I Rode My Bike Today...

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Had an opening for a quick early lunch ride today and took it! Since I just converted the Tranny back to a SS, I decided to take it out for a shakedown run at Oaks. It was a bit warmer than I thought it would be. Sure doesn't feel like February 1st. The bike worked flawlessly. Can't say the same for my SS legs. Didn't have much time so I just parked at Oaks and did 3 B's, down Yucca, up Bumblebee to Goat, up 3 B's again and down Peralta. 5 miles, 1,125 feet. Was able to clean all of the climbs on the SS, but did walk a section or two going down Peralta. It was a nice break from staring at the computer screen.

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Perfect lunch!
 
Never ridden Tapia canyon at night. Saw a post on the SCV mountain bike group FB site about a night ride. It was hosted by Ethos Components. The deal was show up early and take a Ethos light out for a spin. What a great way to get a group night ride going! I saw at least 25 riders converge at the animal shelter, including @Postal Pat.
If you haven’t heard of Ethos check out these local home brewed lights!
http://www.ethoscomponents.com/ethos-components/
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I did some extra mileage with Kevin who showed me some new trails (to me) on the south side of Tapia.
20.2 miles
2927 elevation
Ten cold toes
 
Thursday night Black Star social... @mtnbikej , @horsebikerider , @Guywhodoesntdoforums, and a brief encounter with Hugh near the top. :thumbsup: We didn't have our normal Wednesday night ride, so I showed up early and did an extra Black Star. :p If one workout is good, two must be great!

Ride #1 was toasty! 80s in the canyon and the exposed areas.

Ride #2 was cooler, slower, and more social. :thumbsup:

I left the Chameleon on the wall, and took the Highball with a new 34 x 22 gear ratio. I didn't collapse. That's a good thing...:gag:

35/4500
 
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Cyclotourist said:
Feeling really, unnaturally tired. Exhausted at work, and a really sloooowwww ride this afternoon. Still, it beats the alternative!

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It's this damned Super Blue Blood Moon! :mad:

This full moon is "closer to the Earth than the usual full moon" (a Super Moon). Remember what TTB said in his night ride report? He's right, it's close. It's pull on our gravity is effecting everything from tides to the way we feel. I have friends that I chat with across the country on a daily basis. They are all feeling it. Increased aches, weakness, and general grumpiness. Give it til the end of the weekend and then we should all feel a lil better. BTW, I'm feeling it, too. The worst thing for me is that I can't sleep worth a damn during any full moon. :gag:

Science class, adjourned... :D
 
SnakeCharmer said:
It's this damned Super Blue Blood Moon! :mad:

This full moon is "closer to the Earth than the usual full moon" (a Super Moon). Remember what TTB said in his night ride report? He's right, it's close. It's pull on our gravity is effecting everything from tides to the way we feel. I have friends that I chat with across the country on a daily basis. They are all feeling it. Increased aches, weakness, and general grumpiness. Give it til the end of the weekend and then we should all feel a lil better. BTW, I'm feeling it, too. The worst thing for me is that I can't sleep worth a damn during any full moon. :gag:

Science class, adjourned... :D
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Ya' know... neither my wife nor I have been able to sleep well this whole week. Both of us are grumpy as well. Food doesn't taste good.
Might as well be the super moon!
 
13.8mi
1,342’

Today I got the tailwind mix just right and was feeling World Cup ready. I blasted up to WR and opted to climb Whiting rd. Bagged a PR, still fat guy pace but happy on the gains.

Cactus has had a bunch of new water bars installed so watch your lines until you get a feel for it.. Looks like more work inprocess on that trail also, much of it needed.

Exciting the park down Serrano heading under portola I pulled a sneaker move on my buddies and put 20 yards between us. Humm.... a race back to the office? I got another 10 yards exciting the tunnel at el pollo loco... humm I am sprinting now and I figure if I can get out of line of sight I can hold them. I go all in, heart pounding, legs burning. They are dropped. No visual.

Pulling out on to the street at Trabuco road and heading for bake parkway. Legs burning bad now. In the aero position. Still got it. They usually drop me the last 1/2 mile from the office... but today I got this! That last climb was brutal but I held them off to take the mental trophy for the day.
 
Luis said:
Never ridden Tapia canyon at night. Saw a post on the SCV mountain bike group FB site about a night ride. It was hosted by Ethos Components. The deal was show up early and take a Ethos light out for a spin. What a great way to get a group night ride going! I saw at least 25 riders converge at the animal shelter, including @Postal Pat.
If you haven’t heard of Ethos check out these local home brewed lights!
http://www.ethoscomponents.com/ethos-components/
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I did some extra mileage with Kevin who showed me some new trails (to me) on the south side of Tapia.
20.2 miles
2927 elevation
Ten cold toes
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Like Luis said I also made it to the ethos ride, big group showed up and riding at night is a blast. The ethos light is really solid they're definitely worth the money, I've owned one for awhile and James the guy who makes them always had one ready for me to use before I bought it, he's a cool dude and a good rider, worth looking at if in the market for a light

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Headed up to Monroe Truck Trail, rode up, did about 3 miles more on Glendora Ridge Road, and then went back down the same way. I think I've only climbed MTT 4 times before, and it's been a while. It was just as hot as I remembered it being, except it was really nice temps in the shade. I started later on purpose, about 9:45, and saw only 7 other mtbers, 4 of whom were fully armored and full-faced, the other 3 were normal. :p Not as many hikers as I expected either.

The shuttle monkeys were the ones who did not make way for the climbing dude (me), so my expectations were met. o_O

Great ride, but went through my water supply faster than I thought I would so I didn't make it to my goal of Mt Baldy Village. But that's okay, because I had a great time racing some youngster on flats down MTT. He won, but only because I actually went off the trail in the creek bed because, well, that's where it looked like it was going. :whistling: Gotta pay closer attention next time.

Fun ride! 24 miles and 3,500 feet of gain.

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mo el moro today.. hot.. busy..packs of hikers... taking the whole road.. no biggie..expected.. fun lizrds rattle. Emeralds...
Then saw two helicopters.. one guy hurt at entrance to lizards ..heard he got hurt at the rocks of lizards... maybe his back...rough....
No exaggerating
Two more fire trucks on bommer passed us.. then two fire engines at ridgw park plus two more fire ambu trucks.. gurney...
Wow ..so much hardware... one guy sitting on the rock at lizards... hope he is ok...
Oc is a good place to injured...
Never so many cars at ridge park...
Still an awesome day
Such a contrast to last monday...
 
Lots of free time waiting on my daughters high school speech stuff...

More ebikes...
A guy in my group even had one...
Opinion changing..
1st ebiker..Knee surgery..no riding..got ebike to get back on the saddle...
2nd ebiker.. looked like a 60 plus old guy riding w a group
3rd ebiker...passed us on one of the ridges..slight up hill yelled out on ur left to our group as she blew passed us...

Ummm...
Im just a friendly guy..she was not friendly....

Dont start.. e bikes r here....
 
konakc said:
Lots of free time waiting on my daughters high school speech stuff...

More ebikes...
A guy in my group even had one...
Opinion changing..
1st ebiker..Knee surgery..no riding..got ebike to get back on the saddle...
2nd ebiker.. looked like a 60 plus old guy riding w a group
3rd ebiker...passed us on one of the ridges..slight up hill yelled out on ur left to our group as she blew passed us...

Ummm...
Im just a friendly guy..she was not friendly....

Dont start.. e bikes r here....
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1. Lots of people come back from knee surgery.
2. Did 60 miles for 60th Bday ride a few months back....he kicked all our asses on a SS.
 
Holy Jim up and back with Kevin and Nate. I used to ride with Kevin a lot, then over the last two years, life just sort of happened and we didn't cross paths much. Now I've ridden with him about five times in the last three weeks. He's a good rider. A docent and a skills instructor. I also haven't even seen my friend Nathan since November. Again, life happens.

So we crammed into Kevin's Tacoma (with extra cab, but not back seat) and plowed on up to the Holy Jim Trailhead. I have ridden HJ exactly once (as a part of the HJ/Trabuco loop). About ten years ago. Not my favorite kind of riding, and quite a distance from home. But, I gave in to peer pressure. It didn't suck.

Beautiful day out there. The lower rock gardens and creek crossings were a challenge - especially up. The switchbacky part was fine and the rest of the climb was ok. Only a few flies at the top of the hike a bike at Pain Divide. We rode out a little on Main Divide - about a mile or so - just to get a view. Then we came back and headed down HJ. I've never ridden down the trail. The top drop in was interesting. Not too hard except the initial gap between the rock and tree. Next time, I'll just go over the rock. The rest of the DH was meh. Fun, but not exciting. Similar to San Juan, but easier. A bit of loose rock to keep you honest. I am sure glad someone had cut back the branches recently. That trail would not be fun with vegetation encroachment. So thanks for that. The switchbacks were kind of a fun challenge that I don't do much. Not real difficult, but entertaining. The rock gardens and creek crossings were definitely more fun this direction (although I walked some of the creek crossings out of an abundance of caution).

Nate and I opted to ride out Trabuco wash rather than be tossed around in Kevin's truck. Then it was breakfast burritos.

Fun morning doing something different. Confirmed that it's not my favorite kind of riding, but it was absolutely beautiful.

I think it was about 2500' of climbing. 16.3 miles including finishing out the wash.

Bikes are fun. Good times with good friends. :thumbsup: :cool:

Oh - I forgot to mention. I had to laugh at the e-biker trying in vain to push his bike up the last section before getting to Main Divide. I wasn't going to help, but Kevin was a good sport and helped him pull the beast up the hill. E-Rider was maybe 30 years old, looked fit. English accent.
 
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herzalot said:
Holy Jim up and back with Kevin and Nate. I used to ride with Kevin a lot, then over the last two years, life just sort of happened and we didn't cross paths much. Now I've ridden with him about five times in the last three weeks. He's a good rider. A docent and a skills instructor. I also haven't even seen my friend Nathan since November. Again, life happens.

So we crammed into Kevin's Tacoma (with extra cab, but not back seat) and plowed on up to the Holy Jim Trailhead. I have ridden HJ exactly once (as a part of the HJ/Trabuco loop). About ten years ago. Not my favorite kind of riding, and quite a distance from home. But, I gave in to peer pressure. It didn't suck.

Beautiful day out there. The lower rock gardens and creek crossings were a challenge - especially up. The switchbacky part was fine and the rest of the climb was ok. Only a few flies at the top of the hike a bike at Pain Divide. We rode out a little on Main Divide - about a mile or so - just to get a view. Then we came back and headed down HJ. I've never ridden down the trail. The top drop in was interesting. Not too hard except the initial gap between the rock and tree. Next time, I'll just go over the rock. The rest of the DH was meh. Fun, but not exciting. Similar to San Juan, but easier. A bit of loose rock to keep you honest. I am sure glad someone had cut back the branches recently. That trail would not be fun with vegetation encroachment. So thanks for that. The switchbacks were kind of a fun challenge that I don't do much. Not real difficult, but entertaining. The rock gardens and creek crossings were definitely more fun this direction (although I walked some of the creek crossings out of an abundance of caution).

Nate and I opted to ride out Trabuco wash rather than be tossed around in Kevin's truck. Then it was breakfast burritos.

Fun morning doing something different. Confirmed that it's not my favorite kind of riding, but it was absolutely beautiful.

I think it was about 2500' of climbing. 16.3 miles including finishing out the wash.

Bikes are fun. Good times with good friends. :thumbsup: :cool:
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Nice ride!

The next time you give in to peer pressure, I recommend an out and back on Trabuco instead of HJ. The climb is in the same ballpark as far as stats, but the looseness makes it a little more difficult and probably a HAB section or two. It's also more scenic... You'll see fewer people, and the trail is a much better descent than HJ. With the speed you carry, you might even find some pucker factor.
 
Faust29 said:
Nice ride!

The next time you give in to peer pressure, I recommend an out and back on Trabuco instead of HJ. The climb is in the same ballpark as far as stats, but the looseness makes it a little more difficult and probably a HAB section or two. It's also more scenic... You'll see fewer people, and the trail is a much better descent than HJ. With the speed you carry, you might even find some pucker factor.
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Thanks. The HJ climb was plenty challenging, so I'm not looking for more challenge in that direction. I think @Cougar and I are going to do the HJ/Trabuco loop next weekend. He wants to get primed for that St. George event.

I may have to drop the HJ drop-in from Main Divide again and try my over-the-first-rock entry. After tri-podding between the rock and tree, I managed the rest of it just fine - to my surprise.
 
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