Friday Ride Options
MAIN ROUTE: “SLO, Beaches, See and Perfumo” (42 miles, 2900 vertical feet) Friday, Main Route
SHORTER OPTION: “SLO, Beaches and No-See” (33 miles, 1700 vertical feet) Friday, Shorter Ride
Roll out at 8:30 a.m. by carpool for San Luis Obispo. You can use this link to guide you to the parking area of Meadow Park, in SLO, from where the ride will begin around 9:30 a.m.
Once we inaugurated this route, it became an instant classic! I know several of us who have been talking about it during the year and are looking forward to doing it again. The route begins in SLO and navigates us south toward the Huasna Road. We then cruise through the beach towns of Grover Beach and Pismo Beach and stop for coffee in Avila Beach at Kraken Coffee Company, 310 Front Street, just across the street from the beach.
After a coffee and a couple of pulls through the rosary, we then climb up See Canyon. There is a section of gravel on See before it makes its final steep ascent to the top. There will be a SAG stop at the top where we can refill our water while taking in the fabulous views. As we leave the summit, we will make a spectacular but technical descent on Perfumo Canyon Road (also known as “Kyle’s Ride”), before coming back into SLO.
The shorter option will follow the same route, but at Avila Beach it will head back into SLO without doing the climb up See Canyon.
An option for a post ride lunch is to have a change of clothes in your car and drive into Avila Beach. The Avila Beach downtown promenade is beautiful setting with the majestic Pacific as the backdrop. Oftentimes they have live music, great food from local restaurants, Central Coast wine tasting, and fun for everyone right on the Promenade. Steps from the Promenade is Peloton Cellars, a bike themed wine shop and tasting room. They have a great selection of bike themed clothes and gifts. Sitting on the beach eating a post ride meal might be a lovely way to take in more of Avila Beach before heading back to the Adelaide for dinner on your own tonight.