⚠️The ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules and all participants must sign an annual waiver.⚠️

AV-Ber’s,

The forecast is NO RAIN SATURDAY! AN this ride starts and ends at Summit Bicycles Los Gatos . It DOES NOT START at Summit Bicycles Palo Alto!

Now that we have that out of the way, Happy Holidays! I know it’s the last weekend of the month, but we’re going to end this year by doing something different! I think we only got on 2 or 3 B-Rides outside the peninsula in 2025. Hopefully in 2026 we can explore more of the Bay together!

We will meet at Summit Bicyles Los Gatos and start the ride with the short climb up Kennedy. We will regroup quickly and then descend and head up North Hicks. Hicks is a tough one but it’s only just over a mile and it’s our biggest climb of the day! We’ll regroup at the top (we are NOT going all the way up to Umunhum) and then descend South Hicks. We will roll together around Almaden and then fly down McKean together, the Cañada of the South Bay! We will turn at Chesbro Reservoir and make our way into Morgan Hill for a proper coffee and pastries stop. I want to hear what everyone has planned for rides next year!

On the way back we take Hale to Willow Springs, another 1-mile climb, and then descend back to Chesbro and take McKean back to the city. We can stop at Rancho San Vicente if anyone needs water/bathrooms and then we will snake our way through residentials to find our way back to Hicks. One more short climb and quick descent up and over Shannon gets us back to the bike shop! I know this route is a little light on the climbing for us but there are some really great roads on this one and I hope you turn out to join us! I might even be willing to go roaming through the hills after the ride if anyone is wanting to add more to their end of year Strava totals. Lol

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader Kessler

Start / End Location Start and end at Summit Bicycles , 111 E Main Street, Los Gatos, CA

Route File Link to Strava Route File 60 miles and 4,000 feet

Start Time Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Regroups

• Mile 3 - Top of Kennedy Regroup (Porto)

• Mile 10 - Top of Hicks Regroup (Bathroom)

• Mile 25 - Oak Glen Ave Regroup

• Mile 32 - Coffee Guys Stop

• Mile 37 - Top of Willow Springs Regroup

• Mile 47 - Rancho San Vicente Regroup (Water/Bathrooms)

• Mile 57 - Top of Shannon Regroup