Ride Host: Randy Simpson
Cell Phone: 925-980-9304
Name of Ride: Livermore to the Amp Farm and Back
Type: Conditioning. No drop with periodic regroupings
When: Tuesday, 7 Feb 2023, Rolling at 10:00AM
Starting/ending location: Livermore’s Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field
Start time: Rolling at 10AM
Estimated mileage: 26.3 miles
Elevation gain: 2,537 ft
Ride rating: 4M, Moderately strenuous. Long ~5% climb and short 10% pitch on Patterson Road.
Ride Details
The start and end will be at Livermore’s Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field. From there we will ride east on Tesla Road to Cross Road. After Cross Road we’ll hang a right on Patterson Pass Road and proceed to the Tesla Substation, aka, as the Amp Farm, at Midway Road.
All participants must register online on the VSBC website or with the Wild Apricot phone app. You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.
Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”. Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to your event ticket and click “cancel”.
History Nugget
A large Californian power substation is located at the intersection of the rural roads Patterson Pass and Midway, the Amp Farm. It is operated by PG&E and it is a major intersection on the national electrical grid.
Recently PG&E identified the Amp Farm as one of nine sites in California to be equipped with a battery storage system. The overall state battery storage system will be able to provide ~3,300 megawatts of power, enough for over 1 million homes. All of the sites will use lithium-ion batteries with each having a 4-hour discharge duration.
Summary
Ride Host: Randy Simpson
Cell Phone: 925-980-9304
Cell Phone: 925-980-9304
Name of Ride: Livermore to the Amp Farm and Back
Ride rating: 4M, Moderately strenuous. Long ~5% climb and short 10% pitch on Patterson Road. No drop, with periodic regroupings
Starting/ending location: Livermore’s Ernie Rodrigues Park
Estimated Mileage: 26.3 miles
Elevation gain: 2,537 ft
Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS)
