I hosted the Five Rivers 300k brevet on Saturday. Twenty eight riders started and finished within the allotted 20 hours. Quite a lot of them finished within 12 hours even though an unforecasted Santa Ana wind created a strong headwind towards the end of the ride.
On Sunday evening Amber and I rode the Back Bay loop which covers a 50 mile section of the brevet route. It was very windy and we were very careful coming down the hills after Jamboree because we had side-winds gusting up to 30mph.
One of the biggest hazards we faced was tumbleweeds. They were blowing all over the road and piling up in the bike lanes. Some of them were getting serious air time.
Once we got back onto the Santa Ana bike path we turned south towards Anaheim and had a solid 20mph tail wind. Nice.
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