Maple Springs to Motorway Sept. 3rd (Sunday)

[royta]

Originally Posted by LBmtb

And just a warning: I'm gonna try out the iPod and small speakers on my camelbak.

Speakers? Are you serious? That's obnoxious. Keep that crap music to yourself. Seriously though.

[dukethenuke]

I'm in on this ride, but I despise the paved road on Maple Springs.

How about Blackstar to Motorway?

the paved road part of this ride does blow! its been awhile since i've done ms to the motorway, should be a fun ride. im anxious to ride with my iPod on this ride, i've never ridden with it yet so im curious to see if the music will help me up the climbs...it seems to push me harder when i was at the gym.

[bananaseat]

Originally Posted by DINO

the paved road part of this ride does blow! its been awhile since i've done ms to the motorway, should be a fun ride. im anxious to ride with my iPod on this ride, i've never ridden with it yet so im curious to see if the music will help me up the climbs...it seems to push me harder when i was at the gym.

sir-mix-alot, my requests are: transplants, rancid, and that jurassic 5 that you owe me... oh and a shout-out to my peeps...

[Ladd Jasper]

Put me down for some of that Motorway action.

I'll be sporting my nano...and my iPod.

[CalEpic]

I'll be rockin' some Peter Frampton from the boom box strapped to my bars.

[bananaseat]

Originally Posted by CalEpic

I'll be rockin' some Peter Frampton from the boom box strapped to my bars.

i would have pegged you for some suicidal tendancies... all i wanted was a....

[Pain Freak]

Ol CalEpic is getting old.

Peter Frampton....LMAO

[Sharky]

You're not old unless you can admit to having had an 8 track player in your car and knowing all the words to "Fish Heads" from the Sunday night radio Dr. Demento Show !!! ...[SIZE=1] (J/K...Still have a box of tapes)[/SIZE]
Hopefully will be able to make this ride if work stays as is that day

EDIT: Have to bail...too much work came up. I'd concider bailing on the pets if George sports his lycra

[CalEpic]

I was rockin' Van Halen on an 8 track in my '66 Chevelle SS back in high school.

Roly Poly Fishheads...

Yes, I'm old, but I refuse to act my age

C

back on topic. Reaching Santiago Peak from Holy Jim is steeper but it's not that bad. Just don't blow yourself up going up Holy Jim and spin an easy gear on Main Divide.

[Pain Freak]

Originally Posted by CalEpic

I was rockin' Van Halen on an 8 track in my '66 Chevelle SS back in high school.

Roly Poly Fishheads...

Yes, I'm old, but I refuse to act my age

C

back on topic. Reaching Santiago Peak from Holy Jim is steeper but it's not that bad. Just don't blow yourself up going up Holy Jim and spin an easy gear on Main Divide.

This would be my preference, but I'll just shut up and go with whatever the originator of the thread says we are going to do. My Tahoe trip, might turn into a plane ride vs a car trip, so I might be home in time to do this

[dirttorpeedo]

how bout you start from the corona side?make it intresting....mmmmmnnn?

[dstepper]

I am with dirt, always looking for a new climb and ways to get to the Main Divide. To me if I am going to climb that long I want a better downhill than the Motorway.

Climbs to the Divide: I have done it from, Maple Springs, Black Star, Harding, Holy Jim, and Skyline.

I still need to knock off, Coal Canyon, Bedford, Indian Truck Trail and any other climbs you guys can think of to the Main Divide.

[royta]

dstepper - Indian Truck Trail is an easy climb (2739 feet in 7.4 miles). Bedford is a grind (3000 feet in 6.1 miles). I cut up some of my .gpx files and uploaded to motionbased.com so that you can see just the climb up.

Indian Truck Trail to Main Divide

Bedford Motorway to Main Divide

I used to climb Bedford all the time. Then it got hot and I became a wuss.

[Schecky]

Originally Posted by dstepper

I am with dirt, always looking for a new climb and ways to get to the Main Divide. To me if I am going to climb that long I want a better downhill than the Motorway.

Climbs to the Divide: I have done it from, Maple Springs, Black Star, Harding, Holy Jim, and Skyline.

I still need to knock off, Coal Canyon, Bedford, Indian Truck Trail and any other climbs you guys can think of to the Main Divide.

P-Funk and I climbed Coal Canyon last year. It was kind of a grind at the start (which was nice in that in got us away from the 91 quickly) and then flattened out a bit. Terrain/Plants were a fairly different compared to the rest of OC. The Tecate cypress' were..............trees.
The broad views of Gypsum Canyon are interesting - You can see potential trails all over. Unfortunately, I'm sure it will all be housing soon.

[Pain Freak]

The broad views of Gypsum Canyon are interesting - You can see potential trails all over. Unfortunately, I'm sure it will all be housing soon.

Yeah, I remember somebody looking down on what is Mission Viejo today, and saying the same thing.

[royta]

Originally Posted by dstepper

I am with dirt, always looking for a new climb and ways to get to the Main Divide. To me if I am going to climb that long I want a better downhill than the Motorway.

Climbs to the Divide: I have done it from, Maple Springs, Black Star, Harding, Holy Jim, and Skyline.

I still need to knock off, Coal Canyon, Bedford, Indian Truck Trail and any other climbs you guys can think of to the Main Divide.

I also forgot to mention Eagle Road, which is also on the East side, and the section above Blue Jay Campground. I haven't done Eagle Road yet. I've done Blue Jay and there's a rather steep section once you get back to the dirt. Winston on MTBR says it is referred to by many as "The Wall". It was bad, but not that bad. That's what granny gear is for.

Originally Posted by dstepper

To me if I am going to climb that long I want a better downhill than the Motorway..

amen! that is my only hang up about this ride, basically 13 miles or so of fireroad and only roughly 3 miles of downhill s/t...oh well.

[LBmtb]

Originally Posted by i am dino

amen! that is my only hang up about this ride, basically 13 miles or so of fireroad and only roughly 3 miles of downhill s/t...oh well.

Still fun though, and the fireroad aspect of it makes it a good group ride.

[bjammin]

This is a fun ride that I havn't done in a really long time. What about this one?