gurp13
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RR: San Savaine Fireroad 7/3/06
Have spent about a week off the bike recovering from the Plunge, going to weddings and dealing with mother of a crick in my neck. Anybody else get these? They suck. Can't turn my head to the right without pain. It's gotten better but it still hurts.
Anyway, I decided to ride today. With the price of gas and whatnot, plus dealing with the kids at home, I went solo. I got on the bike and pedaled off up the street. Took Lytle Creek road up, and over I-15 then followed the freeway up to Lytle Creek itself. I took the road up to the San Sevaine fireroad trailhead and started riding up.
The fireroad is pretty wide and mostly maintained. There's a lot of rocks, though. It's not exactly technical, but it keeps you honest. The fireroad goes up and up for about 6 miles where it gets to the top of the ridge. You can look out south and see all of Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga. I could even see the Southridge hills. That's not all, though. I saw this sign:
Appears that someone what has an affinity for Incycle has been up there. At this juncture there's a trail, or a road, unmaintained, that goes south and west down the other side. I was tempted to take it but it seemed like a bad idea given that it was 7:00pm and I've heard Pain Freak's tale of hike-a-bike's and boulders the size of VWs enough times to make retreat the better part of valour today. I'll save exploring that trail for another day with an earlier start.
So, that was it. I cruised back down the fireroad and made my way home. All told, just shy of 27 miles ridden, 15 on the road and 12+ on the dirt. I'm beat! But, I'm looking forward to going back up there again. You can take the fireroad further west and eventually you get to the Joe Elliot campground (named for the Def Leppard singer?) and Cucamonga Canyon which is still quite a ways away! It was 26 miles from where the fireroad started if I remember what the sign said correctly. That's a ride right there!
Have spent about a week off the bike recovering from the Plunge, going to weddings and dealing with mother of a crick in my neck. Anybody else get these? They suck. Can't turn my head to the right without pain. It's gotten better but it still hurts.
Anyway, I decided to ride today. With the price of gas and whatnot, plus dealing with the kids at home, I went solo. I got on the bike and pedaled off up the street. Took Lytle Creek road up, and over I-15 then followed the freeway up to Lytle Creek itself. I took the road up to the San Sevaine fireroad trailhead and started riding up.
The fireroad is pretty wide and mostly maintained. There's a lot of rocks, though. It's not exactly technical, but it keeps you honest. The fireroad goes up and up for about 6 miles where it gets to the top of the ridge. You can look out south and see all of Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga. I could even see the Southridge hills. That's not all, though. I saw this sign:
Appears that someone what has an affinity for Incycle has been up there. At this juncture there's a trail, or a road, unmaintained, that goes south and west down the other side. I was tempted to take it but it seemed like a bad idea given that it was 7:00pm and I've heard Pain Freak's tale of hike-a-bike's and boulders the size of VWs enough times to make retreat the better part of valour today. I'll save exploring that trail for another day with an earlier start.
So, that was it. I cruised back down the fireroad and made my way home. All told, just shy of 27 miles ridden, 15 on the road and 12+ on the dirt. I'm beat! But, I'm looking forward to going back up there again. You can take the fireroad further west and eventually you get to the Joe Elliot campground (named for the Def Leppard singer?) and Cucamonga Canyon which is still quite a ways away! It was 26 miles from where the fireroad started if I remember what the sign said correctly. That's a ride right there!
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