Ride Host: Randy Simpson
Cell Phone: 925-980-9304
Name of Ride: Livermore Trek to Midway
When: Saturday, 5 Aug 2023, Rolling at 8:00AM
Ride rating: Brisk and strenuous. Long ~5% climb and short 10% pitch on Patterson Road. 4B.
Starting/ending location: Trek Livermore, 2752 First St, Livermore, CA 94550
Estimated mileage: 34.1 miles
Elevation gain: 2,133 ft
Ride Details
The weather is predicted to be over 80F near the end of the ride, bring two water bottles and drink before we leave. Livermore Trek will open the store just for us at 7:45AM
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”.
History Nugget
The Old Altamont Road originated as part of the Lincoln Highway named after President Abraham Lincoln. In 1913 the Lincoln Highway Association was created and the transcontinental roadway project was completed in 1915. The Lincoln Highway started in Times Square in New York and ended at Lincoln Park in San Francisco. The Lincoln Highway was also referred to as Altamont Pass Road which in addition to the roadway had two railroad rights of way. The Altamont Pass Road was bypassed in c. 1937 with a roadway higher on the summit, today’s HWY580.
Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS)
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43885652
