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Bicycling – Old La Honda Road

July 19, 2015July 19, 2015 Chugchug Biking biking

Old La Honda Road is one of the better ways to bike up to Skyline Blvd. It is a narrow, winding road that cars have to negotiate slowly. My reading is about 3.5 miles long and 1267 ft of elevation gain, about 7.2% climb.

It is also used as a gauge to measure the pace of a biker. Below is a portion of the ride rating page from Western Wheeler Meetup site.

A NA
B 43–54 min.
C 34–43 min.
D 27–34 min.
E 22–27 min.

First time I measure myself going up Old La Honda Road was on 7/15/15 on my old mountain bikes. These bikes are really bad and I should have gotten rid of them long time ago. Anyway I tried them and my timing was 1 hour and 3 minutes. Not even on the chart.

Two days later 7/17/15 I measure myself again. This time with my new touring bikes, Nevara Safari. It was also after a long day of biking with my friend Effi, so I was a bit tired. My time was 45 minutes, which is solidly in the B range.

Biking – Tehachapi Pass to Mill Creek Summit

March 29, 2015July 17, 2016 Chugchug Backpacking, Biking biking, Mill Creek to Tehachapi Pass, PCT

Day 0 and 1 of the Pacific Crest Trail section hike from Mill Creek Summit to Tehachapi Pass – 65 miles and 3500 ft of elevation gain.

Day 0 – Drove to Tehachapi Pass on H/W58. Left my truck and got on my bike. Rode on Cameron Canyon Road, Tehachapi Willow Spring Road, Through Rosamond and into Lancaster. I stopped in Lancaster, spending the night at the Marriott. I hope to get a good night sleep and continue in the morning.

Day 1 – continued along Sierra Highway, Pearblossom Highway, and Angeles Forest Highway to Mill Creek Summit, but didn’t quite made it on the bike. It was too far and too much uphill from me. I hid the bike on the side of the road by some bushes and hitchhiked the rest of the way to Mill Creek Summit.