Angeles Crest Highway Ultra Century Ride

Summary
OwnerMITOC Gallery Administrator
Creation Date2007-07-30 00:43:45 UTC-0400
DescriptionEric Gilbertson

July 29

120 miles

15,000 ft elevation gain


I basically spent 13 hours biking up and over the entire San Gabriel mountain range, and then turned around and did it again. The highway is really popular with cyclists, but not necessarily the whole highway at once. On my way up in the morning I got passed by quite a few guys on their super fancy cervelo or bianci bikes and skin tight racing clothing. Normally I would chase those people down and teach them a lesson, but my cheapo mountain bike and tennis shoes couldn't really compete with their multi-thousand-dollar bikes and clip in shoes. I figured slow and steady is better anyway for an all-day ride.

I reached my turn around time at the grassy meadow visitor center, 60 miles from Pasadena, and biked back fast enough to not be caught out in the dark.