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Sat 5.17---ACH

Awoke to a beautiful morning and took off for the Crest.  At the base by 7:00am.  Saw one rider coming down, otherwise some locals at Newcomb's already, about 6 bikes.  Had a coffee and came back down; no LEO's out yet, BUT:

Several Suicide Squirrels, one Suicide Snake basking in the Sun and some loose rocky sections here and there...several cyclists climbing on the lower section.

Will most likely return this evening at 7pm, and again, 7am on Sunday.

Gusduc and I had a lovely peddle around the hills of Palos Verdes this morning.  Roads were clear and steep.  [laugh]

Quote from: joekarati on May 17, 2008, 10:30:27 AM
Sat 5.17---ACH

Awoke to a beautiful morning and took off for the Crest.  At the base by 7:00am.  Saw one rider coming down, otherwise some locals at Newcomb's already, about 6 bikes.  Had a coffee and came back down; no LEO's out yet, BUT:

Several Suicide Squirrels, one Suicide Snake basking in the Sun and some loose rocky sections here and there...several cyclists climbing on the lower section.

Will most likely return this evening at 7pm, and again, 7am on Sunday.

tom was up there around 9-ish...

again tommorrow, huh?

                      Holy chainring Batman, you rode your road bike, BadDog???


      I rode the Canadian, did speed work, sprints (took second), did somemore speed

      work--one last sprint, then straight to coffee.

Quote from: nomods on May 17, 2008, 02:40:42 PM
                                                             I rode the Canadian

                                           That just doesn't sound right, eh?   [laugh]

Quote from: Rideon on May 17, 2008, 07:10:25 PM
                                           That just doesn't sound right, eh?   [laugh]

Okay, yeah, nice to hear from you guys...BACK ON TOPIC... ;D  (Rideon!!!  NoMods!!! good to see you here!!!)

Sat 5/17 7pm ACH

Again, no one up there...nice and cool...I know I have no life, but the evening time is a GREAT time to ride up there...the way up was awesome, no Sun in the face...the whole way up was clean (musta been swept) and clear...I saw one bike coming down at the very bottom....otherwise...HEAVEN.

Quote from: joekarati on May 17, 2008, 10:30:27 AM

Several Suicide Squirrels, one Suicide Snake basking in the Sun and some loose rocky sections here and there...several cyclists climbing on the lower section.

I was up there today too. I haven't ridden ACH for over a year. I saw that Suicide Snake! Stopped at Newcomb's for a quick bite.

Freakin' hot out there today.

          Okay Smarty Pants (BadDog), I rode a Norco CCR--yep, it is Canadian.  And for the record, I only ride two things fast,  my Ducati and my Norco CCR.

          Hello Joe, thanks for a nice thread--apparently most of the cool kids rode motorcycles today, the rest of us provided our own motor [cheeky]

ride + bike + motors oops.... engines, people  [roll]


[moto]



[laugh]

I sat in bed with my leg up and played mario cart
does that count

Sun. 5/18/2008

PVE...........22 miles of rolling roads............. no [leo]..............lots of sun & good company in the form of GregP [thumbsup] 

Saw a guy on a Honda Rebel.... he must have been tiny because it looked normal [laugh]

Btw we were on the bicycles again as we couldn't afford to buy gas & join JC on ACH.......... good news is we made a full ride without a flat or me taking a pit stop at the fire station [cheeky]

Sun 5.18 ACH 7am

Picture perfect ride up. 
Watched the AMA race at Newcs for a bit, had some chow and headed back down to find a LEO steady on duty by 8am...thank God for hand signals from the locals..

Slow ride down, you can't win 'em all...

I heard that GMR was open again after about a month or so closure due the Mt Baldy fire. So I decided to check it out. Met up 3 other buddies late afternoon yesterday and we started up through Azusa and made our way on GMR. It was actually pretty clean for being closed for a few weeks. Great weather!!!!!!

Had a long lunch with some coworkers today.  This was our route (i think):

Office, PCH, Topanga, Fernwood, Saddle Peak, Schuren, Piuma, Malibu Canyon, PCH, Malibu Inn for Lunch, back to Malibu Canyon, Mulholland, Stunt, Saddle Peak, Tuna, PCH, back to work

PCH is cut up and not fun for approx 3 miles.
The usual suspect roads were all relatively clean.
A few LEOs here and there, especially around Bu Cyn and Mulholland area
Tuna Cyn SUCKS - my wrists hurt and I was so bored I was considering driving into a tree just to spice things up.

All in all, a nice way to get paid.

Quote from: madmatt on May 29, 2008, 02:53:53 PM
Tuna Cyn SUCKS - my wrists hurt and I was so bored I was considering driving into a tree just to spice things up.

[laugh]

Thirty Three

Saturday June 7th

thinking about the ride in 4 sections...and remember, if/ when you see semi-dump trucks hauling, they will be in groups of two!

the first section before the tunnels is clean, BUT then there is posted a traffic signal that comes up quick shortly after the tunnels, it's a one lane timed light that takes up to two minutes...it comes up VERY fast, so mind yourself after the tunnels.

after the ranger station, section 2 is good, (this is SteveG's favorite section) but here the descending lane has it's dirty parts.  lots of blind rights, the shrubbery has grown up a bit in the spring and makes it difficult to see cyclists that are climbing, and seeing through the turns.  most of this section is smooth as it has been repaved.  THE CATCH here is that the new repave has DUG OUT reflector "holes" in the middle of the road...(*reminder*  :) stay loose on the bars if you hit that shit for any reason).

section three, after the repave ends, the topside to the crest is bumpy and at times patchy, but also clean...

section four (after the crest), down to the fast backside all the way to Tom Wolfe's place is the usual...very fast, but a couple of sections where climbers and hikers pull off the road...very clean, some limited visibility due to shrubs, but fun as all hell.

good times, guess the gang will be rolling thru there next weekend...oh, btw, not one LEO, not one other bike at Tom's...and the weather was perfect, pretty windy up at Tom's though and a bit cooler than expected...

Quote from: Bad Dog on June 07, 2008, 12:14:51 PM

Thank you, Joey.
I'm scheduled to be there tomorrow morning.....

[thumbsup]


.....BD

I'm already here in Ventura, most likely will stay the night and go ride again..Where we meeting and at what time?

jc

Sat 06/07

Inglewood Blvd. to 405 North exit Century Blvd.  Same ride every day except Mon. & Tues.

Not nearly as fun as Joey C on the 33 but I do get the occasional wheelie & I pulled a nice one thru 3rd gear today on Century & got a  [thumbsup] from a hottie waitng for the Manhattan Beach Shuttle 8)

Looking forward to next Sat. [thumbsup]