Thanks Grant, I was able to find both books used online and ordered them. Will be very interesting to peruse them and plan new adventures.
Get ready for a barrage of questions regarding what to bring and how best to pack it... :-) Loving my new Hunqa, René On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:52 PM, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Northgate Rd averages 6.9 percent with a peak, riding up to the 1,000- > ft mark, of 12+ percent. > A 2000 fit climb in 6.5 miles. > > Summit Rd. from the junction Ranger Station to the top, is a 7.5 > percent average, and a 1470-ft or so climb in 4.5 miles, with a short > 10 percent section around Blue Oak campground, and then the dastardly > 19 percent last tenth-of-a-mile or so. > > According to the book I wrote in 1982, at least. The roads haven't > changed a bit, though. > > G > > > On Aug 3, 10:08 pm, Joe Bunik <jbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 3000' mark on Diablo via North Gate Rd. I don't know the exact > > measurements, but had thought D. is generally a continual 8-10%? It's > > a climb, but not the worst thing ever either, IMO. > > =- Joe Bunik > > Walnut Creek, CA > > > > On 8/3/11, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:08 PM, erik jensen <bicyclen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> Otherwise, can agree that we should *meet at 3pm on September 24th at > > >> Walnut Creek BART and head up the hill from there to Juniper Camp? > *get > > >> there later or earlier, but we'll see you at juniper on way or the > other. > > > > > I don't know the area, but that appears to be about a 5% grade for 10 > miles? > > > Perhaps I have the wrong location of the campground? How far is it? > How > > > much climbing? > > > > > I'm tempted, but my AHH isn't set up for carrying much -- I wasn't > planning > > > to use it for camping, that's what my Trek is for. Perhaps I should > just > > > break down and get that front rack. :-) > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
