Rapha Day in Hell - Double Shot Ride (Mt. Diablo + Mt. Hamilton, CA)
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- The Rapha San Francisco club hosted an extremely challenging ride called Rapha Day in Hell (Double Shot Ride), where you ride 100+ miles with ~11,000ft of climbing up and over 2 of the Bay Area's most iconic mountains, Mt. Diablo and Mt. Hamilton.
What a WILD day of extremes for me, but I did it!!!
Miles completed: 112.87 mi
Total climbing elevation: 11,098 ft
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Interesting tidbit... the 360 degree view from Mt Diablo summit allows one to see more visible land than any other summit in California
Great ride and gorgeous scenery. Just the right time of year while the Bay is still green!
Nice one, thanks for sharing. If this is your idea of fun check out the Devil Mountain Double, also in April every year, that throws in Patterson Pass to make it an even 200mi and 21k feet up.
What a killer video. Great cinematic shots and excellent voice over. Thanks for sharing!
Bravo!! Well done! Love this video.
I live in Hawaii and am coming over to CA this fall to ride a bunch of your climbs. These two are on my list.
The last 200-300 yards to the summit are pure hell. The only climb I can imagine that's worse is the climb out of limantour beach.
There are also long tough climbs in the high mountains of the Eastern Sierra-Owens Valley: Onion Valley, White Mountain, Horseshoe Meadows and others. The west side of Sonora Pass is especially hard for the first few miles up from Kennedy Meadows. See PJAMM Cycling for climb profiles.
Look up Mix Canyon out of Vacaville. Top of Diablo is 450 yards at 16% - Mix Canyon has a mile of that...
@@genegade I used to ride up there a few times a week when I didn't have a lot of time for riding just to punish myself :)
What an epic ride!…🤙🏽 I don’t road bike, but I do mountain bike & enjoy long ride’s. 11K ft of elevation in one day is quite insane…lol Really awesome video!…🤙🏽
Thank you!! I rode into the last big climb with limited energy then had to descend down Mt. Ham in ICE COLD conditions! This ride was a serous battle of extremes!
Great ride. I attempted Mt. Diablo starting from Fremont, but IT band pain forced to take the bart back home. The most agonizing part was riding from Fremont Bart to my apartment. You did it like a champ 👍.
Thanks for watching! Sorry to hear that you had to bail out from attempting Diablo from Fremont. Are you going to try again in the future?
Awesome!!
Great Rapha Ride!!
So awesome. I've been riding for years and never had the courage to do a Century. My legs start cramping at the 50 mile mark almost every time. I still haven't figured out how to eliminate that issue but I just wanna say I'm super impressed with your ride. What a great achievement. Congrats 👏
Raced over these but never in the same day...I want to give it a go...anyone out there no when another version or this one again...preferably in warmer weather
The Double Shot ride usually happens in conjunction with Rapha's "A Day in Hell" world event during April. Subscribe to Rapha's club channel for updates on next years event. (Assuming this will happen again.)
Yes to the drum n bass! Enjoyed the video 🎉
That must have been a cold descent down Mt. Diablo. I would have frozen for sure. Sorry about your crash the prior year. I guess this was something of a redemption ride for you. Nice video and music. Thanks
Hell yeh, my cadence is Drum and Bass! Impressive ride.
Haha, thanks!! Besides being a long time fan of D&B, it's my goto whenever I need to keep energy up. 😎
Epic video!
Epic ride and great video! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the breathtaking views made all the hellish parts worth it 😅
Great video, I still have nightmares from my descent down mt Diablo
Thanks for watching! Mt. D has become my nemesis for descending.
This was awesome!
Epic ride, well done.
Great video. I have crashed on Mt Diablo. Now I usually take the mountain bike and take the trails down. You still might crash, but no road rash
Done both peaks but in two separate times. 😂 Great video quality. What camera did you use?
Damn! I did both of these races back in the day but to link up both in one day is intense.
😅 Yeah, this was a whopper of a ride for me! I'm going to be better prepared for next year.
Poor food management and could have used warmer socks for the frosty descents.
How much car traffic is there on Hamilton compared to Diablo (esp on the East side)? I've never made it down that way. Nice ride! It looks like a memorable one.
Thanks for watching! The car traffic on Hamilton is nothing compared to Diablo. During the week, you won't see much in the way of car traffic at all once you get past the East San Jose foothills - it's very sporadic. On the weekends, you can expect to experience some car traffic, but it's minimal as compared to the incredibly busy Mt. D.
On the east of Mt. Ham.... you'll see maybe less than 5 cars. 😅 There's nothing but open backcountry on the eastern side. But, it is MUCH steeper than the west (more popular) side.
I'm down to try this but not on my gravel bike (even though I have road wheels for it). Sweet ride and sweet editing 🤙 safe riding
Nice ride and good video! Come climb in Utah for a good challenge!
What camera do you use? Looks great
This got me a little homesick. Thanks for sharing!
Nicely done. That is a decently big day! I just completed a 154 mile, 15,000’ one day event and that was a looong day. Not cold though!
Keep up the good vids. Enjoyed it.
PHEW! 15,000'... I couldn't even imagine doing that! Kudos to you!!! Thanks for watching!
When is this ride?
Easy climbs
That you did this ride on a mostly empty stomach is AMAZING! You must store muscle glycogen very effectively and burn fat through ketosis extremely efficiently! Think what you could do if you consumed 30-60 grams of carbs per hour...
You auto to come try the Death ride it is in northern CA in early July 104 miles and 14k feet of climbing. 😃🚵♀️