The forecast is sunny, 54 degrees, wind 6 ESE.
Meet at Green Mountain Sports bike shop at 8;45 to ride at 9:00. Park on the Alameda side of the Bldg East of the shop. The West side has busy traffic.
The route will be West on Jewell / Alameda to Rooney RD, North through Golden to Easley RD and on North to the Arvada Water plant, up the switchback trail and along the ridge to 72nd AV, continue East to Beech ST then South trough the neighborhoods to Indiana ST, on South to 44th AV into Golden. Then up hill to the Taj Mahal, Heritage RD to Hwy 40 up to I70 then down Hwy 8, over Dino Ridge and return to GMS. 44 miles, 2860 ft elevation.
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