SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Looks like the rain missed us up here in LACo? I guess I'm gonna have to go for ride this morning? 
Who's Riding Where???
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Faust29
Moderator
Looks like the rain missed us up here in LACo? I guess I'm gonna have to go for ride this morning?
The rain woke me up, and it's still coming down! I was thinking of doing Brown anyway...
mike
iMTB Hooligan
Thanks in advance for your service. I’ll be trying to keep up in spirit.
Also…AYE!!!!!!!!!
redwoods
Well-Known Member
Anyone up for some San Gabes action tomorrow? I'd like to get at least 20 miles, up to around 30 depending on the route, and start reasonably early (by 7:00).
Thinking about starting at/near Windsor, climbing Lower Merrill and Sunset Rd., and going all the way up to Wilson. From there I'm considering descending the Gabrelino from Red Box all the way back to Windsor, or down Middle Merrill to Sunset. I might skip Wilson if I descend Gabrelino because I can get water at Red Box.
Any takers?
Thinking about starting at/near Windsor, climbing Lower Merrill and Sunset Rd., and going all the way up to Wilson. From there I'm considering descending the Gabrelino from Red Box all the way back to Windsor, or down Middle Merrill to Sunset. I might skip Wilson if I descend Gabrelino because I can get water at Red Box.
Any takers?
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
I’m in if you can roll at midnight.
Faust29
Moderator
I just got back from that route!
redwoods
Well-Known Member
Yeeeaahh-no.
lol I was reading your proposed route and thinking "I would have liked to join (I couldn't ride today), but I'm not sure about that middle descent and climb."
I haven't hit the full Gab in a few years, so I'm leaning toward that route.
buggravy
iMTB Addict
Tell Pete I said wassup. Have fun!
Faust29
Moderator
I was so casual, I never made it more than 20 feet from the coffee... Maybe an afternoon KB for me...
scan
iMTB Rockstah
MTT mon morn with @Sasquatch9billion
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
All of my rides under the sun are facilitated by my MIL.There's sure a lot of guys around here that use the mother in law excuse...Oh wait I think I used it last weekend...
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Neither my wife nor I have a MIL, so we can't use that as an excuse for anything. Both our MILs gave us each other, so we can hold them in regard or contempt for that, I suppose.All of my rides under the sun are facilitated by my MIL.
Runs with Scissors
iMTB Hooligan
Sunday I may be headed up Silverado Canyon/Maple Spring to Santiago Peak. Or on GMR/GRR to Baldy....
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buggravy
iMTB Addict
Speaking of, how is the healing progressing?I just want to post in this thread…
The IR thanks you for your contribution. Go ride!!!!!!!!!!
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
Lookit this guy…a new rig and a little bit of squiggly, and he’s having to tap the brakes to avoid hitting the guy ahead of him.
A handful of suitable HOoLiGaNs come to mind, and I’m curious to see who you get Redwoods.
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
Is this the Open Access Day tomorrow? I wish I could make it.
redwoods
Well-Known Member
Uh, that would be a LOT of squiggly.
But more to the point, I think the guy in front of me is who I used to could have been, and I'll never catch him. The guy catching up to me is who I'm eventually never gonna be, and he is inevitable. So THIS guy is trying to get while the gettin's good, preferably with company.
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
This is brilliant, and I’d still card you at a bar!Uh, that would be a LOT of squiggly.
But more to the point, I think the guy in front of me is who I used to could have been, and I'll never catch him. The guy catching up to me is who I'm eventually never gonna be, and he is inevitable. So THIS guy is trying to get while the gettin's good, preferably with company.
mike
iMTB Hooligan
Thanks for giving me another opportunity to post in this thread, Matt.
This one is going to take longer than your (my) average ankle roll, cuz I twisted it outward first then stretched it laterally. Great progress nonetheless, with normal-ish walking indoors, little discomfort. Most painful was the last nail in the coffin of my agenda here this year. Fires, smoke, heat and closures…the sprain capped it off. I’m not complaining. I still feel grateful and humbled, and I’m psyched looking forward.
Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
Yep. There is nothing worth riding out there other than on open access days.
Faust29
Moderator
I've been debating where to ride this weekend. I'll probably do something quick and short later today, and then something a little larger tomorrow. Unexpected company changed my initial plans.
Maybe up the Toll Road and down the Gabrielino? Or the P-Line climb of Lower Sam and the Mount Lowe Road and then down the Gab? Both are good routes; one just hurts more going up.
Maybe up the Toll Road and down the Gabrielino? Or the P-Line climb of Lower Sam and the Mount Lowe Road and then down the Gab? Both are good routes; one just hurts more going up.
redwoods
Well-Known Member
Wait...that's the P-line???
Faust29
Moderator
Wait...that's the P-line???
Compared to the Toll Road, Mount Lowe is the P-line… I tell myself that every time I climb it.
redwoods
Well-Known Member
I'd like to join you - really good payoff for that climbing. So what location and time are you starting? I know I'm not as fast as you on the ups, so if you'd like I can get started earlier.Compared to the Toll Road, Mount Lowe is the P-line… I tell myself that every time I climb it.
Faust29
Moderator
I usually start from home. When @SnakeCharmer joins, he starts from JPL and pedals over to Lower Sam. We meet at the base of the single track climb. He does that to avoid the 1st mile of pavement from my garage... It's steep.
I don't care about the pace...
Either meet at my house around 7:00 or Lower Sam around 7:30?