Amazingly enough, after a night of howling winds the morning dawned pretty calm. A wee bit chilly but nothing that we couldn't handle.Our friend and former ALC rider and TRL - Golden Gate Bridge Sgt. Daniel Gomez came by to say hello and wish us a good ride. (You wondered why we had an "in" with the Bridge, huh?) Last year Daniel was our regular TRL on our Friday rides. Here's Daniel with two of our riders- Em & Michael:
We made our way down the Ft. Baker bike path and into Sausalito with a quick stop at the public restrooms. From there it was over Camino Alto and on to Fairfax for a stop at the Coffee Roasters... We were a pretty quick bunch, I had warned folks not to linger too long at the stops- with the exception of lunch- because we didn't want to get caught in the nasty pre-holiday weekend traffic, especially since we were going to be crossing White's Hill in the afternoon on the way back. Quick stop in Nicasio and then on to Olema Hill. The weather was great, a little breezy but nice. We all made quick work of the Olema Hill and met in Pt. Reyes for lunch, sitting in front of the Bovine Bakery.
After lunch it was back thru Nicasio. I rode with Emily, Michael, Maynor & Tyler. Once we got to Nicasio, I remembered to check Tyler's back tire... while we were climbing Olema I noticed it was getting a little flat looking. Sure enough is back tire was quite low, probably had a small leak. We decided to pump it up using my bike frame pump- The Road Morph- which is a great bike frame pump that actually has a gauge that works!
We got Tyler all set and headed back to Fairfax-- no issues for anyone over White's Hill, yay!
Once back in Fairfax, we caffeined up with some iced coffees. I waited for the sweep to arrive, which happened pretty quickly and I soon took over as sweep back to Sausalito and then to the Bridge! 72 miles... mild weather, good company and good food. Nice way to end a season!
