Borrego - Mustard - Cactus in Whiting 6pm - to late for no lights?

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  1. xflite

    xflite New Member

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    Any of you guys been there at 6pm this time of year (August / September). I was thinking of heading out there right now since I live about 10 minutes away, but in am not sure if it gets dark pretty fast since I don't have lights......

    just wondering if any of you guys ride down there that late.....

    thanks
     
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    .:Made in OC:. New Member

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    My general Whiting Loop takes about 40mins. The latest I've started was about 7:30 and I was able to finish right in time before it got dark. You'll be totally fine starting at 6PM.
     
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    Awesome!!!! Thanks bud!
     
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    I am slow and do the standard loop in under an hour and fifteen.
     
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    It gets darker than most on the back side of whiting. Small hills and brush cover any little bit of light that's left. You can keep it standard with Cattle pond/Marks bench and Vulture thrown in the mix. For your safety (if you get hurt), in the late hours-stay away from Vista/Dread and Edison, they are the paths less traveled = )

    Get out there and have fun.
     
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    No problem man! Like CarbonLegs said, the backside of Whiting does get a bit dark between all the overhead trees after, I would say about 7:45.
     
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    trailninja Going Slideways!!!!

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    The cutoff time for me coming from wahoos is 7pm right now. You should be fine starting at 6pm.
     
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    you're good!
     
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    First ride in over a month...and on a single speed (= SLOW) and we did all kinds of extra credit. We started at 6:30 last night, and had no problem finishing before dark.
     
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    Be leery of what Julie says. She is a sandbagger. :)
     
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    wizard tradersancho's dad

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    Julie? I can't remember anyone named Julie.
     
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    Probably a good idea to bring a light of some kind in case of mechanical though, right? Still, I think you have decent twilight until about 7:45 right now, even in the spooky trees of the back side. Sounds fun!
     
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