Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch - Mt Diablo Challenge Conditioning Ride 5 - Livermore-Patterson Pass-Amp Farm
Type: Brisk with regroups. No sweep. 4B
When: 9:00AM
Starting/ending location: Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field, 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore
Estimated mileage: 25.1 miles
Elevation gain: ~2,469 ft
Ride Details
It's time to get ready for this year's Mt. Diablo Challenge on October 6th! Join us for some hill climbing.
There will not be a designated sweep for the ride. We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another. If you leave the ride, please text the ride host when you end your ride, or if you need assistance.
E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.
All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot 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”.
Ride Host: Randy Simpson
Cell Phone: 925-980-9304
Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)
CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE
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.
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.
