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48th Annual Berkeley Hills Road Race

Presented by Berkeley Bicycle Club in association with SF Sport & Spine PT Racing and Club One/PMax Racing

Sunday • May 8, 2005
Held rain or shine · USCF Permit · Sixteen Hundred Dollars Cash+Merchandise

Post Race

General Information

Attention Riders!!!!!!!!! Changes for 2005 due to ongoing construction at Ellerhorst School:

  • Start/Finish location (San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch; see course
    description)
  • Limited parking (please carpool...only 250 spaces for 450 racers)
  • Staging location/guidelines (no tents due to lack of parking space)

Original Race Flyer

Start List

Course Map

Category Laps Miles Places Fee Field Cash
/Merch
Start
Elite Pro/1/2
Elite 3
Master 35+ 1/2/3
closed Master 45+ 1/2/3/4
Women Pro/1/2/3
closed Elite 4
Women 4
Women 35+ 1/2/3
Juniors 17-18
Juniors 16+under
4.7
3.7
3.7
2.7
3.7
2.7
1.7
2.7
1.7
0.7
90
71
71
52
71
52
33
52
33
14
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
35
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
15
15

75
60
60
50
75
50
50
50
50
50
$200/200
$50/150
$200/200
$50/75
$200/200
$50/75
$50/150
$50/75
Ribbon
Ribbon
7:30 am
7:35 am
7:43 am
7:51 am
7:56 am
8:00 am
8:03 am
8:05 am
8:10 am
8:13 am
 

Course Description

New Start: Short promenade up service road from inside parking area, directly onto, and then a short distance on San Pablo Dam Road. New Finish: Top of the second long climb on Bear Creek Road (Papa Bear); finishers will be ushered in the same direction to staging area for
safety of the racers who just finished and those who are still racing.
New Feed Zone: Approximately 1 km before finish on Papa Bear climb.
Parking at feed zone will be limited to use by feed zone participants
only. Traditional loop (approx 19 approx miles): San Pablo Dam, Castro
Ranch, Alhambra Valley, and Bear Creek Roads, clockwise. Pavement good
to fair. No road closure, watch for traffic and road hazards, and use
caution. Unauthorized follow vehicles will result in rider/team DQ. NO WARMING UP ON THE COURSE.

Registration

Registration Opens 6:00am and closes 15 minutes before each race.
Pre-reg: Mail 2005 USAC Standard Release form and check to BBC, 2300
Webster St. #102, SF CA, 94115, postmarked before April 25. Or online at
BikeReg.com until May 5th. Pre-reg closes when fields fill, check website.
Add $7 for late registration.Field sizes are smaller than normal. Note: There are NO men 5 fields. Masters 45+ is 1,2,3,4.

You are encouraged to register early at BikeReg.com

Directions to Staging area:

San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch. (Same as BBC TTT.) From Orinda (Hwy 24), 2.4 miles north/west (towards Richmond) on Camino Pablo to the San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch (not the Recreation Area); enter at Boat Launch sign and follow the lakefront road north 1.5 miles, past guard gate to parking lots. From I-80, San Pablo Dam Road exit, 8.9 miles south/east (towards Orinda) to Boat Launch as above.

Parking is limited, carpooling is advised.
NO PARKING ON THE COURSE OR NEAR THE FINISH LINE.

Race promoter: Hal Danielsen





 
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