NorCal (Bay Area) DRIVE Chat Thread

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by TofuJoe

More details please.

Ho will post more details later.

[HSUBLU]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Anybody want to do an early Mt. Ham run before the SKO?

I was hoping to get one in after the meet.

[Sapphireho]

SUNDAY. Tcoat and Sapphireho drive..

We plan on getting up early and meeting up (about 7 ) with whoever wants to go in saratoga at the old general store in town. You can't miss it. We will then go 9 to skyline to Alice's for breakfast. After that we may drive thru La Honda to Hwy 1.

We will be in a grey Lotus.

[mike_ekim1024]

Hi guys. Long time no see. Been a lurker lately, but still still drive my FR-S almost every day. Oh yeah, I got married a few years back I haven't driven hard for a while, so I did the 35/92 loop (also to log some data). Is there a Google map of good loops in the bay area? I forget. Examples:



Cañada / Kings Mountain / Skyline / 92
43 Min - 22.7 Miles

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.5...949887!1m0!3e0


Quimby / 130 / Clayton / Mt. Pleasant
43 Min - 16.6 Miles

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.3...a=!4m2!4m1!3e0


See ya!
Mike

[FirstWinter]

@mike_ekim1024 Nice little resource I found from a friend a while back. http://www.alpinespeedstars.com/map/ What I used to do was hop on Google Maps and find the squiggliest road I could find.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by mike_ekim1024

Hi guys. Long time no see. Been a lurker lately, but still still drive my FR-S almost every day. Oh yeah, I got married a few years back I haven't driven hard for a while, so I did the 35/92 loop (also to log some data). Is there a Google map of good loops in the bay area? I forget. Examples:

See ya!
Mike

Just took a look at both sites I used to use and they are both no longer active or have taken down their list...

http://www.pashnittours.com/theroads.html
http://www.raddrives.com/road_maps/

[spike021]

Originally Posted by mike_ekim1024

Hi guys. Long time no see. Been a lurker lately, but still still drive my FR-S almost every day. Oh yeah, I got married a few years back I haven't driven hard for a while, so I did the 35/92 loop (also to log some data). Is there a Google map of good loops in the bay area? I forget. Examples:



Cañada / Kings Mountain / Skyline / 92
43 Min - 22.7 Miles

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.5...949887!1m0!3e0


Quimby / 130 / Clayton / Mt. Pleasant
43 Min - 16.6 Miles

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.3...a=!4m2!4m1!3e0


See ya!
Mike

My favorite as learned from the guys on here is La Honda. So 84 to Alice's, then 84 to Pescadero Creek Rd., down to Pescadero's main street, and then back up. If you want to add onto that loop you could do Skyline north or south. If you do Skyline south from Alice's you wind up at highway 9, which you can take east or west (I believe those are the compass directions :shrug; east to Saratoga, west to Santa Cruz. Both offer some twisty fun, but east is much shorter. I personally can't say much about continuing on Skyline further south, but I'm sure it continues being fun a ways further.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

My favorite as learned from the guys on here is La Honda. So 84 to Alice's, then 84 to Pescadero Creek Rd., down to Pescadero's main street, and then back up. If you want to add onto that loop you could do Skyline north or south. If you do Skyline south from Alice's you wind up at highway 9, which you can take east or west (I believe those are the compass directions :shrug; east to Saratoga, west to Santa Cruz. Both offer some twisty fun, but east is much shorter. I personally can't say much about continuing on Skyline further south, but I'm sure it continues being fun a ways further.

Hwy 9 goes West from Saratoga to the summit, then it goes south to Santa cruz. Santa Cruz is south of San jose. When you are on the beach in Santa Cruz you are facing south. Skyline runs into Bear Creek rd. The last bit of skyline South is a very slow 1 lane road to 17, which also runs north/south.

[JeremyR]

Originally Posted by spike021

My favorite as learned from the guys on here is La Honda. So 84 to Alice's, then 84 to Pescadero Creek Rd., down to Pescadero's main street, and then back up. If you want to add onto that loop you could do Skyline north or south. If you do Skyline south from Alice's you wind up at highway 9, which you can take east or west (I believe those are the compass directions :shrug; east to Saratoga, west to Santa Cruz. Both offer some twisty fun, but east is much shorter. I personally can't say much about continuing on Skyline further south, but I'm sure it continues being fun a ways further.

If you go south on skyline at 4 corners it dumps you near los gatos and depending on which turn you take, ties into 17, but that bit of road isn't much fun and during the crazy weather last year the road washed way. I have no clue if it's been fixed yet, but i've never bothered with that stretch of road so it doesn't matter to me!

I can attest that the "Spike Loop" (Yes i'm calling it that) is a pretty good route to take with 80-90% smooth roads, minimal bumps/dips/uneven surface and almost no single lane blind corners. Good elevation changes and a pretty even mix of different corner types. Low car friendly too (for the most part..)

So whens the next drive?!

I'm available day or night (preferably night)

[spike021]

Originally Posted by JeremyR

If you go south on skyline at 4 corners it dumps you near los gatos and depending on which turn you take, ties into 17, but that bit of road isn't much fun and during the crazy weather last year the road washed way. I have no clue if it's been fixed yet, but i've never bothered with that stretch of road so it doesn't matter to me!

I can attest that the "Spike Loop" (Yes i'm calling it that) is a pretty good route to take with 80-90% smooth roads, minimal bumps/dips/uneven surface and almost no single lane blind corners. Good elevation changes and a pretty even mix of different corner types. Low car friendly too (for the most part..)

So whens the next drive?!

I'm available day or night (preferably night)

Ahhh gotcha. Yeah, sounds like Skyline south of 9/4 corners doesn't sound very fun then.

Thanks for the +1 on the Spike Loop! haha, that's a great name for it. I'd only add that if you're coming from the south bay it's nice to add highway 9 and then skyline to the loop because that way going up you have a nice short twisty section of 9 to get your adrenaline up a bit, then you've got the mostly smooth Skyline road with some twists to relax you but keep you wound up a bit, and then once you get to Alice's you can either stop for a few minutes or start down 84 and get right back into it.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by JeremyR

If you go south on skyline at 4 corners it dumps you near los gatos and depending on which turn you take, ties into 17, but that bit of road isn't much fun and during the crazy weather last year the road washed way. I have no clue if it's been fixed yet, but i've never bothered with that stretch of road so it doesn't matter to me!

I can attest that the "Spike Loop" (Yes i'm calling it that) is a pretty good route to take with 80-90% smooth roads, minimal bumps/dips/uneven surface and almost no single lane blind corners. Good elevation changes and a pretty even mix of different corner types. Low car friendly too (for the most part..)

So whens the next drive?!

I'm available day or night (preferably night)

If you are going south on Skyline past 9 it hits Bear Creek road. You then turn left for bit to re-connect with skyline on the right to 17 at summit. Continue down Bear Creek and it also goes to 17 at Lexington Res.

[JeremyR]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

If you are going south on Skyline past 9 it hits Bear Creek road. You then turn left for bit to re-connect with skyline on the right to 17 at summit. Continue down Bear Creek and it also goes to 17 at Lexington Res.

I love Bear Creek Rd! I usually run it from 17 to boulder creek.. never realized it actually links up with skyline though

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by JeremyR

I love Bear Creek Rd! I usually run it from 17 to boulder creek.. never realized it actually links up with skyline though

One of my regular drives, especially in the evenings, is 17 to Bear Creek to 9, then back down 9 back to 17. From my house it is about a 50 mile loop.

[spike021]

La Honda Drive, Saturday June 23.

We'll be meeting at Alice's around 7:45AM and leaving at 8AM sharp to try and avoid most cyclists/early morning traffic.

If anybody wants to stop at Alice's for food, that'll be afterward unless you want to do the drive separately from the main group as leaving later than 9 guarantees cyclists and much more motorist traffic.

Route: Alice's down 84/La Honda to Pescadero Creek Rd., hang out for a while (depending on when we arrive) in the little town to grab coffee and/or bread at the store, which opens at 9AM. Then take the same loop back.

For anyone coming up from the south bay, I'll probably set up a caravan of sorts that meets in Saratoga and takes highway 9 to Skyline over to Alice's. Timing for that is probably to meet up around 7 and leave by 7:10AM. Let me know if interested.