First, the weather on the summit is showing around 6° F warmer today than yesterday: already 42° F and rising but yesterday it was 36° F an hour later. So...
Hello Everyone, Please remember to bring $10 extra (or a $20 that you don't want change for) to get your fabulous Low Key hat!!! We will have them on sale at...
No, they don't charge for bikes. Yay! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "Gary Griffin" <gary.griffin@...> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:32...
The sag wagon is my VW passat that will be carrying myself and a few passengers. But I think we should be able to carry clothes up no problem! -Lucia...
... From: Matthew Werner <mrwerner@...> Subject: Fw: [lkhc] LKHC Mentioned in RoadBikeRider To: lkhc@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009,...
There's another old guy journalist doing the Low Keys. He was editor of Bicycling through the '90s, and editor of VeloNews in the mid '80s. That would be Geoff...
Thanks Luica. In regards to SAG wagon -- will it have space to carry our extra layers up to the summit for us? Or should we expect to climb with stuffed...
Okay, under multiple recommendations, we will award the calendars to the following: * top scoring male * top scoring female * top endurance rider We will then...
That's an excellent point. Low-Key believes that at its core, hillclimbs are between a rider and the hill, and just finishing a challenging climb is a victory....
Agreed! Low-Key is not just about the win, it's about the DO! To me, those who take their time and savior each and every pedal stroke, those who can actually...
With respect to the weather conditions at the Summit of MD, I have the following link under my FAVORITES... We are fortunate to have a RAWS (remote automated...
Both Jim Langley and Scott Martin have been participating in the LKHC series for the past several years, riding for Bicycle Trip in Santa Cruz. Jim blogs...
That's indeed a nice offer from Illumix. Thanks! Just to be pain in the neck, I'd like to ask for a little more. To me, the endurance riders are just as...
Dan, As a matter of fact, besides Jim, there is another RoadbikeRider.com author who rides LKHC. Scott Martin contributes biking stories which are full of dry...
Jim Langley, who wrote the article, is a great technical writer, formally of Bicycling Magazine. I think his writings were always a highlight of Bicycling...
Hey Franz, "addition"? (-: With the steep hills this month, the extra teeth on the cogs does make that the correct spelling. Hope to seeya at Diablo, Barry ...
For those who don¹t subscribe to Road Bike Rider newsletter, you mike have missed that the Low Key Hill Climb was mentioned in this month¹s addition in an...
Thanks, Lucia, for those recommendations! Yesterday it was 56 F at the summit around 11 am. I think Saturday will be similar. So definitely have some...
Hello Everyone, I can't wait for Diablo this Saturday! Looks like the weather should cooperate. I am ok on volunteers but I have NO photographers. If you...
Illumix has generously offered Low-Key Hillclimbs a prize of custom-printed 2010 calendars to three riders: 1. Overall top male 2. Overall top female 3. Top...
Hi, It looks like the registration for klimb.org expired recently. I tried contacting Keith at the email address listed in the domain whois record but it...
Hello Everyone, Apologies for pinging the group again--but we are desperately short of volunteers to pull off Diablo, and need photographers as well. If you...
From our friends @ Illumix : MORE photos from On Orbit! Fantastic stuff!!!!! Dan ... From: Ken @ iLLumixStudios Subject: iLLumix Pics of Bohlman To: "'Daniel...
Thanks, Gary! With only 7 discretionary climbs per year, it's hard to pay adequate attention to the so many local climbs. So I wouldn't want to add any more...
Dear gang, I posted the post-finish photos from top of Bohlman. The orginal intent was to ID people and their numbers, which turned out was not a such great...
Dan, I couldn't resist commenting on Saturday's ride because I enjoyed it more than any LKHC I've done so far. BNKQOOB is much more challenging than BOOB and...