 trip along the northern coast and Sonoma county. Beauty abounds!

All in all a great day on the bike.

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Today’s ride was the first day of riding on our CA Central Coast tour. We took a train from San Jose to Paso Robles then rode a 23 mile loop around PR. A hot loop, temperature was in the high 80’s. We had a couple of long climbs and then long curvy descents. In 23 miles we ascended 1873 feet and about 1600 of descent. We had plenty of nice scenery and passed a number of wineries.

CA Central Coast-Day 1 Paso Robles Loop at Garmin Connect – Details.

Tomorrow we ride from Paso Robles to Avila Beach, about 45 miles. Much cooler temps predicted.

A few pics from today in beautiful California!

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