The Page Mill/Hwy9/return via foothill routing includes that long drag between Page Mill and Highway 9, which Strava says is under 27 minutes of suffering, so how bad can it really be? It just seems to go on forever. As weak as I felt climbing Page Mill, I felt strong on Skyline. As I’ve said before, the really steep stuff kills me. I just can’t maintain the power.
Overall a good ride, better than expected. And my last longer ride for a while; I leave on vacation with my wife for two weeks starting Thanksgiving Day. A very long time off a bike!
Only ever done RWG down once and I could smell someone’s rim brake pads melting…
Worse is smelling the disintegrating car brakes!