Have done the Death Ride up around Markleeville near Lake Tahoe a dozen times over the years always was a good training ride for IMC back in the day as it was at the beginning of July, and did them all on my tri bike.
Course varied from around 125 miles to 145 miles or so and 14,000 to 16,500 feet of climbing, you had to complete all 5 passes to get the little pin at the end. A great day out but was pretty tired at the end especially when it was one of the really hot ones.
One year had lightening hitting the ground close to us as we were flying down one of the passes a bit scary especially when it started to pour down, was totally frozen when we got to the bottom of that pass.
Course varied from around 125 miles to 145 miles or so and 14,000 to 16,500 feet of climbing, you had to complete all 5 passes to get the little pin at the end. A great day out but was pretty tired at the end especially when it was one of the really hot ones.
One year had lightening hitting the ground close to us as we were flying down one of the passes a bit scary especially when it started to pour down, was totally frozen when we got to the bottom of that pass.