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22 - Office building72 viewsFinally made it!
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32 - Helping Pete with his tulip72 viewsI returned the favor (photo by Ron)
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37 - Top of Skyline72 viewsHowever, when people got to the top, we had a big discussion about whether to continue with the original plans.

The weather was not in our favor, it was very foggy and slick up at the top on Skyline (photo by Pete).

Eventually we decided that we would seek lower grounds and continue riding where it was nicer out. Some decided to turn around and descend OLH. However, this isn't a great descending road, so the rest of us put on our blinkies and rode a bit down Skyline to 84, where we descended instead. These are busier roads (cars and motorcycles) but nicer for descending.
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43 - Ron's tulip72 viewsI quickly pulled over just past Ron's bike and headed over to him, my heart in my throat. Alex was just behind me, and pulled over also. Alex, Andrea and I got Ron talking, and he said he felt ok except his hip was slightly sore. He then started to move, and was actually able to stand and start walking. I was absolutely amazed, and totally thankful.

We told him to take it easy and moved his bike off the road. Marco and his girlfriend Ruth also showed up by this time.

We then looked at the aftermath of the accident. None of us saw it happen, Andrea heard the screech and then I was the first on the scene.

Ron: Amazingly enough, moving, walking, and talking. He had no memory of what happened, and was only slightly sore.
Ron's helmet: The rear was disintegrated. I was convinced it saved his life.
Ron's bike: We untangled the chain, popped the displaced tire and tube back into place, and found that the rear wheel was wobbly. It turned out to be a loose spoke which we couldn't fix at the time, but we disabled his rear brake so that the bike could roll.
Ron's tulip: A little worse for wear, but better it than Ron (photo by Alex).
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50 - Bow on Duc72 views
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03 - Card71 viewsCool card!
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29 - Pete and I arrive at Roberts Market71 viewsThe main meeting point (photo by Ron)
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33 - The group at Roberts Market71 viewsWe were now up to about 15 people, getting ready to go. This was planned to be an "epic" ride, over the mountains to the coast and back, 66 miles and about 6300' climbing (photo by Henry).
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40 - Alex71 viewsWe made another rest stop on Arastradero, shown behind Alex (photo by Pete).
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02 - Bow and goodies70 viewsShe came with a card and two packets of electrolyte drink mix.
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48 - Elevation profile70 viewsI ended up doing 63.5 miles, 4500' of climbing for the day.
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19 - East side of bridge69 viewsNot sure what this is but I thought it looked interesting.
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