Mt Diablo Road Bike Descent - New Year's Day 01/01/07

[HybridSprinter08]

I LOVE Mt.Diablo! I go up every weekend and do summit

[dayglowgreendoor]

I liked Mt. Hamilton better...less traffic.

[mrjswift]

i run up the mountain

[44pullups]

i would rather ride up twice than descent once.

[Makorow]

When I saw the gravel coming round that one corner, I nearly freaked!

[blancovideo]

what's a good gear ratio to have in a double? front and rear... l currently have a 53-39 F...12-26 B...how would l do with that? and how high is it? anybody?

[IloveEllaandLouie]

It's pretty standard, though you have a lower gear on the 12-26, a standard double usually runs a 12-25. It really depends on how strong you are. The pro's will even use lower gears (a compact) in their mountain races. (Though a mountain stage in TDF is a bit diff. than Mt. Diablo. Nobody can really answer this but you.

[Runner354matt]

The mount diablo challange was today. any of you race in it? I rode. i'm only 13 but i got 1:24:08.

[Dubwise4u]

I ride up there 3 times a week but i've never seen so many cars. I ride a bianchi and colnago road bike.

[zw331]

I look out my window in Livermore and see this mnt every day...dont race anymore but loved this ride..11 miles up in about 52 min and 11 miles down in like 20

[almac4]

This is in Mount Vernon NJ right?

[bigbossman45]

Nope - Mt Diablo, CA

[neoslan]

the funniest thing is that your bike kept catching up with the cars...proving bikes are actually faster

[wk633]

Gorgeous!  I found myself leaning into the turns!