Southridge; Sunday; January 8th, 2006

[Epic_Mtn_Biker]

Who: All XC mountain bikers

What: 2 laps around the Southridge Fontana XC race course, 1 lap clockwise (backwards) the other lap counterclockwise (normal race route); plus some exploratory climbing to a couple of summits. Each lap is 8 miles add about 4 miles for the exploratory riding, and we should accumulate ~20+ miles.

Where: Southridge, Fontana; Meet that eastern most parking lot of Southridge Park located at the southeast corner of Cherry Ave. & Live Oak St. (Directions: From the 60 fwy., go exit Country Village Road and go north to Cherry and turn right/East continue onto Southridge park. From the 10 fwy., exit cherry ave. and go south till you get to Southrdge Park)

When: Sunday, January 8th, 2006 @ 8 am

**** this is not a training ride, this is a fun, no drop, group ride. bail out points are available to those who need it.

[gurp13]

Hey, Epic, I saw your post on the other bulletin board (www.socalmtb.com) about this one. But, I didn't see it soon enough! Today was the first time I visited so I missed the ride. I'd be down for going another time. I'll keep my eyes open. Hope you guys do Southridge again. Let us know how it went.

[DtEW]

This is the GPS track for today. You can see that spur straight up the side of that hill (it's what's different between your map and this track), which is of course known as either "The Wall" or "Mountain Goat". I calculated the average grade of the first thousand feet to be 21%(!)

Good job, everyone!

[Epic_Mtn_Biker]

Hey Dave,

Thanx for the GPS map and layout of the lap with "the wall" included. *hope your shoulder didn't get too beat up.


Thanx to: Dave, Dale, Chris M., Mike , Chris (RidetheRAAM)and his 2 buddies, Dave and Nick; for showing up. *We had a blast doing the XC course and deviating from it to climb "The Wall" * . * Yesterday it proved to be the winner against all of us. Maybe next time; that climb is not friendly.

Next week there will be XC & DH races. *Good luck to all those who may race !!

Can you tell the difference of the 2 map of how the wall takes up to the top of the small hill? it only looks small on paper

Race info: *www.southridgeusa.com