Cornholio
iMTB Rockstah
Thought so! I've only ridden there once and I did not clean that thing. My excuse is that I was demoing a bike so it wasn't mine.
Describe SoCal fun/technical terrain with a picture
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Thought so! I've only ridden there once and I did not clean that thing. My excuse is that I was demoing a bike so it wasn't mine.
knucklebuster
Well-Known Member
Not really one to stop allot on downhills to take pictures, and usually think of whole trails, not really sections of a trail, since allot of my favorite trails have fast flowy stuff that lead into some challenging tech stuff, and it's all fun taken as a whole. Here's my couple of favorites:
Exploration Trail... you can hit the full 5 mile length 2 or 3 times in a day
San Juan from Blue Jay, counter-clock around the lollipop, Viejo Tie, and Chiquito to the candy store. Guess you could shuttle up and do it again but it's tough for a shuttle ride, around 13 miles and some climbing and HABing.
Craig Mtnbiker going for the double rock roll
Too many good ones to find pics to post here, You can search the ride reports and find more pics of these.
And...Ramona trail would be up there in the same category but it's kinda far away. Skinsuit (steep and rutted), Ding Dong (steep), Yeager (steep and techy), Upper and Lower Holy Jims, the lower part of HJ is always a challenge to make it through the creek crossings without a dab, and the lower part of Trabuco from the WHT split down is just a fast blast, I'd go back up and do that over a couple times in a day, but it's usually the happy ending to a bigger ride...
Exploration Trail... you can hit the full 5 mile length 2 or 3 times in a day
San Juan from Blue Jay, counter-clock around the lollipop, Viejo Tie, and Chiquito to the candy store. Guess you could shuttle up and do it again but it's tough for a shuttle ride, around 13 miles and some climbing and HABing.
Craig Mtnbiker going for the double rock roll
Too many good ones to find pics to post here, You can search the ride reports and find more pics of these.
And...Ramona trail would be up there in the same category but it's kinda far away. Skinsuit (steep and rutted), Ding Dong (steep), Yeager (steep and techy), Upper and Lower Holy Jims, the lower part of HJ is always a challenge to make it through the creek crossings without a dab, and the lower part of Trabuco from the WHT split down is just a fast blast, I'd go back up and do that over a couple times in a day, but it's usually the happy ending to a bigger ride...
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UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
29" wheels have all but made ruts obsolete.Ruts add to the challenge.
SoCal_Rider
Member
So true. The first half dozen times I rode Insidious I'd get all stressed before dropping into the Squirrel Catcher. I was afraid some of the rocks would be knocked out of place or loose setting me up for a hard fall. The rest of the trail is a challenge, but fun.Guess I'll have to go ride Insidious tomorrow to grab a pic of the most fun, butt pucker trail I've ridden.
When I reach the bottom, my knees are shaking, I'm smiling a mile long, adrenaline pulsing through my body, then I shout out: Let's do it again!!!
bigringrider101
Well-Known Member
It's hard to tell how steep this section is, just from the pic. Have you ever seen anyone ride up it? Is it possible? I'm weird like that... Looking at it and trying to find me a line, up it.
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
It's not wicked steep. Go for it!
R Trujillo
Member
Guess I'll have to go ride Insidious tomorrow to grab a pic of the most fun, butt pucker trail I've ridden.
When I reach the bottom, my knees are shaking, I'm smiling a mile long, adrenaline pulsing through my body, then I shout out: Let's do it again!!!
Couldn't agree more..funny i was wondering if someone would mention it..so since you did, here is a screen grab. This shot does not do the first drop into the squirrel trap justice
Varaxis
Well-Known Member
Tagged along with @ridinrox to see it in person. Don't think these pics do it justice either.
Rox showed me all the ways up, and even ways down (no crashes!), and got to tour most of the good stuff in the area. It was my first time here on the singletrack. I ended up staying quite a while to play (~6 hours).
The singletrack climbs here are really well designed. A local told me one guiding principle was to make it so children could also ride it. They are pretty fun, especially if you go fast, since they're snaking up down and left and right and aren't steep at all. Relatively painless to get back to the top to ride down the DH trails.
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ridinrox
Well-Known Member
The children they are referring to are offspring of pro mtbers.
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
The log drop is the easiest part...
Oh and no Rox, not THAT kind of log drop...
Ooops, just violated one of Varaxis' rules.
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Varaxis
Well-Known Member
I have to admit, this is the kind of stuff I'd love to watch average riders attempt to roll/slide down.
pachaven
Member
I would like to jump on that ride. I've never seen that trail at LCWP...
Redman
iMTB Rockstah
mike
iMTB Hooligan
I think it was opened officially not too long ago...?
http://ocparks.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=48573
http://ocparks.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=48573
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Lizard was opened a few months ago. First official trail opened in LCWP in over 10 years. The log drop in the photo above ain't on Lizard. It's on an off-menu trail. But judging by the looks of how wide the trail has gotten, it's on a lot of people's menus!
mtnbikej
J-Zilla
Looking up.....it used to be far left then shift over to the right.
However it is now so blown out that most riders are staying way to the left(right side lookin down).
Cornholio
iMTB Rockstah
From the top looking/going down the left has a nice little drop you can take mid way down and the right can be rolled through quite easily. I switch it up but I see a lot of people sticking to the right side (right side while going down).
My pic in post #2 of this thread shows the view from the top.
rojomas
Member
Though I've taken all three lines, from this view I usually take far right. It's the line that I can carry the most amount of speed on.
I think I was describing the same thing as MtnbikeJ, only opposite (stage right house left)
If anyone knows Gerry, I followed him down the line I described as he set a KOM for that section, so I figure that's the "fastest" route, for the public trail fantasy racing crowd.
If anyone knows Gerry, I followed him down the line I described as he set a KOM for that section, so I figure that's the "fastest" route, for the public trail fantasy racing crowd.
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
From rider's perspective, center left. I like the drops and ledges. See that dark hole? Right over that!
moto knight
Member
One of my favorites from my local trails this is rattlesnake at sycamore in riverside.
ridinrox
Well-Known Member
I start left side cuz I, too, like drops and ledges.
