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| Hermit | 07/24/10 | GT. Old San Juan is pretty rutted and washed out, with a couple fallen trees too. Thanks John, Mark, and Ben for the fun ride! | |
| Damon M | 07/11/10 | 1:24:00 to Rock | |
| Hippydude | 07/08/10 | Great ride with Trobe1.. Trails are in good shape, (except for the overgrowth on New San Juan). Still, well worth doing. | |
| trobe1 | 07/08/10 | Good ride w Hippydude today.Wasn't feeling it on the climb to Cocktail but felt better after that. Only saw 2 other riders doing a little HAB on Old San Juan. They were most likely shuttlers.Also saw a black racer snake on the side of the trail while climbing to Cocktail. Was able to take a picture & will attach it to new route created on dashboard. That is the first time I have been able to get a pic of one of these snakes They usually take off as soon as you are approaching. Man they are fast! | |
| TomG | 07/07/10 | Wet at the bottom and about 10 feet visibility with the fog. It is July right? | |
| trobe1 | 07/06/10 | Once again SJ doesn't disappoint! Didn't want to take a chance on muddy conditions elsewhere. Trail was completely dry. Was prepared w xtra gloves, shirt, jacket but didn't need. Finally broke through the cloud a mile before Cocktail. Sun & blue skies for the lollipop loop! The first 2 miles from the parking lot have been trimmed way back. There is a downed tree on Old San Juan that you have to dismount for. Saw 2 other riders,one of which needed to borrow my pump.He was a Crank Bros. employee. | |
| oneI | 07/03/10 | Team Nuke SS ride. Good pace climbing til we hit the crew coming down slowed us. Never seen so many complete TOOLS on a trail in my life.-went early to avoid em but still ended up with a guy, on loop, laying on my front tire? Great to see some happy climbers on descent and summer brew at parking lot ! | |
| mburkin | 06/13/10 | Not the best day for doing San Juan. Flies were everywhere, and it felt like we were bushwhacking half the trail. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/12/10 | Great day! Personally, I would have preferred the sun but my riding buddies were all loving the heavy cloud cover. I liked it when it was actually wisping around us. The trail is pretty overgrown right now and not only do you have to be cognizant of the trail obstacles, you have to watch above. I got beaned on the helmet multiple times. I think I was deft enough to avoid the PO, but it is tough to take in all the trail conditions AND identify the foliage as you rush along. Fun group. Great ride! | |
| flyingbrian | 06/12/10 | rode with geof,randy,john and doug. great ride as usual. randy split a tire had to walk and ride slow to get back out..... | |
| mtnbikej | 06/12/10 | Great ride today....felt great all day. Trail is overgrown, but the temps made the riding very comfortable. The climb to Cocktail Rock seemed to by pretty quick. Sun came out for a few minutes before the low clouds again took over. | |
| skyrone | 06/01/10 | Memorial Day ride. Fun group. Nice to meet you all. | |
| trobe1 | 05/31/10 | Another fun Memorial Day ride - thanks for scheduling it Roy! Good times out there. Hit Viejo Tie for some xtra fun. Took me 3 times to clean Volkswagen Rock, Tweasol cleaned it as well. Nice job Josh! Ben decided to take a stick for a ride in his forehead. Ouch! Good seeing everyone out there. Lots of horseflys at Cocktail Rock that kept stinging even thru my shirt. Missed Hippydude out there today. Big thanks to all of our armed forces out there! | |
| tweasol | 05/31/10 | Fun Memorial Day spin on SJT today with a large group - too many to name. Nice to meet a few people I didn't know (or haven't seen since I was just a lad ...Small world, John) 1st time on Viejo Tie somehow for me, fun stuff. My shorts -- oh, nevermind ... | |
| One Flew OTB | 05/31/10 | Fun times with all the Geoladders folks. Over 20 riders. Finally got to put a face to some familiar names. Thanks everyone for a great day on the bike! Special thanks to Don Jackson for the beer afterwards! First time on Viejo Tie for me - only went OTB once. :) | |
| quikflip27 | 05/31/10 | Great day, awesome people, nice trail and fun riding... Life's good! Thanks Ben for keeping the humor coming all day long, and Donald for the insight on riding. Nevermind the twig in Ben's head, or the gaping gash on Tom's knee... worst injury goes to Josh who ripped a hole in his shorts! :P Fun times, great to ride with all you guys. | |
| Royster71 | 05/31/10 | The 3rd annual Memorial Day ride was great. No major injuries just funny ones.... There was 20 plus riders today. It was great riding with different people all day. Saw some other familiar faces on the trails as well. Cocktail Rock looked like a party. I don’t think I have ever seen that many people up there. Considering how many riders it was a good moving group... Now I’m just crossing my fingers about all the Oak I saw!! Until next time guys!! Always fun riding with you guys!! | |
| agitate1890 | 05/31/10 | great trail,fun group and gorgeous day.no w'ambulance award today,although i did hear evilbawb grumbling about the overgrowth.. | |
| goldrunner | 05/31/10 | Memorial Day ride is always a blast. Good to see everyone & also meet some new riders too. Viejo Tie was a real poke : ) I guess I need to keep my head out of the clouds so I don't get impaled by tree branches. I also had a high speed OTB after Cocktail that was slightly painful. Much better watching some one else OTB, thanks for handling that one for me Ivan, that looked pretty bad. Tom your ejector seat post launched you pretty good on your 1st VW attempt, pretty cool hope some one got that on film. | |
| bikesurfski | 05/31/10 | That's it for me: no more parking lots! Fell over a branch in the parking lot before starting--in front of 20+ Geo riders. Definitely a Memorial Day. Great time with new and old faces. Ben got a dart-looking sticker in his head from aborigines. Fun to watch Tom & Josh clear Vokswagen rock on Viejo Tie. Ever see a dozen bikers with their hands in the air in the middle of a meadow?--looked like a prayer service--trying to keep stinky gloves over head to avoid the gnats. Good to see you all. | |
| ThinkFast | 05/31/10 | Fun ride with a large group made for a good start to the day. Nice to see everyone out there today. Rumors of our big group riding SJ must have kept others away because it was uncrowded for a holiday. Got a good video of Tom diving into the brush. I'm going to do a simple video of the ride if anyone wants to see it let me know. | |
| grinding | 05/31/10 | great ride with a bunch of great guys and had a few shows put on for me,glad no one got hurt to bad.nice to see alot of people i knew and to meet all the others.a big thank you to all our military troops. | |
| ZipsBiker | 05/31/10 | Glad I could be a part of the Memorial Day ride. We had a great group today. It seems like everyone took a spill at least once. I haven't flown OTB in a while. | |
| Hermit | 05/31/10 | GT. Great Memorial Day ride with all the geolads! | |
| unikid | 05/31/10 | Great group ride today scheduled by Royster. I needed to get home so I did the Old San Juan loop while most of the others took New San Juan over to Viejo Tie. Sounds like they had a lot of fun. I'll have to check that out next time. | |
| TomG | 05/29/10 | Not Too hot watch out for the downhill thrash and crashers | |
| Hippydude | 05/23/10 | Fun ride with a big group.It was hailing on New San Juan,pretty weird for this time of year. Cold and wet...Wah ! | |
| trobe1 | 05/23/10 | Total of 8 of us out there today. Nice meeting Neil, great job for your first time on SJ! We were in a cloud for most of the ride and the overgrown brush was wet. The hail was a nice touch. Definitely a little whining going on. It was like a winter day up there, cold & wet. Good seeing UPhillrider, agitate1890, quickflip, goldrunner, Travis & as always Hippydude! | |
| agitate1890 | 05/23/10 | interesting ride,what month is it?travis gets the w'ambulance award.good meeting neil and ivan. | |
| UphillRider55 | 05/23/10 | Nice meeting Ivan, travis and Neil, and getting a chance to ride with the Pros Tom, Brian, Ben and Mark they make everything look so easy. Damn cold & wet ride, liked the hail but not all the Poison Oak, still lots of fun. | |
| goldrunner | 05/23/10 | Good stuff minus all the freak'n Oak! Crazy Weather too, where the heck did the hail come from? See everyone again next Monday. | |
| quikflip27 | 05/23/10 | Fun ride with Ben, Brian, Craig, Mark, Neil, Tom, Travis, and hail. Thanks guys! | |
| nharper70 | 05/23/10 | Great ride with some new Geoladders friends. Thanks to all with some much appreciated guidance from Tom and Mark. I learned a lot on my first San Juan experience and unclipped more than I normally do over the course of six months. I think I finally was getting the hang of the making the tight switchback turns and tough terrain. I look forward to riding with you all again. Thanks! | |
| nharper70 | 05/23/10 | | |
| TomG | 05/21/10 | Chiquito Viejo tie too. | |
| gmann | 05/14/10 | First time adding the loop. the first mile after the rocks was mostly hike a bike. after that, the trail was great. met a trail angel on the way down | |
| Hippydude | 05/08/10 | Rode with Thinkfast,agitate1890 and Evilbawb.Lost a bolt in my rear brake so, the ride down San Juan with just the front brake was fun. Good ride,good weather,good people...We also did Viejo Tie for extra fun... | |
| ThinkFast | 05/08/10 | Fun ride with hippydude, agitate1890 and evilbawb. Half the local mtb population must have been doing the Traverse so the trail seemed quiet for a Saturday. We added Viejo Tie and went out and back on New San Juan. Kinda missed not doing the Traverse today though. | |
| evilbawb | 05/08/10 | fun ride with troy,brian and my dad.. | |
| trobe1 | 05/05/10 | Fun ride w/ Hippydude on San Juan! We hit Viejo Tie for some extra credit and we both cleaned Volkswagen Rock! Felt awesome! Saw some shuttlers hiking on new San Juan & one quick snake on the switchbacks on the way down. Met a rider at Cocktail who was behind us who headed back down at that point. When we got back to the cars he showed up again in his car looking for his front wheel that he left in the parking lot. It was gone. Hopefully the shuttlers got it and will try returning it. | |
| Hippydude | 05/05/10 | Added Viejo Tie with this...One of my top rides of the year,being that Trobe1 and I, own Volkswagen rock now.. | |
| jb_29er | 04/25/10 | AWESOME DAY!!!!!!!! Feels good to be back! | |
| unikid | 04/25/10 | 2pm ride. A bit toasty on the way up but perfect coming down. Early into the ride I passed a guy carrying what looked like a dead dog or coyote on his shoulders. He said it was his dog and it was just tired. Later on I passed some hikers coming down with some large packs. They had hiked up and camped at Blue Jay the night before. Pretty cool. Not far from cocktail I came around a corner and suddenly heard very fast rattling from the rocks slightly up and away from the trail. Good times. | |
| BigT | 04/24/10 | Set out to do new San Juan up to blueday and down, but decided to take a left at Cocktail and get all muddy and beat up by roots. Great day on the bike and I cleaned ALL of the switchbacks on the way down which is a new thing for me! Met all sorts of people up there, what a great day for a ride! | |
| unikid | 04/17/10 | Ended up riding this afternoon instead of tomorrow morning due to a family conflict. Very few people out. More hikers than bikers. Saw a ton of lizards along the trail. Also had to bunny hop a 3-4 foot snake laying across a fast section of trail. Great weather and great ride as always. | |
| goldrunner | 04/16/10 | Lots of Oak, Lots of Lizards, lots of fun! Thanks Jr. | |
| Jr Munoz | 04/16/10 | Fun ride with Ben! lots of oak around and kind of wet on the upper part ! great to be back on this challenging trail after too much fireroad lately ! really nice temps and GOOD COMPANY ! THANKS BEN | |
| bikesurfski | 04/13/10 | Awesome trail conditions, a few riders out. Gave a newbie the overview. Took my EX8 in yesterday for a broken shifter cable and found the frame was broken :( But the frame is still under warranty, so I can apply it to a new bike :) It won't be available until May, so it's back to my old EX8 until then :( | |
| BetF | 04/04/10 | rode with AMTR peeps | |
| unikid | 04/03/10 | Great weather today. Long time off the bike but still felt good. | |
| Hippydude | 03/28/10 | Great day for a ride.. Did this with Roy, Troy, Matt and Travis.. | |
| ThinkFast | 03/28/10 | Good times with Roy, Brian, Matt and Travis. We rode new SJ out and back for a little extra fun. Added Viejo Tie as usual. Typical shenanigans with Hippydude added to the fun. Beautiful day to ride. | |
| Royster71 | 03/28/10 | Yaaa babyyy!!! W/ Troy,Brian,Matt and Travis. Had a good time Just not feeling the lines went down twice 1 OTB ripped my Fav shorts :( Got hippy all excited! Saw Sly and her guys at cocktail. also saw Kidd I believe that was you. Had so much to do had to get an early one in. | |
| lmadisono | 03/14/10 | Great ride with Sauce! Thanks again!!! | |
| IceCreamAndCake | 03/03/10 | solo ride.Great day | |
| RoughRiderR | 02/22/10 | Late start, but great ride with Ibot, Geof, Benni, Dan & Dave. Trail was in exelent shape, thanks to peeps doing trail maintenance. About half way up i started really pushing, caught the group at cocktail. was a bit sluggish due to oceanside road ride the day before. | |
| Phishin Paul | 02/21/10 | Rode up with Kyle and we met Dave and Jeff at cocktail. Did top with Dave. He was having hub issues. SS | |
| Rowsby | 02/21/10 | Had a great ride up the San Juan trail with Geof, Ryan, Beni, David M & Daniel. Weather was epic (for So Cal) but we stayed dry for most of the ride. Feeling good right now! | |
| Hippydude | 02/12/10 | Yesterday's ride with Trobe 1... | |
| sixfoot6 | 02/12/10 | My biggest ride yet, totally beat. Pretty dry on most of the trail but the ruts are DEEP. Even more exposed rocks too, I was off my bike a lot.
I also think I'm too big of a guy for this trail, it's just incredibly tight with all the brush and overhang. Add the rut down the middle of the trail and there's very little room to maneuver. | |
| trobe1 | 02/11/10 | Hippydude & I decided to hit San Juan again today but no more shuttling for us! Great day out there. Saw about 10 other riders out there. All coming down as we headed up towards Cocktail Rock. Not sure how many were shuttlers. Some hikers out there as well and saw Ed who is out there on occasion doing trail maintenance. Stopped and talked to him when we got back to the cars. Always a good time riding with Brian and pushing ourselves on the technical stuff and the downhills! | |
| UphillRider55 | 02/07/10 | The swelling and pain in the knee finally has gone way, so it was time for the SJT. It was a troublesome ride on the 26er, sticky peddles, chain stuck behind the rear cogs, shifter cable housing exploded so after cocktail rock only had five smallest cogs in play. Because of the mechanical problems took 4 spills, nothing serious, but plenty of blood. Still good to get a ride in; need to tune up the bike. | |
| IceCreamAndCake | 02/07/10 | Had some rear derailer mechanicals today. luckily not till most of the climbing was done. | |
| unikid | 01/31/10 | Great ride today. The rains have gouged up some sections and exposed more rock in others. Still very rideable but need to be careful in a few places. | |
| Rowsby | 01/30/10 | Perfect day to ride. Rode with Geof, JJ, Marie & Randy. R&R let me try a 29" Stumpy and i loved it, now i want one! | |
| UphillRider55 | 01/29/10 | Great ride, cooler weather, quite a few other riders heading down. Too bad it was back to slave camp after my ride. | |
| BetF | 01/17/10 | Lots of people there today. I think we were all trying to get in one last, memorable spin before the big storms come rolling through. | |
| Permagrin | 01/17/10 | Made one last ride before the rains. SJ is always a treat, thanks Liz! | |
| Damon M | 01/11/10 | Single Speed | |
| unikid | 01/09/10 | Saw lots of runners (50-100) passing by Cocktail rock. I guess there was some kind of race going from Blue Jay down to Cocktail via New SJ and back up via Old SJ. | |
| Dmac | 01/09/10 | Biffed it down the "roots" after cocktail -need to buy a new seat. Great ride anyway. | |
| Hannibal | 01/04/10 | Great way to ring in the New Year with a ride up and down San Juan. Rode with Keith, Larry and Rick. Only one spill but that just means I wasn't pushing it enough. Really need help on the switchbacks. | |
| tweasol | 01/04/10 | Old San Juan still one of my favorite trails... Boatloads of fun with Trey on this ride! Finally got my HR monitor to work, so I gave it a try... Perfect weather, back at the cars around sunset. | |
| Greo10 | 01/03/10 | Nice ride with a couple misshaps with MC, lots of people with a large group heading down at 10:30. Great ride | |
| unikid | 01/03/10 | Awesome weather today. Lots of people out. One scary but luckily only minor crash when I took my eyes off the trail for a second on the downhill to check my Garmin. Must pay 100% attention. Gotta Love SJ. | |
| halfasst | 01/01/10 | Great New Years Day ride with Larry, Rick and Hannibal. Weather and trail were beautiful. Lots of friendly bikers and runners out today. Everyone is looking forward to a great 2010! | |
| drg | 12/31/09 | happy new year! | |
| xhuskr | 12/31/09 | A GREAT way to end the year. My usual crew plus extras try and to this as our last ride of the year the rain the yesterday made it perfect. I made more tech rock climbs than ever and I hope that's a good indication of the year to come. Happy New Year everyone! | |
| RollnStone | 12/30/09 | Started out nice, but about 1 mile from Cocktail Rock, it started to drizzle. I was hoping it would stop, but no luck. The rocks were slippery. A few riders braved the rain today. | |
| ryanarciero | 12/28/09 | Great ride with Terry Best and Dave Ondas. Perfect weather and trails were in great shape. Had a mechanical issue with Dave's bike but we got through it. | |
| ryanarciero | 12/28/09 | | |
| ThinkFast | 12/24/09 | Good times with Brian once again. We actually didn't hit old SJ but hit new SJ out and back with Viejo Tie mixed in as usual. Saw a big bobcat when I was driving back out to Ortega. Looked to be a good 40-50 pounds and darker than usual. Saw him cruising for a good 30 yards. | |
| Hippydude | 12/24/09 | Fun Christmas eve ride with Thinkfast . We added Viejo Tie because, it is just too much fun. Merry Christmas everybody ! | |
| evilbawb | 12/23/09 | windy but nothing insane.i went otb going uphill.:) | |
| grinding | 12/23/09 | great ride with the Marks and thanks for waiting for me guys. | |
| agitate1890 | 12/23/09 | good times with evil and grinding,trail is in great shape.. | |
| Hippydude | 12/22/09 | Good fun ride with Trobe1 an OTB again. Lost Tom at cocktail, continued on with Eric and completed the lollipop loop, plus Viejo Tie for some extra fun...Good to see Craig on the decent... | |
| OTB_again | 12/22/09 | Hippydude, trobe1, and I decided on this route due to last night's rains...glad we did and even then there were several puddles on the trail. Always a blast trying to clean everything, once again Brian made it look easy. Tom had to bail back down at CR, missed ya on Viejo Tie! Had an involuntary dismount aka OTB on Viejo Tie as Brian looked on...that was pretty cool. Nice to see Craig aka UphillRider heading up as we were finishing. That GoPro camera looks sweet! | |
| UphillRider55 | 12/14/09 | cool and cloudy, saw a few other riders below cocktail rock. | |
| Royster71 | 12/13/09 | A little communication breakdown!! original start was 9 then got an email before I was on my way out saying 11. Got that 1 out late sorry not my ride set up. Anyway good group there was 6 of us. Troy,Kevin,charle,james,Chris.Hi Craig!on the way down it was so tacky you could get some good speed a couple close calls but it was all good(not that close) On the way up we heard Brian wa 10 min ahead of us.If he could of just stopped for a few and choked his chicken we could have caught up. Hi Matt! | |
| ThinkFast | 12/13/09 | Fun ride with a good group consisting of Roy, ,Kevin , Charle, James and Chris. Conditions were nice, glad I didn't flake. | |
| IceCreamAndCake | 12/04/09 | quite a few riders out today.great weather,life is good!I miss that log over by chiquito already,not sure why | |
| Phishin Paul | 11/28/09 | Perfect weather until Cocktail Rock. A cold rain and then hail for the upper loop. Good thing I packed warm clothes and a rain coat. Who took the downed tree off the trail by Chiquita? Too hard for ya? It has been there forever. | |
| flyingbrian | 11/21/09 | Rode up with Torp's, perfect weather ! | |
| TomG | 11/19/09 | This is a great ride! The weather was perfect today. | |
| xhuskr | 11/08/09 | climbed like crap on the switchbacks and didn't clean as many rocks..arghhh...much better on the way down..maybe it too 14 miles to wake up and warm up! :( | |
| Mark W. | 11/01/09 | Beautiful morning starting with 9. no time for the long ride. garmin stopped, ride time way off. | |
| Hippydude | 10/28/09 | Rode with Trobe1,Agitate,and OTB again. Great day for a ride... | |
| trobe1 | 10/28/09 | Nice little turn out for this ride w OTB_Again, Hippydude & Mark1890(what's with everybody doing user name changes anyway??) Some pretty good winds on SJ today that really kept it cool out there. Eric & I hit Swallows afterwards for a little refreshment. Traffic sucks in San Juan at 5pm! | |
| OTB_again | 10/28/09 | Good times on a crisp fall day with trobe1, Hippydude, and agitate. Loving the 29er on this trail, both climbing and descending. Lots of laughs, mostly at Troy's expense (just kidding Troy, we missed you!). Only saw 3 other riders the entire day. | |
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