The problem with bike riding where I live is the hills. There is no way around it if I want to ride my bike I have to the hills. I hate riding hills. I have tried to find routes around the hills, but there is no way around it.

One thing I have learned about hills. Never judge a climb by the way it looks. Just as there are false flats, may look flat but the grade makes it feel like a climb. There are false hills. I have rode San Pablo Dam Road from Orinda back to El Sobrante and I have rode the climbs just as like they were flats. It is about the grade.

When I come to climb that is rough I just pedal slow and steady. Maybe a rest half way up the climb. If I’m lucky I will make it all the way up.

Maybe the climbs would be easier if I didn’t always have my bike trunk with me. But I like to have a book, extra water, and snacks with me. Never know how far I’m going to ride. The distance of my rides always depend on how my legs feel.

My Top 10 as of Now:

1. Am I Easy To Forget-Englebert Humberdinck

2. Amerika-Rammstein

3.Bad To The Bone-George Thorogood

4, Chantez-Les Bas-Louie Armstrong

5.Cherry Pie-Sade

6. Evening Calm-Malta

7. Fantasy Man-Alice Cooper

8. Harry Hippie-Bobby Womack

9. Have A Drink On Me-AC/DC

10. I Always Get Lucky With You-Merle Haggard