One of the toughest double centuries on the California Triple Crown schedule, the Devil Mountain Double, is also one of the first.  With more than 205 miles of riding and a whopping 18,000+ feet of elevation gain, this ride begs for a long season of preparation.  Riders who choose to tackle it, however, have to make do with whatever riding they can cobble together during the winter months.  So, it's likely that you'll suffer more than a bit when you do the Devil Mountain Double, as we did when we rode this year's Tenth Anniversary Edition (our fifth time around the course).

The 2005 edition was blessed with great weather.  A small rain system cleared out several days earlier, leaving behind some high clouds and very mild temperatures. About 160 riders left the San Ramon Marriott, heading out for a great day of riding.

Presented below, photos from Campy Only's   webmaster@campyonly.com if you'd like to have a higher-res version emailed to you.

We stopped on the way to the ride to visit with an incognito Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycle Works in Walnut Creek	Grant's pick for dinner in Walnut Creek: Tullio's restaurant	Mojo Cosgrove at Tullio's Mojo's Big Fix Ride	A very appropriate restaurant for Campy Only's Eric Norris (P.S. the food there was great!)	Ride day: the Campy Only Sachs waits to go.
Our ride number	On the slopes of Mt. Diablo	We rode through this bank of clouds at about 3,000 feet		Clear skies at the top of Mt Diablo
The Campy Only Sachs after its first climb of the day	View from the top	THANKS to all the rest stop workers!	The Campy Only grupetto on Morgan Territory Road. Thanks to Tom Milton for his over-the-shoulder shot	Second rest stop on Morgan Territory Road
RS 2  THANKS AGAIN to all the rest stop workers	Heading for Livermore		Top of the Altamont Pass	Starting the descent from the Altamont Pass
Climbing Patterson Pass ...	... AKA "Oh My God" hill	The Mojo Cosgrove/ Anny Beck tandem crests Patterson Pass	Anny and Mojo
Cosgrove/Beck start the descent		RS 3 on Mines Road	Quite an array of performance products	Cimbing Mines Road
Views from Mines Road
Lunch at the Junction!		Hmmm ... Cloudy skies looked threatening, but rain never materialized	Gratuitous photo of Eric Norris and the Campy Only Sachs at lunch	Seas of wildflowers
			Mooo!	Top of Mt Hamilton
	The Lick Observatory	View from the top of Mt Hamilton-- the downhill got cold!	RS 5, outside San Jose	Mojo and Anny refuel
	The marker in the pavement for ...	... the infamous Sierra Road!	There it goes ... about 3 miles of up	At the top of Sierra Road
	Petting Alto the Goat at the Sierra Road rest stop. He wanted to eat our leather saddle	View near Calaveras reservoir	Last rest stop, Sunol
		Mojo, where's Anny?

P.S.  Campy Only's official time for the ride was 16 hours, 46 minutes, good enough to put us in 57th place (out of 126 places).  Our time took 30 minutes off our former PR (from 2003).  Results from Quack Cyclists