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I sent in my application for GRR and I have been reading all he ride reports from prior years.  It sounds like some brutal hills out there.  If I wanted to take my fully loaded brevet bike on some local hills are there any hill in the SF Bay area similar to some of those on GRR?

Mt Hamilton
Mt Diablo
Mt Tam
Tunitus Creek
Page Mill

Willy in pacifica



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Mon Jun 8, 2009 1:55 am

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I sent in my application for GRR and I have been reading all he ride reports from prior years. It sounds like some brutal hills out there. If I wanted to...
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Jun 7, 2009
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Willy, there is really only one hill that is not within the normal repretoir of what we ride around here, especially on the peninsula. In fact, may of the...
Bruce Berg
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Jun 7, 2009
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Willy, Janesville is steep but the worst part is you have 500+ miles in your legs. I had barely been able to keep up with Bruce on GRR 2005 up until this hill...
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Jun 8, 2009
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As Bruce noted, it's really just one hill that's particularly challenging. Janesville Grade on the return leg. Although the last hills to the crest of the GRR...
Christian Fritze
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Jun 7, 2009
10:37 pm

Only 19 more shopping days until the Gold Rush!...
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Jun 16, 2009
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So, what is on your shopping list? Here is mine: new gloves. Dang if Performance hasn't discontinued the gloves I really like. new glasses. The nose pads are...
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are you going to buy and carry equipment to pan gold?  are you missing something that isn't yellow?  Richard McCaw richard.mccaw@... Cell:...
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I'd like to buy some heat to train in, a cue sheet, and a vowel....
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Jun 19, 2009
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I've got mail: "June 19, 2009 Dear <rider's name>, Route Info Ann and I just returned from the final "route scout". It's gorgeous crossing at Antelope Lake ....
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Jun 19, 2009
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Rider list updated today @ http://davisbikeclub.org/goldrush/RiderInterest.php See you at GRR. Twitter #GRR2009...
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