This is a ride in the wine country of Livermore, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ride is one of the few rides that can be ridden more safely than others, due to limited traffic during commute hours. At the end of this ride is Lake Del Valle storage reservoir. This is a very popular ride with thousands of cyclists recording their times on Strava over the years. The ride starts with a beautiful rolling flat segment to give you a great warmup and then starts a steady 1.5 mile climb at just over 7% average grade with limited fluctuations throughout the climb