Tour De Aliso

[genusmtbkr5]

With all the trails in the Santa Ana's still closed, this VQ/CC training ride will be held at Aliso. Not much of any long sustained climbs, but lots of little ones. Here is the route:

Meet at the main parking lot, head over and up Meadows, go to Top of the World, down Mathis, over to Dripping Cave, Back up Wood Canyon to Coyote, up Rock-it, down Lynx, up Cholla, back down Rock-it, Coyote, up Mathis to TOTW, back down Meadows and back to cars. We will hit every up and overs twice along the West Ridge and also the Single track along the backside of TOTW. The pace will be intermediate/advance. There will be plenty of bailouts along the way if you can't complete the "TOUR". This about endurance and not speed.

Here is the geoladders route that is similar, but my tour does Mathis and Rock-it in both directions:

http://www.geoladders.com/gmap_display.php?route_id=93&walk_thru=1

Meet at 8am, ride by 8:30(we can always start earlier if the group decides)

Where: Aliso and Wood Canyon main parking lot

Eat at "Sharkeys" afterwards

Hope to see you there!

[genusmtbkr5]

guero [11-06-2007 05:55 PM] - i will be participating in the Push-A-Kona flog.

I'm sure we'll cross paths at some point.

[Skeeter]

man, Aliso is going to be crazy busy with STR riders this weekend

[CPATCRASH]

Oh just do Pushakona. You know you want to!

[genusmtbkr5]

Originally Posted by CPATCRASH

Oh just do Pushakona. You know you want to!

My bikes are too light and I don't want to ride the SS.

[CPATCRASH]

Originally Posted by genusmtbkr5

My bikes are too light and I don't want to ride the SS.

Yea yea yea. Fill the water bottles with sand!

[db250f]

Ouch, see you there!

[Abui]

How about total mileage and elevation gain? Never been there.

OMR - SB-8's?

[genusmtbkr5]

Originally Posted by Caveman

How about total mileage and elevation gain? Never been there.

OMR - SB-8's?

Here the geoladders route. Same start and finish, but we'll go down Mathis, then up Rock-it and down Lynx. That adds about 3 1/2 miles and about 700 ft of climbing. With the other extra credits, I'm guessing no more than 25 miles with about 3200+ ft of gain.

http://www.geoladders.com/gmap_display.php?route_id=93&walk_thru=1

[JOx2]

i can do it.
i can do it.
i can do it.
i can do it.

relax, relax, I CAN DO IT. relax.
Sounds like a very fun ride. i want to push myself but not beyond my comfort and abilities.
I wonder if i should give this a try??? We'll see.

[ocrider]

go 4 it. Gene never leaves anyone behind and there are plenty of bail out points.

Originally Posted by JOx2

i can do it.
i can do it.
i can do it.
i can do it.

relax, relax, I CAN DO IT. relax.
Sounds like a very fun ride. i want to push myself but not beyond my comfort and abilities.
I wonder if i should give this a try??? We'll see.

[Vickie]

Count me in Gene!! Thanks for putting this together for all us crazy's who signed up for the VQ/CC - We certainly need the training.

[guero]

i'll be at the next one gene. im sure the PAK is gonna be ample training as well for the CC. like you mentioned, im sure we'll all cross paths at least once out there.

[OMR]

Originally Posted by Caveman

How about total mileage and elevation gain? Never been there.

OMR - SB-8's?

The short block 8 is a good tire for this ride. There's nothing too technical & these tires are fast. I'm running a set on my 29er SS and love 'em.

[slayer]

hey gene, how would you feel about starting earlier? i'm betting aliso will be crowded. the earlier we go might be better. i'm fine anywhere from 7 am and on. just throwing this out there. maybe see how everyone else feels. thanks, chris

[m210]

with the cleveland open this weekend, is this ride still on?

[slayer]

Originally Posted by m210

with the cleveland open this weekend, is this ride still on?

is it going to be open on sat? i'd rather do blackstar to motorway and maybe 4 corners if it is. gene,you out there?

[genusmtbkr5]

Originally Posted by slayer

hey gene, how would you feel about starting earlier? i'm betting aliso will be crowded. the earlier we go might be better. i'm fine anywhere from 7 am and on. just throwing this out there. maybe see how everyone else feels. thanks, chris

Can't start earlier, others are joining us who aren't on this forum. We'll just have to deal the crowd, it won't be that bad, afterall the VQ will have 300 riding at the same time.

Originally Posted by m210

with the cleveland open this weekend, is this ride still on?

Only a portion of Cleveland will open. The Forest service will put out a map of which portion later today. It would be too late to schedule a ride for the Santa Ana's then change it last minute if the portion we chose is not open.

Originally Posted by slayer

is it going to be open on sat? i'd rather do blackstar to motorway and maybe 4 corners if it is. gene,you out there?

Black Star will probably remain closed as the road was still closed unless you are a resident even after they opened Santiago Canyon Rd. The Motorway was Bulldozed during the fire. Here is a portion of the email we received;

Fortunately the fires have had minimum effect on our 2008 schedule of Events; the fires did not reach any of the single track trails. Debra Clark, the Forest Service Trails Manager, emailed me to let me know that as a precautionary measure the Fire Authorities apparently bulldozed a firebreak straight down to the bottom of the Silverado Motorway and not on the existing trail as we originally were told. They also created another access from Harding to Main Divide road as well. We will be working with the Forest Service to re-vegetate these areas to protect against erosion.

[slayer]

cool,thanks gene. i'll see you tomorrow at 8.