First time doing this loop in reverse for me. It works pretty well in this direction. At the start, while getting ready for the ride, it was already feeling really warm. Luckily, once we got started, the wind was cool and balanced out the temperature nicely. For some reason after lunch though, it felt like a switch got flipped and the oven was turned on. When we descended Dublin Canyon Rd., somehow Bob was coasting down at 40 mph while I was doing 350-400W just to stay along side him. It was crazy! He must have some serious #gravitywatts at the moment. Before lunch, I thought I was going to put in a full gas effort on Calaveras but because of the heat, I was more than happy to tootle along. About halfway there was a downed tree across the middle of the road with just enough room to ride passed it. Every time I come back to an old climb and ride it for the first time on the Aethos, it just feels way easier than I remembered it being. Really loving this bike.