I went out today with Eric the Fireman.  We had a terrific ride.  He has been itching to do Sweetwater Road for a while, so, after adding in Mays Canyon Road, we went up the Guerneville side of Sweetwater.  Here is a map of our loop.  I haven’t ridden with Eric in quite a while, and I forgot how fast he likes to go on the flats.  I was joking with him about 2 miles into the ride because he was pushing the pace already.  He accused me of setting the pace, but I pointed out that his front wheel was slightly ahead of mine.  The total loop was 86 km, and we averaged 25 kph.  I’m sorry about that metric stuff, but I can’t figure out how to set my new cyclometer to miles.  Actually, I know how to switch it, but I am enjoying the larger numbers.  It is fun to climb at 12 kph instead of 7 or 8 mph.  Tomorrow A1 and A2 are coming out and I am going to introduce them to the Chalk Hill loop.  I also have been feeding my sourdough sponge for the last 2 days, and need to make some bread.  I went to Andy’s Market today and picked out some special flours and some stuff for my Killer Granola. The granola is not low fat food.  The recipe originally came from the Cheeseboard in Berkeley.