A dozen members of the Pedalazos bike club set out at 8:25 am on a bright Saturday morning to ride into the rolling hill country near La Lobera, located some 14 miles (23 kms) southwest of Oaxaca or 6 miles (9.8 kms) west of Zaachila. The terrain in this part of the Valles Centrales is mostly flat, so the pedaling was easy and the pace fairly quick. It wasn’t until the group turned off from the main road to La Lobera and began riding the dirt roads that wind through the foothills that there was any significant elevation change. From beginning to end, the ride covered 38.6 miles (62.1 kms), with a gain and loss of 2467 feet (752 meters) in elevation.
