5!/T/40 T-Pace Mount Diablo 

Sunday, January 01, 2023

Leader: Mary Ann Jawili  mj@mjawili.com    (661) 343-5737    text Meet at 9:30 am for a 9:45 am start Start Location: Pleasant Hill BART Optional pre-registration for members [RWGPS route] Ring in the new year with the traditional NYD ride up Mount Diablo! Note that this is a solidly T-pace ride. I will still be on my commuter bike, and T-pace is about all your ride leader can do on this bike. ?? There will be plenty of regroups to keep us together while we're off the mountain. Bring all the food you'll need to get up the mountain and all the layers (extra gloves, socks, toe covers, neck buff, jacket, pants, whatever) to get you down the mountain. Restrooms and water at the junction (Mile 18.7). Food and drinks at Calicraft Brewing Company (Mile 37.4), but if you prefer to skip that, it's just a 2.5-mile ride on bike trails back to BART. Restrooms and water if needed at Livorna Park (Mile 6.5), but I'd prefer to skip that. NOTE 1: There is a separate TM-pace ride that is starting at Calicraft at the same time. We'll meet with that group at the intersection of Contra Costa Trail and Cherry Lane. If you want to push yourself, feel free to ride with the TM group for as long as you want and then fall back with this T group if needed. NOTE 2: This ride is scheduled to accommodate people arriving on the Antioch-bound BART train that arrives at Pleasant Hill BART at 9:34am. NOTE 3: You don't have to go all the way to the top. From the junction (Mile 18.7), you can save yourself nine miles and 1650 feet by continuing on to North Gate instead of doing the out-and-back to the summit. If you skip the summit, you will not have a ride leader, and you will have to self-navigate or find a buddy to get back to the Pleasant Hill BART.

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Club: Grizzly Peak Cyclists click for this clubs

Type: Road  Where: East Bay