RR: Backbone Oct 29th

[LBmtb]

Headed north for a ride today. Met up with Sarah and then Tiffany, her cousin. To be honest I'm not even sure which part of backbone we did. Ended up being less then 14 miles I think? We started late because of some brake issues on Tiffany's bike and the time change meant we were running out of daylight.

Backbone, even just the small section we did, is f'ing rad. Fun singletrack the whole way. Got some good vid footage and there might be a movie up in a day or two. It wasn't hot at all since we started later in the day (around 3pm I think?).

Tiffany did very well for not having ridden in over a year. Sarah's still getting better. And I'm still on the plateau! But yeah, thanks you two - it was good times.

EDIT: Video is uploaded.


Download: right click & save as (20.5mb)

No technical riding photos - saved that for video. But photos are here and a sampling of those photos:

Tiffany and Sarah befor the ride


Me with my new 7" rotor


Group shot


Tiffany eating some of my bloks - I think she's addicted now


yes, we're hardcore

[Epic_Mtn_Biker]

Glad you enjoyed that portion of the SM's, George. I highly recommend you check out all the other stuff in the area, you'll love it.

[dstepper]

Thanks for da pics. Backbone is a fun trail.

My favorite section of Backbone, is the section called Wood Canyon, in Point Mugu State Park. I am more than ready for a Guadalasca Run.

[SAR_boats]

pics of girls in lycra are always welcome

[Burner]

looks like you did the section between corral cyn and latigo

from kanan to corral is my fav section of the backbone...

wood cyn is one of the most fun descents around, buff bermy swoopy ST. but it's over too fast!

[LBmtb]

Added video. Check the first post.

[Keith B]

Where is this Backbone place? Looks like a cool place to ride. Major Kudos to the chix for some of those tech sections - that face plant made me swear out loud at my desk! nasty!

[TURNERob]

Nice vid Gouge! I'm kinda regretting not going with you guys now Was the trail worth a trip back there to ride again or not?

Cool video and pix way to go girls!!! I want to ride with you sometime!

~el

[dstepper]

Rob, the Backbone is totaly worth the drive looks like you guys were in Latigo Canyon.

Keith, Backbone is in the Santa Monica Mountains. Not all of the Backbone is open to bikes. Runs roughly from Wil Rogers State Park to Pt. Magu State Park...20 something miles long. If they were in Latigo Canyon that is above Malibu.

[ET_SoCal]

Cool vid...
We were there in the morning, started at Kanan, did the canyons to Coral Creek parking lot, climbed to Castro & back the singletracks... Two pictures, one in the bottom of the canyon, next at the top of Castro:

[LBmtb]

Originally Posted by Epic_Mtn_Biker

Glad you enjoyed that portion of the SM's, George. I highly recommend you check out all the other stuff in the area, you'll love it.

Will do. I wanna start mixing up the trails a little more. Nothing wrong with a little variety.

Originally Posted by dstepper

Thanks for da pics. Backbone is a fun trail.
My favorite section of Backbone, is the section called Wood Canyon, in Point Mugu State Park. I am more than ready for a Guadalasca Run.

You're welcome, Dean.

Originally Posted by SAR_boats

pics of girls in lycra are always welcome

Originally Posted by Burner

looks like you did the section between corral cyn and latigo
from kanan to corral is my fav section of the backbone...

wood cyn is one of the most fun descents around, buff bermy swoopy ST. but it's over too fast!

Yeah I think that's what it was. 90% sure. I know sarah knows so she'll confirm this.

Originally Posted by TURNERob

Nice vid Gouge! I'm kinda regretting not going with you guys now Was the trail worth a trip back there to ride again or not?

And you chose hanging out with Bret over this? haha, jk Bret . . .

Originally Posted by **dirt*diva**

I want to ride with you sometime!

~el

You mean me or the girls?

Originally Posted by ET_SoCal

Cool vid...

Thanks, bro

[sauce]

ha ha. cool vid. i fell right on my quad, really ... so that HURTS. we did corral and latigo ... we didn't have enough daylight left to do kanan. but Backbone is fricking awesome. i'd like to try every inch of it. where can one get a map of all the trailheads? i think we did 10 miles total, though we set out to do 14.

Tiff really kicked butt. I think i can count the number of times she's ridden mountain on my fingers.

[dstepper]

[quote=sauce;37705]where can one get a map of all the trailheads? quote]

Google is your friend. I have a bunch of PDF files that I have downloaded from different websites. Can not remember them all. Here is a couple. Also the Rangers have good maps at the enterance to Will Rogers and Pt. Magu.

If you don't find what you want e-mail me and I can send you my PDF files. They are to big to post on STR/

http://www.nps.gov/samo/upload/TrailPub_backbone.pdf

[ET_SoCal]

Originally Posted by sauce

where can one get a map of all the trailheads?

Originally Posted by dstepper

... downloaded from different websites.

NRMTB has some good maps also;
http://www.venturacountytrails.org/T.../AreaHome.html

[Pain Freak]

Major Kudos to Sarah for her repeated attempts.George of course had to show us how it's done. What fork is she running? That Pike George has looked like it was working really well for that little mini G-out.

[pshloss]

That's part of the section I've been telling you about, George! Definitely one of my favorites. There are some challenging sections if you do the whole thing. A great ride is to park at Latigo and do an out and back to one end (top of Mesa Peak Mtwy), refuel, then go out to Kanan and back. It's really great in the spring when there is water and wildflowers in the canyon bottoms. My avatar is from the rocks near Corral Cyn, I think.

[dirttorpeedo]

i've done the s/m s a couple times,once at nite and they've been great times looking forwerd to them again! nice pics and vid gouge......