Originally Posted by
datlas
Yup it's pretty well known. One of my cycling friends is trying to break 20 minutes on it, but somehow always ends up a little above 20. Because old.
I believe they did it in the 2010 Tour of California.
My best ever time on it is just under 25 minutes, but I'm 4 minutes off that these days. I did the 'Best Ever' about 20 years ago, so there's that.
I hadn't done it in 7 years, because I kept thinking "I'm too old to be doing this before I get a really solid base of miles" - basically wimping out. This Sunday, I even went down the West side - that's where I took that picture I posted, looking toward the Pacific, then back up a different way over the hill and down. Old La Honda is a great climb and a terrible descent. Conversely, La Honda Road (CA Rt. 84 is a terrible climb and a great descent.