hmmm 3.5 hours for 10 miles?

[ShinKen]

saw this on the paper so went on line to see what the deal was and found out that I had no idead where this was. has anyone done this before? is anyone doing it?

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]Mountain Bike Ride to the Tecate Cypress Forest[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]This ride is for experienced mountain in good cardio shape. The ride travels along fire roads with a total elevation gain of 3,500 feet. Travel through chaparral habitat and view scenic Fremont Canyon and the main divide of the Cleveland National Forest. Along the way, you'll see the abandoned coal mine and what’s left of the Tecate cypress forest. Mountain bike, helmet, gloves, minimum of 100 oz. of water, lots of calories, spare tube, and pump required. Visitors will need to verify ride skills before going on this ride.[/FONT]




Spaces Available20
Led ByIrvine Ranch Land Reserve
Activity Date5/5/2007Time8:00 AM
Activity TypeBiking
Distance10 mile(s) Duration3.5 hour(s) Elevation Change1800Guided Docent-ledRecommended Age16+ Level of Interpretation Low

Additional Information
Please call 714-508-4757.


https://www.irvineranchlandreserve.o...th=5&year=2007

[Jordansrealm]

never heard of it but i would like to know how they are going to verify ride skills lol

[LBmtb]

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

never heard of it but i would like to know how they are going to verify ride skills lol

You can verify the rider's skills by the coolness of their bike clothes and bike.

[Jordansrealm]

i was gonna say sounds like an entire STR group needs to show up with gold kickstands and lycra all around

[ShinKen]

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

i was gonna say sounds like an entire STR group needs to show up with gold kickstands and lycra all around

didnt u hear about them lycra monkeys? all of them are like pros and stuff!!


muhhahahhahahahhaaaaaa ha!!

[Jordansrealm]

we passed the best lycra monster on the loop saturday.. i wish i would have had a cam on me!

[L8 APEKS]

That reminds me...I need to buy new lycra shorts...with the padded butt!

[Chopper]

I sometimes lead this ride. If you do any riding in the Santa Ana mountains you should be fine for this. The problem is that we sometimes get people who may not be up to the climbs. This changes the ride because we all have to ride at their pace. We also offer novice rides so we try to encourage them to join up for those.

The Tecate Forest ride starts near the back gates of Irvine Park and immediately climbs into the hills north of Irvine Lake. It is a long and relentless climb to the forest but very doable for an experienced rider. If the group is up for it, we sometime take an extra credit loop at the top also.

[gurp13]

Yeah, but 3.5 hours? That's waaay long. Mountain bikers take way too many breaks, man!

[Chopper]

BTW - the Tecate ride is a great way to get your feet wet before signing up for the Fremont Loop.

3.5 hours is on the outside. I don't think I have ever seen it actully take that long, but you don't want to advertise a ride to be shorter than it could be. People don't like taking longer than what you told them.

[gurp13]

I was just teasing. You're right about the advertising!

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

i was gonna say sounds like an entire STR group needs to show up with gold kickstands and lycra all around

HMM...The gold would go nicely on my singlespeed.

However, the lycra doesn't go so well with my mid section.

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

we passed the best lycra monster on the loop saturday.. i wish i would have had a cam on me!

We passed someone?

[Red Ryder]

I've thought about doing this just to see what the trees are like. How close did the Sierra fire get to them?

[Jordansrealm]

Originally Posted by 2wheel_lee

HMM...The gold would go nicely on my singlespeed.

However, the lycra doesn't go so well with my mid section.



We passed someone?

I dont know if you remember he was going the other way. Remember when we were taking a break I said hey did you checkout that guys kickstand? that was him lol

Originally Posted by Chopper

I sometimes lead this ride. If you do any riding in the Santa Ana mountains you should be fine for this. The problem is that we sometimes get people who may not be up to the climbs. This changes the ride because we all have to ride at their pace. We also offer novice rides so we try to encourage them to join up for those.

The Tecate Forest ride starts near the back gates of Irvine Park and immediately climbs into the hills north of Irvine Lake. It is a long and relentless climb to the forest but very doable for an experienced rider. If the group is up for it, we sometime take an extra credit loop at the top also.

Since you've lead this I gotta know how they check skillzzzz

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

I dont know if you remember he was going the other way. Remember when we were taking a break I said hey did you checkout that guys kickstand? that was him lol

Only one in lycra I saw that day was one girl that passed us in lycra shorts!!!

[RacinJason]

What's wrong with gold kickstands? I think it would be cool to roll up on a huffy then do a 360 walk around then maybe a back flip or something neat like that . Then ask do I qualify.



I understand why it says they have to verify rider skills.
I think it goes farther than just rider skills though. I have had people show up on rides with bikes that would hardly make it on the bike trail or even down the driveway in front of the house. Yeah any bike can have a problem on the trail but some things just shouldn’t be falling off your bike on a ride. I broke a chain on sat bit that wasn’t because my bike was a not well maintaianed. It was my brute strength and my pure manliness that did it. ha ha j/k That hurt I was powering up a long step hill then ((snap!)). ey

Lycra is cool ! I have it on the inside of my riding shorts.
Back in 90 that was the only thing you could find that wouldn't hurt your nads on long rides.
I have a feeling this summer I will be riding with lycra if it is in the 100s. They just wont be the hot pink and bright green ones from back in the day . Those where a little silly . When I would wear the lycra shorts I always felt like I walked out of the house with no pants on like a bad dream. Its always the lycra guys that ride circles around me on the climbs that has to stop lol .

So who is going to the races this weekend? It should be fun.

[Chopper]

Originally Posted by Floater

I've thought about doing this just to see what the trees are like. How close did the Sierra fire get to them?

Nearly all of the trees close to the trail were burned. There are a few that can still be seen but most are pretty far away. The good news is that they need fire to reproduce. Their seeds will not open on their own. The trick is that the fire has to occur during a certain window of opportunity in the tree's age and no one seems to know if that window was open at the time of the fire.
On one of our trips up there we were talking about the trees and a few people wondered off to find some live trees. When we got ready to leave I asked my wife to go find them. When she got to them they were checking out a fresh pool of blood and some drag marks. Apparently a lion heard us around the corner and decided to drag his kill into the brush. We high tailed it out of there. Don't want to get into an argument with a lion over some dead deer.

Here's the link to all the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve rides in case anyone needs it.

https://www.irvineranchlandreserve.o...th=5&year=2007

[andy aka rut]

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

Since you've lead this I gotta know how they check skillzzzz

Don't be fooled by his lycra.... Robin has mad skills


Robin why oh why do you make this soooo easy??!

[Chopper]

You know how sometimes in your life you make one little error in judgement and it just keeps coming back to haunt you?

[Wrecker]

Andy, are we going to have that poster size in time for the Poker Ride?