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Head to the Hills 9 is
here!
Don't miss your chance to experience the East Bay Hills. If you have not read the
riding tips,
please do so now. This will at least tell you how the rest of us will be riding
even if you do already know how to ride in the hills.
| Friday April 23 - Meet at The
First and Last Chance Bar located at 30 Jack London Square, Oakland,
CA 94607
(MAP IT). We will meet at 8:30PM for a 9:00PM departure time. The
ride will take us around Lake Merritt, up into the hills past Piedmont
and Montclair, along the ridge past Tilden Park, and down into Albany
and onto Club Mallard located at 752 San Pablo Ave., Albany, CA 94706 (MAP
IT). We will be riding at a moderate pace, so if you have not been
in the hills at night, do not fret. |
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| Saturday April 24 - Meet at Cole Coffee
(formerly Royal Coffee) 6255
College Ave (at 63rd), Oakland, CA 94618 (MAP
IT) at 9:30AM to join us for coffee and a pastry before the ride
leaves at 10:30AM. This is the Iron Butt ride - an awesome 125-mile ride
through some of the best canyon roads in this part of the bay. If you
were at HTTH6 in 2007, this is the same route. Don't let the
125 miles of riding scare you, the scenery will be well worth the long
day ahead. The ride will take us into the Oakland/Berkeley Hills, down
Skyline to Redwood Road and onto Castro Valley. From Castro Valley we
will drop down Palomares Road to Niles Canyon and back up Foothill to
Sunol and into Pleasanton where we'll stop for lunch. After fueling up our bellies and
scooters we'll be heading to the small Livermore Municipal Airport and
up into Collier Canyon, and over to Morgan Territory. BTW, Morgan
Territory is awesome! The backside of Morgan territory is a small one
lane road that doesn't see much maintenance and reminds you a lot of
Deliverance. Morgan Territory will lead us into Clayton, then Walnut
Creek. From "The Creek" we'll head into LaFayette and Moraga, back to the tiny
backwoods town of Canyon, up Pinehurst, and back into the Oakland Hills.
A short trek down Sheppard Canyon and into Montclair and we'll soon be
back at Cole Coffee. Although we will
not be riding too fast, this is a long ride best taken on a larger scoot
if available. And did I mention it is EPIC! |
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| Sunday April 25 - Meet at Westside Bakery Cafe 2570 9th
St. Berkeley, CA 94710 (510)845-5842 (MAP
IT) at 9:30AM to join us for breakfast. The food is good, the place
is busy, and the service is slow. We will attempt to depart at 10:30ish.
The ride will take us along Grizzly Peak, through Tilden Park, along
Briones Regional Park, and into the back hills and eventually to Port Costa where we will have lunch at the
Warehouse Cafe located at 5 Canyon Lake Drive, Port Costa, CA 94569 (MAP
IT). After lunch we will head back the same way, eventually dropping back
into Berkeley. Please note - we will be on a 50MPH highway on Bear Creak Road
by Briones Resevoir (also called the three bears), which has many uphill and downhill
transitions. As with the Saturday ride, if you have a choice between a
small scooter and a large scooter, take the large one. |
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