I am an avid cyclist. I placed 16th in my division at the Fiesta Island Time Trials on October 8th 2006 (pictured above)
"Black Dog" my Trek 5500 road bicycle
In June of 2006 I cycled up Mt. Evans, America's highest paved road (yes it is higher than Pike's Peak.)
Pix from ascent of Mt. Evans
Here is a link showing the course profile of my favorite local climb,
Palomar Mountain in North-East San Diego County.
Palomar Mountain
is considered a reasonable facsimile of Alp d'Huez!
Floyd Landis,
who lives in the area, holds the record for the ascent of the upper section
(South Grade Road) in 27 minutes!
My record is 56 minutes :)