RR: San Gabes, Sunday

[mazer75]

I'm doing this the next time you guys go.

I haven't been riding enough, didn't want to slow you guys down today so I just did a maintenance ride at Fully. The reason I haven't had much time today is from work and I just moved to Hermosa. Now that the move is all done, and work is back to "normal", it's time to RIDE!

Glad you guys had a great time in the Gabes today, it's a beautiful place and oh so much fun to ride!

[kanga]

Originally Posted by TrojanInsomniac

Steve, we missed you today! It'd be a treat to have you, Pato and Maxwell out on one ride

Looking forward to it!

[CPATCRASH]

Looked like a great ride. I was worked from Noble yesterday though and didn't wake up till 7:00. Next time!

[ladera Dave]

This ride is a classic, I did this ride with Pain Freak last Febuary in the rain, Great pictures.

[Pain Freak]

Originally Posted by RacinJason

I'm bummed that Willie and I missed out.
It looks like you all had a great time.
I didn't get to ride all weekend. I hope next time we get to go.

Yeah, we were a little bummed you guys couldn't make it waited a little but had to get going.

It's always fun, Chasin Jason.

[davidB]

Originally Posted by RacinJason

I'm bummed that Willie and I missed out.
It looks like you all had a great time.
I didn't get to ride all weekend. I hope next time we get to go.

heck, find a day you want to come up and we'll do it again!
i know ricky, aaron and sam wanted to visit as well

[maxwell]

Man, I take a little nap, and you guy's get the RR's up FAST!

First off, thanks to Dave for setting up this ride, and Joe for meeting up with Jake and I for our inital climb.

This was only my second time riding this area, and Jake's first.

We had a short road ride, mixed in with some fun dirt, before the climbing started.

Joe and Jake riding on up to the LSM trail.


We started on up the LSM trail. Joe had mentioned that on weekends it was a VERY popular hiking area.
Man, they don't call him JoeTruth for nothing.
The trail climbed on a nice grade, with some tech sections, and switchbacks.

Joe rides the switchback, while the hikers looks on.


Jake pedaling on up the trail.


I really like this shot.

Joe and Jake climbing, and enjoying the views!


There were a couple of spots on the climb where I was a little nervous (as a Dad) but Jake takes direction well, and knows his comphort zone, so I don't worry too much.

This was one of those spots.

Joe


Jake


Jake was climbing really well today. He never complained or asked how much further until the top.

He came real close to making this section. Remember, he's on his hardtail.


And he did have to push a time or two.


I think we were fairly close to our meeting point with the others when Scott and Mark caught us.

We had stopped so I could give this rocky switchback a shot.

First attempt...


DOH!


Scott made it look EASY!


I gave it another shot.....

SUCCESS!


As others have said, we made it up to the White Castle ruins, and grouped up.

This little break gave me a chance to get a couple of shots of my NEW ride!

Another Kona HOSS Deluxe!


I threw a new Manitou Nixion Elite on it, and it felt really good today in the chunk.


And I went with an "old school" Ringle Slamma Jamma headset I had laying around.

Hey CPATCRASH, look familair?


From here we did the "last" little bit of climbing, and the REAL FUN began!
I didn't get many pics after the DH started. I was having too much fun to stop!

Well, until I pinch flatted that is. Plato and I had that thing fixed faster than you could say....

"I carry two tubes. Oh crap, that one has a hole in it too!"

DOH, AGAIN!

Towards the bottom we hit this nice little rocky, steep climb.

Mike gives it a go...


He almost made it.

Jake didn't get very far....


More hikers up!


Pato killed it!

He made it up and over, and made it look easy!


And this was another little fun rocky section, pointed in the "right" direction.
It had a bit of exposure, but it wasn't all that ruff.

Scott, making it look easy.....


And Pato makes it look FUN!


It was a REAL treat today!
Great ride, great weather, and great company!

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Seeing Maxwell and son Jake riding out there was a real treat. Jake is on his way to being able to kick all our sorry old butts in the very near future. I was able to ride behind him for a little and he's a lot like his dad. He picks the harder more fun lines. He's a huckin machine and his skill level is a lot futher along then mine was at the amount of riding he has done. You done good Darin, and you too Jake! I wish my son would come out and ride with me. But as we were going over some exposure and Jake handled it very well but I don't know if I'd be as calm as Darin was. The cliff at this spot is easily a good 250 foot straight drop. I probabaly would of asked my son to walk this, but pops just gave him some pointers and Jake listened and rode it like a seasoned pro.

Thanks Mike!

Jake was really killing it today. he said on the way home how he thought that this was his favorite ride to date, so far.
He also kept saying how much fun he has riding with such a "cool, nice, group of guy's"!
I'll have to agree with him on that one!

Originally Posted by Good_ol'_slappy

Nice! ...oh damn...Mike was out there with this Roxanne rendition again?

Man, he got that song stuck in my head for miles!
As "bad" as Eddie Muphy in 48 Hours!

Originally Posted by CPATCRASH

Looked like a great ride. I was worked from Noble yesterday though and didn't wake up till 7:00. Next time!

You missed it! One of these days I'll get it through your head how "over rated" sleep really is!

[Ladd Jasper]

Thanks for putting this together David. Sorry I couldn't stick around...

That's right, folks, I was the numbnut who got all the way to JPL before realizing his Maxle was left sitting at home

Looks like a great time was had by all, including my pal Mike. More than happy to lend him my lid, glad one of us got to ride

Oh, and thanks for correcting that Ladd Jasper/ stjunkie thing so quickly--I certainly had no problems with it, but Scott must've been livid (you know how uptight that guy can get ).

Looking very forward to the next (first) one!

[CPATCRASH]

You missed it! One of these days I'll get it through your head how "over rated" sleep really is![/quote]

It wasn't so much the sleep as it was the legs after Noble on Saturday.

Nice headset!!!!

[TrojanInsomniac]

So, when's the housewarming/beach party? You'll have to join us for our next ride! This was my second time in the past two weeks up in the San Gabes........I'm sold! A little closer to home than the OC as well.

Originally Posted by mazer75

I'm doing this the next time you guys go.

I haven't been riding enough, didn't want to slow you guys down today so I just did a maintenance ride at Fully. The reason I haven't had much time today is from work and I just moved to Hermosa. Now that the move is all done, and work is back to "normal", it's time to RIDE!

Glad you guys had a great time in the Gabes today, it's a beautiful place and oh so much fun to ride!

[art23rockpile]

Nice RR guys!

Somehow, this is one route I haven't done yet, even tho the Gabs are my fave local riding area. Lately i've had a thing for the High Country trails, as opposed to the Front Range.

Pato: love the new avatar!

[Pato]

Originally Posted by art23rockpile

Pato: love the new avatar!

That's actual video footage of me at work.

[Letyrides]

Nice RR. Gabe and I woke up and we decided to head out in that direction. Saw you guys taking off. We actually didn't take the turn but went straight up the trail to the left?! I'm bad with names. We climbed up that for 6.50 miles and I took one look at what was a head and decided I had a good intro for the day. We did 13 miles and climbed about 2800 ft. Weather was great, not as hot as they reported, the ocean breezes were great. Next time we'll have to do the route you did. Glad you all had a good time.

[JoeTruth]

You went up the Arroyo Seco and The Gabrielino Trail. Did you reach the waterfall? Sounds about the spot you all turned around. The Gab is an awesome trail. Not sure if it would be my first choice for climbing but it definetly is worthy of riding. One of the most scenic trails we have in the front range and all of So. Cal.

We didn't start our ride where you entered but we finished there. We came out where you went left in the Arroyo Seco but we came from the right (El-Prieto/Brown Mtn.)

Originally Posted by Letyrides

Nice RR. Gabe and I woke up and we decided to head out in that direction. Saw you guys taking off. We actually didn't take the turn but went straight up the trail to the left?! I'm bad with names. We climbed up that for 6.50 miles and I took one look at what was a head and decided I had a good intro for the day. We did 13 miles and climbed about 2800 ft. Weather was great, not as hot as they reported, the ocean breezes were great. Next time we'll have to do the route you did. Glad you all had a good time.

[JoeTruth]

For those that were on the ride, you remember how warm it was towards the end of our ride. Well, after I got home, we went to the beach and man, talk about a contrast in weather. Windy as heck and almost cold. Sun was out but sitting on the beach for an hour was a chore and more like being in a sand storm. I think it was about 70 degrees at Huntington Beach and 91 @ home. A little contrast. Regardless, it's always good to get to the beach and take in some fresh salt-air vs. smoggy air full of carbon monoxide. Them Kite Boarders were having a field day out there. In fact, I texted Pete (BrahMa) who's an avid kite boarder, telling him he should come out and kite and when I finally heard back from him, apparently, we was just there at the same exact spot we were at and most likely walked right past us as he exited the water. Small world!

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by JoeTruth

For those that were on the ride, you remember how warm it was towards the end of our ride. Well, after I got home, we went to the beach and man, talk about a contrast in weather. Windy as heck and almost cold. Sun was out but sitting on the beach for an hour was a chore and more like being in a sand storm. I think it was about 70 degrees at Huntington Beach and 91 @ home. A little contrast. Regardless, it's always good to get to the beach and take in some fresh salt-air vs. smoggy air full of carbon monoxide. Them Kite Boarders were having a field day out there. In fact, I texted Pete (BrahMa) who's an avid kite boarder, telling him he should come out and kite and when I finally heard back from him, apparently, we was just there at the same exact spot we were at and most likely walked right past us as he exited the water. Small world!

Mr. Truth you need to get out to the beach more often. The temps were nice and the water was warm yesterday. We rode the Newport/Huntington bike paths for 6-7 hours yesterday. Basically from Huntington Pier to the Wedge.

Dean