Amgen Tour of California Stage 6 Pasadena to Big Bear

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  1. OTHRIDER

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    My father in-law called this morning. He walked up to the slopes and was chatting with the set up crew. He bumped into a leasing agent who said they're expecting twice as many people as a normal holiday weekend. He said that most of the locals are shopping on Tuesday & Wednesday because they know the stores will be swamped or cleaned out by Saturday night.

    I wonder how many beers I can fit in my Camelback?:beer:
     
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    How many liters it it?
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    I might be heading up and watching it pass my friends cabin up there and have a BBQ
     
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    I am in to watch this. Snow summit is opening up this week end for mountain biking. Awesome
     
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    Anyone going to the TT in DTLA this Saturday? I'll be there with a few people
     
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    Where are you planning on watching and where are you going to ride?

    I may want to shoot up there too:beer:
     
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    Fo sho, str ride to mtns Friday? Yea tt on sat is gona b great...is anything organized yet I'm geting excited and weather should be great!
     
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    Yea, where do you plan to watch? I'll be riding down there. I hope to ride around G Park a little first...

    Also, it looks like I'll be able to ride up to Islip Saddle for Friday's stage. Ye-haw!
     
    BoingBoing, May 19, 2010
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    Wait what ride to islip...it on!
     
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    I'm doing the ride that FFW posted. I'm driving up Friday morning and meeting him at his house. We are then going to the start, then taking a shortcut to Wrightwood to watch one of the climbs.
     
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    Don't think I'll be able to get out of the OC early enough to park at wrightwood, ride down to Palmdale, hook up with the other STR's, then back up Dawson Saddle or even Blue Ridge Summit...gonna find parking in Wrightwood sometime around 9am somewhere (Mt. High maybe?) then ride the 10 miles up to Dawson and hang for the 2 hours until the world goes by...have a forest adventure pass just in case, but anyone know about parking in the area?
     
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    Darn work... although you never know... I could get "freed up" on Friday... never know in this economy...
     
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    There is a ton of parking at Mountain High East and West. Parking at Inspiration Point, Jackson Flats and Vincent Gap. One past Vincent Gap a few turnouts until Dawson Saddle and not much there.

    Google Earth is your friend.........

    Dean
     
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    I plan on viewing Sunday's stage on Mulholland somewhere near the king of the mountain. Essentially I planned on biking there from Calabasas. Am I correct in assuming I could bike up the route beforehand and stake out a spot for viewing? I assume they don't close the road to cyclist/pedestrians until the race gets near. Since this is going to be my first viewing experience of any race suggestions would be wonderful!
     
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    decided that plan has to much running around.....the new plan is to roll up to one of the turnouts near SV tonight stake out a good spot and commence to partying. ride rim nordic in the morning, maybe a little climbing in there somewhere. watch the boys roll by. look for the flat white truck camper.
    mark
     
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    Is Hwy 330 open to go up Big Bear?
     
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    I'm Heading up to the Big Bear area tomorrow, and this is what i've gathered. 330 should be open, and the 18 will be having rolling closures from 1-4. I'm leaving at 4 so there should be no problem, but my camping mates are leaving earlier, so i let them know.

    If the 330 is closed, then we'll see what happens.
     
    Formu1fan, May 20, 2010
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    you got PM.


    Is leaving Temecula at 10:30am a little too late to get there?
     
    JOx2, May 20, 2010
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    From the Caltrans Website....

    This highway information is the latest reported as of Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 21:23 .

    SR 330
    [IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
    THE SOUTHBOUND CONNECTOR TO WESTBOUND SR 30 (SAN BERNARDINO CO) IS CLOSED
    FROM 0800 HRS TO 1600 HRS ON 5/21/10 - DUE TO CONSTRUCTION - A DETOUR IS
    AVAILABLE

    1-WAY CONTROLLED TRAFFIC 2.7 MI EAST OF CITY CREEK RANGER STATION
    (SAN BERARDINO CO) FROM 0700 HRS TO 1800 HRS MONDAY THRU THURSDAY THRU 6/17/10
    - DUE TO CONSTRUCTION - MOTORISTS ARE SUBJECT TO DELAYS OF UP TO 20 MINUTES

    THE SOUTHBOUND CONNECTOR TO EASTBOUND & WESTBOUND SR 30 (SAN BERNARDINO CO)
    IS REDUCED TO 1 LANE FROM 0800 HRS TO 1600 HRS WEDNESDAY THRU FRIDAY THRU
    5/21/10 - DUE TO CONSTRUCTION

    Knee is not healing from Ontario Crit carnage, so I'll be heading up to Snow Valley, ride Rim Nordic EZ in the Am, then head out to Lakeview Point to hang for a few hours with some "beverages" until the riders go by.

    I'll be on the GT LTS-1 if I make it out of the Snow Valley parking lot.:beer:
     
    MnMDan, May 20, 2010
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