Saturday's bike ride

I went on a nice bike ride yesterday w/ the club. We rode 63 miles up to Magic Mountain area, then towards Vasquez. Here's the route. Only difference was we rode Sand Canyon to Plascerita Cyn., rather than stay on Sierra Hwy. Added a few miles and some steep climbs, but we rode through nice scenery and avoided traffic. We climbed over 3,000 ft.

Not bad for somebody who has been off the bike for 16 years and started again less than 4 months ago, and had to use the granny gears to get up a hill no steeper than a freeway overpass. I'm also happy to be able to make it over the hills, because that means more scenic rides with fewer cars and traffic lights.

I also joined a team and plan to race again next year.