"Dos" and "Don'ts" in the Berkeley Hills

Yeah, I know that this is a bad idea, but it seemed like an OK idea at the time.
I'll put that idea in the "done pile" not to worry about doing again since I got away with it once.




This sort of pass I've done hundreds of times, but I'm beginning to think that this sort of riding ought to stay safely locked in my past too.




50 M.P.H. "Safe & Sane" nearly traffic-free cruising will suffice just fine.

Downhilling? Yeah, we got that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfBEAqo2aU

Yeah, I know, turn off all that wind noise.
Blurry and jumpy, kind of like what I see at speed on a rough road.

The Days are Shortening

I got in two good 25s after work last week.
Skyline-Redwood-Pinehurst-Tunnel

I greatly enjoyed getting in my rides during the heat-up last week but as the days shorten this fall, I am running out of light for a ride that long after work. I'll shorten down to hour rides next week. I have a nice headlight, but I hate riding in the dark. I just cannot see enough.

Five and a half miles of climbing and gaining a view over Oakland, the San Francisco Bay and the coastal range from near the summit on Skyline.



But on the way back down coming home, it is getting just a wee bit dark.



But it is pretty.
That is Mt. Tamalpais at the coast.