Ride name: 2025 #9 Feather Pedals Conditioning Ride
Distance: 50.4 miles
Elevation: 1382 ft
Rating: 2/3 L
Number of regroups:
No Drop: Y
Start Time: 9:00 a.m.
Start/End Location: Mike's Bikes 6754 Bernal Ave, Pleasanton
Ride Host Name: Chris Pham
Ride Host Contact: chrispham10680@gmail.com
Coffee Stop: Starbucks at mile 31.4
SAG Support: TBD
Ride Details: This is the 9th of 12 Feather Pedals Conditioning Rides in the Cinderella Series. This ride goes out Vineyard through Livermore with the first Potty Stop at Sycamore Park at mile 8.5 then continue through the Vineyards and out through Cross Rd Farmlands. Then we head to Vasco Starbucks for our 2nd stop for a coffee break just past mile 31. Then out to North Livermore and up Portola to Murrieta and wind our way back to Pleasanton via Jack London
We will break into A - 15+ mph average B- 13-15 mpg average and C - New group riders and less than 13 mph.
History Nuggets: Notorious - Near ride mile 6.5 27 kidnap victims were buried alive in a truck in the gravel quarry. The Chowchilla Kidnapping of 1976, as it is known, was carried out by three young men. They abducted a school bus driver and his 26 young passengers. Under gunpoint the 27 victims were ordered into a truck that was buried in the quarry. Ransom was sought from the parents.
The bus driver and one of the oldest children were able to open a hatch in the roof of the truck and dug out an escape route. After 16 hrs. underground all 27 escaped to safety. The three kidnappers were sentenced to life in prison. A movie was made about the abduction in 1993.
Aquatic – Mile 17 overlooks Lake Del Valle. Del Valle stores water for the South Bay Aqueduct and provides flood control. The dam which created Lake Del Valle was constructed from 1966 to 1968.
Randy Simpson
Disclaimer: All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app in order to participate in this ride. You do not need to be a VSBC member to participate, but we expect that you will become a member if you ride with us more than 3 times during a calendar year.
Link to Ride with GPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45910884
