Ride Report You're Hatin' Life if...

Discussion in 'Ride Reports' started by dirtvert, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. dirtvert

    dirtvert Whine on!

    Joined:
    Oct 24, 2007
    Messages:
    4,668
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Occupation:
    elementary school teacher
    Location:
    A small town in France
    you passed on riding yesterday because of the threat of rain. sorry: no pics- close your eyes and visualize...

    rode el mo/laguna coast with a friend from ridge park about 4. it was sunny, flower-filled, and just about perfect. we sampled some of the standard s/t, ending up in emerald canyon where- surprise, there's a new s/t. well, kinda. emerald falls (bvd) has a trailmarker now, so it's official. and thanks to the people who did trail work on the bottom of old emerald s/t. it flows much better now. in 2+ hours we saw a few lycra speedsters and a group of 5, but other than that the parks were empty and peaceful.

    and if you're into wildflowers, they're peaking: fiddlenecks, owl's clover, deerweed, lemonade berry, blue-eyed grass, purple lupine, white bush lupine, black sage, etc., etc....
     
  2. Permagrin

    Permagrin Hard landing comin' up!

    Joined:
    Jul 19, 2007
    Messages:
    1,554
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    Colorado Springs, CO
    Is Emerald Falls the one off to the left of the bottom of Old Emerald?
     
  3. gooseaholic

    gooseaholic Active Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2007
    Messages:
    8,901
    Likes Received:
    14
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Occupation:
    Auto inspection
    Location:
    Orange,ca Via Seattle, WA
    sorry: no pics- close your eyes and visualize...

    I tried to do that, but I couldnt read the ride report?Houston we have a problem!:lol:
     
  4. dirtvert

    dirtvert Whine on!

    Joined:
    Oct 24, 2007
    Messages:
    4,668
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Occupation:
    elementary school teacher
    Location:
    A small town in France

    it drops into emerald canyon from el moro. if you're climbing out of emerald canyon, it's about 50 yards up from the bottom of old emerald on the left- but's it's a crappy climb. it's way better to drop in from the east ridge in el moro.
     
  5. foofighter

    foofighter Ride More Talk Less

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2007
    Messages:
    6,111
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Aliso Pendejo
    i did a quick loop at aliso tonight and only ran into a group of 8 going towards mathis from dripping cave and that was pretty much it. not a lot tonight it, really nice to get out even though my lazy side wanted to just go home and veg.
     
  6. 1080P

    1080P Banned

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2007
    Messages:
    1,423
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Occupation:
    Dotting "i's" & crossing "t's" while balancing
    Location:
    The 818 curtain
    Hmmm, such a perfect spring day. Did the ride up Olive View /Wilson Canyon, getting 1800 feet of vertical there with an awesome view of the San Fernando Valley above the 210 looking south over Van Norman Dam.

    Capped it off with some more pain climbing up to Mt Luken off of Highway 2 /Angeles Crest at the fire station with a view of the whole South Bay clear to Palos Verdes Peninsula at sunset with the OTBMBC crew. Kanga rode all the way up from home clear up highway 2, then did the dirt. I'm guessing he rode 40 miles and 6000 vertical feet? Animal!

    Yes, Life is Good!
     
  7. sir crashalot

    sir crashalot Member

    Joined:
    Sep 15, 2007
    Messages:
    960
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Occupation:
    artist, picture framer
    Location:
    laguna beach
    yesterday's "rain" ride

    I rode Chiquito (not chiquita) solo yesterday-brought the warm clothes because i figured it would be cold and cloudy then raining. ended up as a warm sunny day, so on the climb I took off the long sleeves, but forgot sunblock so I got a tad sunburned. Warm enough to go swimming at the waterfall!
    I recorded only about a tenth of an inch of rain last night here in laguna, but i think the Santa Anas got a bit more.
     
  8. tkblazer

    tkblazer Zack Attack

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2006
    Messages:
    7,644
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    38
    rode oaks with Neil yesterday am and we were loving the tacky conditions heading down zips and chutes. :bang:
     
  9. kanga

    kanga Active Member

    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2007
    Messages:
    2,279
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    Eagle Rock
    Actually, I rode from home up Brown Mountain, down Burton, then up Gould Mesa to Lukens..... 46 miles. Today I broke 50 :)
     
  10. 1080P

    1080P Banned

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2007
    Messages:
    1,423
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Occupation:
    Dotting "i's" & crossing "t's" while balancing
    Location:
    The 818 curtain
    Hey, it was a SWAGED set of numbers, before you posted the whole story... I think I did pretty good, a hundred or so feet off on the elevation, whats a few miles off among riding buddies. ;)

    There's a lot of pavement in those numbers, no?
     
  11. pmortuary

    pmortuary They call me D2

    Joined:
    Mar 11, 2008
    Messages:
    1,595
    Likes Received:
    14
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Occupation:
    Lead CAD Designer
    Location:
    Tustin
    well maybe that was my group of 5 you saw. we looped moro ridge to rattlesnake. then back up mach 1 and down the ridge. we ride every monday and thursday departing the lot at 5:15 sharp look for the yellow epic with the 55 YO. that's one of our guys that you can't miss.
     

Share This Page

Help keep STR alive, please click the donation button below