SOB ride in Albuquerque (Where it’s Springtime in February) This is a sanctioned SOB ride.
Please post to the ride list if you’re going, or send an email reply to paul@gpmurray.com.
I’m posting a ride this Friday, 2/6 in Albuquerque. Here’s the route.
We’ll take the Rail Runner to Albuquerque/Rio Bravo (Listed as Bernalillo Co. It’s the stop between Downtown Albuquerque and Isleta Pueblo.
The Raill Runner leaves the Downtown Depot at 7:08 am. There are four Santa Fe stops where you can board the train, Downtown, (7:08) South Capitol, (7:13) Zia Road (7:20) and 599, where I’ll board at 7:37 am. I’ll board as far forward on the train as I can.
The Rio Bravo (Bernalillo Co. stop will be at 8:57 am, where we’ll start the ride. The ride is 31.39 miles long and virtually flat, 361 feet of elevation. The temps in Albuquerque at 9 am will be: 41° and the wind will be 4 mph from the NNW.
The return train will leave the town of Bernalillo at the 550 station at 2:49 pm and will arrive at Santa Fe’s 3 stops starting at 3:29 pm. This train will not stop at Zia Road on the return ride. The last stop at the Santa Fe Depot will be at 3:52 pm.
We will have lunch at the Range Cafe before we head to the 550 depot in Bernalillo.
The ride includes a coffee break at Bike in Coffe and a restroom stop at Tingley Beach. Below is the route with the elevation and mileage, courtesy of Charles Bennett.
Rio Bravo Bosque Trail to Bernalillo Ride (via RailRunner)
31.39 Miles 361 ft. Elevation
Ride begins at the Bernalillo County/Sunport RailRunner Station =
next stop heading south after Downtown Albuquerque stop.
1. Bern. Cty RailRunner stop to Bosque Trail Starting Point on Rio Bravo Blvd.
0.76 miles, 46 ft. elev.
2. Starting Point Bosque Trail to Tingley Beach (via Bosque Trail.)
8.81 miles, 75 ft. elev. (restrooms, water available.)
3. Turn-Off from Bosque Trail/I-40 Bike Trail East from Tingley Beach.
1.85 miles, 20 ft. elev.
4. Distance from Bosque Trail turn-off on I-40 Bike Trail to Bike-In Coffee.
0.51 miles (1.02 miles r/t), 7 ft. elev.
5. Distance from Bosque Trail junction with I-40 Bike Trail to Sandia RailRunner
Station via Montaño, Rio Grande Blvd.NW, through Los Ranchos de ,
Albuquerque, to Ortega Rd. NW to Guadalupe Trail NW to Alameda (NM 528),
short dog-leg left turn onto Alameda then back onto Guadalupe Trail NW
to Guadalupe CT. NW to Camino del Bosque to 4th Street to Sandia
Pueblo RailRunner Station.
11.08 miles, 118 ft. elev.
6. Distance from Sandia Pueblo RailRunner Station to Bernalillo (Range Cafe)
7.07 miles, 62 ft. elev.
7. Range Cafe to Sandoval County/NM 550 RailRunner Station
1.31 miles, 33 ft. elev.
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