I was signed up for the 125 but time ran out. I ended up trimming off the last 25 miles, the River Road loop. http://youtu.be/WPJTXZKPCKk Good Things: Got started at 6:00am, right at our planned launch time (a half hour earlier would probably have been a good idea, but c'est la vie). Overall good time. Passed many persons, Climbed many hills. Ignored (or tried to) much complaining from legs and back. Bad Things: Jonathan got four (FOUR!) flats. Three in the back, one in the front, so much time was wasted doing Yet Another Repair. I had a flat too. It rained. It was somewhere between 35F-39F at Stirling city. The roads were too slick to enjoy the well earned downhill. The rest stops closed on too aggressive a schedule, and what was there seemed ... I dunno ... incomplete. Not a lot of choices in carbs, drinks. Long queues for water. The only service tent I saw was at the Paradise rest stop. And ultimately Jonathan bonked out in Oroville. By then it was too late to complete the full course, so I jumped to the 100 from the 125. The right decision from a time perspective (plus, righting with a wet chamois for 70+ miles leads to a great deal of Not Having Fun), but I regret that so much time was spent at rest stops and beside the road. If that could have been cut in half then I'd have had enough time to finish the full route. Next time! All in all - a challenging ride all on its own. The hills were brutal. The weather made it that much more challenging. Still - good times had by all.