SS. The ride was organized by Willie Hunt through the PCH Randos. This is a beautiful route. https://pchrandos.com/joshua-tree-to-vegas-300k/ Rode my single speed, and I'm ecstatic how well it went. This is my longest ride to date on the single speed, and the most climbing. None of the climbing was very steep, maybe a few short pitches at 9%, but generally the hardest sustained climbing was around 5% or less, so it was perfect for the single speed. Except that, with the shallow downhill grades, you can't go nearly as fast as when on a geared bike. Hector, Doug Church, Greg and Stacey Kline, Shai (fixie) and Jay (fixie), w/ Chris, and a good number of other riders were on this one. It is a popular ride, and now I know why! Willie Hunt and Mark Kaufman kindly provided SAG support during the ride, and shuttle service back to Joshua Tree Sunday morning. Two riders finished well in front, but I finished next together with a rider I shepherded over the last 30 miles or so. This was his longest ride ever, and his rides are usually only up to 70 miles or so, although he had gone as far as 125 miles. His mistake was to start off at the pace he would ride for a 70 mile ride. He cooked his legs on the first long climb and just gutted out the rest of the ride. The entire day was a learning experience for him, with his Garmin dying, and his brand new headlight was getting dimmer and dimmer as the battery died, etc.. Hey, experience or advice from someone who has been through it are the only ways to learn these lessons.