| Name | Date | Comment | |
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| TomG | 07/30/10 | Great ride not too hot. | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/10/10 | Never understood why this official route states 4254 of climbing, it's not. 3254 sounds more like it. Beautiful morning for a ride. Temps started out so perfect, later it got pretty hot, but never unbearable. Surprisingly the flys were minimal at most. Motorway is messed up and loose. Great friends, Great ride! | |
| 4_chew_nut | 07/05/10 | Rode with Attila. Fire roads were smooth and fortunately there was very little motorized traffic. The motorway was in excellent condition for a fast decent. Although OC and 909 were under heavy clouds, we enjoyed 70 degrees and sunny the entire route. Felt good today and rode all sections. | |
| Flip | 06/06/10 | Hot from the second we hit the dirt. Flies, bugs, etc. But I'll take it. | |
| Waldo | 06/06/10 | Hot, dusty, buggy, loose, and hot. Had a great time! | |
| MTB Fiend | 05/23/10 | Another beautiful ride, made even more pleasant by the company of my friends. The weather was fickle, sometimes sunny but always downright chilly, The wildflowers on Motorway sensationalized the ride with an explosion of colors. Fun ride - Great ride! | |
| SAmtn | 05/22/10 | Great ride with Boerseun, Fast Turtle and Jr. | |
| SAmtn | 05/22/10 | Good training ride | |
| Boerseun | 05/22/10 | Lap 1 of 3 : Rode with SAMtn, Fast Turtle & Aaron | |
| Jocko | 05/08/10 | Saturday morning ride with Craig, Frits, Greg, Mark and Greg. Looks like Greg separated a shoulder during the sketchy baby-head portion of Main Divide. | |
| onegear7 | 04/18/10 | Awesome, awesome ride! Started out feeling pretty crappy, but a couple of riding partners help pull me to the top & around. I've never like the paved section of Maple Springs. | |
| Phishin Paul | 04/18/10 | Fun mellow ride with Kyle, Graham, Dave, Terry and JJ. Felt good on the SS. Started to get warm on MD and the bugs sucked today. | |
| vodoo | 04/11/10 | Another great ride on Maple Springs with no motorcyle or cars polluting the trail. | |
| quad damage | 04/07/10 | Ride with the Saturday crew. First time in the dirt since VQ after being really sick for two weeks. Still getting over it. >=( (Went up pavement again after coming down Motorway for extra credit) | |
| FalseSummit | 04/04/10 | Great day out on the trail with perfect temps with Manny, Oly, Grumpy, TyMo, and MichaelS. | |
| TyMo | 04/04/10 | rode with manny, uncle jeff, uncle tom, michael, and dad. | |
| Mark W. | 04/03/10 | great morning with scott, andrew, matt, ryan, john. ride time seems a little faster than the pace. | |
| Hermit | 04/03/10 | GT. Nice morning ride with the Saturday slackers. | |
| Jocko | 03/29/10 | Saturday; With Craig, Dave C., Dave W., Mark, Frits, Greg, Mike, Bob, Bernard, Albert. Not as windy as feared along Main Divide based on the windy conditions driving into Silverado Canyon. A couple of mechanicals caused half the group to turn around at 4 corners. Craig split a tire on the top portion of motorway. | |
| Punk Sanders | 03/18/10 | The pictures of Motorway don't really convey how interesting it is. It was my 1st time down and I was by myself, so I was riding cautiously. I did pretty well and only walked a few parts. | |
| Sydney | 03/13/10 | made it to 4 corners in 1:35...personal best by far. | |
| RollnStone | 03/07/10 | Nice day. No rain. The sun even came out a few times. Lots of people out riding today. | |
| MTB Fiend | 03/07/10 | Oh yeah! Another sensational day of riding. Great group, including a couple of my best friends - always a pleasure. Luckily we were forewarned not to try Blackstar - what? mud at Hidden Ranch? Sounds about right. Great weather, sometimes cold, sometimes kind of sunny. Very few other riders out. Truly a Great ride! | |
| kacerrob | 03/07/10 | Had fun on a solo, met Mark, talked me into motorway and then went OTB into a ditch on the way down. Nothing broken.. Great day. BTW...Warriors Society did a nice job on the lower section. Getting ready for the Coup... Less then 2 weeks. | |
| martink111 | 03/05/10 | Morning ride (first time making it before work!)- Rode with camera, tripod, and 3 lenses. To end of pavement in 28:44 minutes, to Main Divide in 1:15:57 minutes, to start of motorway in 1:50:27 minutes
29.4 mph max | |
| Fast Turtle | 03/05/10 | Thursday night ride with 29 Inch Nails, El Chupacabra and One Flew OTB. Had a steady pace going with One Flew OTB to 4 corners. Got cold at 4 corners and took half the ride to motorway to thaw out. | |
| One Flew OTB | 03/04/10 | Night ride w/Fast Turtle, 29 Inch Nails, and El Chupacabra. Started slow, then Paul and I spun without mashing up to 4 corners. Surprised at our split of 1:18. Damn cold at the top! Hands and feet were actually numb and for once I was glad to hit the climbs! | |
| gmann | 03/01/10 | First time on this route. Awesome!Some guy in a Ladera Cyclery jersey flew by me about 4 miles into the ride. Saw one other rider coming down maple springs | |
| STEVO CARRILLO | 02/28/10 | Beautiful ride today w/ Fast Turtle and One Flew OTB. Paul had to cut out a bit early @ Four Conners and left John and myself to do Motorway. Really felt the effects of being off the bike for close to two weeks but still managed to pull PB's due to the talent of riders that I stupidly go with all the time. Paul & John are on a different level then I.... Always good to train with though. Thanks for the suffer fest today guy's. | |
| One Flew OTB | 02/28/10 | Great weather today for what Stevo calls a "mid length" ride. Fast Turtle played the wiley wabbit and had us chasing him up Maple Springs for PB times. Fun as always, boys! Gate to 4 Corners: 1:12, To motorway 36:52, Down motorway 14:55. | |
| MTB Fiend | 02/28/10 | Another fabulous day for a ride! Sensational! Afternoon start made for a slight race against time to beat the sunset. Conditions were outstanding! Water everywhere on Maple Springs made for a most enjoyable climb. I love MS with no vehicles. Views of the snow capped mountains were downright inspiring. Made it to Motorway before official sunset and caught some of the vivid colors out of the corner of my eye as I descended. Truly, a Great Ride! | |
| Shine | 02/21/10 | Brrrrrrr..... | |
| spicolli1976 | 02/21/10 | Great ride with Slopush, steeleboat, Burgemeester, and Shine. Great group of guys and thank you for letting me ride with you. Hope to do it again soon. Caught a little rain on the way up and a bit chilly. | |
| Burgemeester | 02/21/10 | One of those great rides we will be reminiscing about for a long time to come! Chilly, rainy and great company, with 2 falts thrown in for good measure - Steeleboats was more of a bad karma thing! Thanks Steeleboat, Shine, RaulC, Slopush and spicolli1976!Good times! | |
| RaulC | 02/21/10 | Great group ride - trail in good condition; weather was cold & wet | |
| steeleboat | 02/21/10 | 5 good friends and a little rain with temps in the 40s made for a great ride, just remember the Boy Scout motto - BE PREPARED. | |
| slopush | 02/21/10 | Wet, windy and cold ride- It was great. The crew of Burgemeester, Shine, Steelboat, RaulC and spicolli1976 made it even better. Met a couple who were doing Harding/Motorway to celebrate the wife's 45th B.day. Really cool. | |
| MTB Fiend | 02/13/10 | Another fabulous day on Maple Springs and Main Divide. The gate is still closed making this one of the most pleasant rides available. Lots of folks out today. Sensational forever views! Great ride! | |
| MTB Fiend | 02/07/10 | Yehaw! Sensational! We brought dry socks for a reason, and sure enough we got wet in the 3rd crossing. No worries, nice sunny climb kept everything just right. Had the Main Divide all to ourselves - well, except for the cool looking Fox that crossed our path. No mud whatsoever, incredible views, just sensational! Motorway is in fine shape. These are the days not to be missed. Great Ride!!! | |
| Flip | 02/07/10 | Lots of water flowing on pavement. MS in pretty good shape all the way up. Main Divide not too bad. Motorway in good shape except for a few strewn rocks at top. | |
| MTB Fiend | 01/31/10 | Killer day for a ride! We had a great group today and everyone was smiling. The devious among us ambushed our friends with snowballs near Four Corners. Aahhh... memories, good times! At least for those who were not getting pelted with snow! As anticipated, sensational views. I love this ride! Great ride! | |
| mtbkel44 | 01/31/10 | lots of climbing. post ride grub at Silverado Cafe. Thanks to those guys since they had actually just closed, but let us order and hang out anyway... Lots of snow around 4 corners. Nice. | |
| erichermo3 | 01/21/10 | Nice ride w/ Sol and Joanna. First time riding this portion of the Santa Ana's. Awesome scenery! Still figuring out how to work my Garmin 305. | |
| SDstumpy | 01/16/10 | Ride with Joanna and Eric. Met up with Matt K at the top of Motorway. Temps were perfect but my knee was buggin still. Might have to take a couple weeks off...dammit! | |
| MTB Fiend | 01/16/10 | Really loving this route lately. Big group turnout today, always makes the ride more fun. Forever views and great temps. Great ride! | |
| Slow Ride | 01/02/10 | Good ride with cleanbeater and NO GO... | |
| NO GO | 01/02/10 | Rode with Slowride and Cleanbeater.
Great day for a ride | |
| cleanbeater | 01/02/10 | Good ride with Slow Ride and No Go. | |
| OCMoto | 01/01/10 | Great weather for riding today. Introduced another buddy to this loop and he's still feeling the pain :-) , but he loved it. | |
| TrailMonkey | 12/31/09 | Nice Ride saw a few riders, Happy New Year! | |
| moose knuckels | 12/29/09 | fun solo ride out there today. nice to be able to ride. Typically this time of year for me is all about the shoveling the driveway clear of snow | |
| velo4it | 12/26/09 | cold day! nice ride on the new ss - fully rigid fork. not too bad down the motorway. | |
| MTB Fiend | 12/20/09 | Gates were open today, and plenty of motorcycle traffic, but not bothersome. 1 persistent fly and eventually he gave up. Well-paced climb by my riding buddy put us at Four Corners in 1:31, passed all who were if front of us, a new PB for her and darned close to my best. Way to go! Parts of Main Divide were pretty chewed up due to vehicle traffic. As expected, sensational views all the way out to downtown LA and beyond! Truly, a Great Ride! | |
| OCMoto | 12/19/09 | This was our first time on this ride. Good climb with a nice ride along the rolling Main Divide, and the payoff downhill at the end was awesome! | |
| MTB Fiend | 12/13/09 | These are the days not to be missed. Sensational ride today. Started pouring rain as we headed up Silverado. We hung out for about 15 min and waited for the rain to stop. Once it did, not another drop on the whole ride! As expected, perfect trail conditions, no mud, no traffic, all the gates were closed. Main Divide was in excellent shape, followed one other bike track. In and out of the wispy clouds but generally protected from the wind. An exhilirating great ride! | |
| PaulV | 12/11/09 | good ride for the weather. got a little wet but wasn't too bad at all. warmer than expected, no sign of ice at all. got a flat before motorway but Stan's worked perfect after CO2 injection, good to go very quickly. motorway was awesome. doughboy railed his Salsa Fargo down it and was right behind me, too funny!! | |
| rushak | 12/09/09 | Had the morning off and decided to show James the MS/MW loop. Cold, but not as cold as I thought it would be. My hands did suffer on the descents. Had to stop a couple of times to defrost. Ran into Mark, Ozzie, and Daniel at MW. BTW - I'm horrible at recoginzing people on the trails...sorry guys. ;-) | |
| JD158 | 12/05/09 | Caught up with Syd going up Maple Springs and had a good ride with Jeff and Syd from Four Corners down Motorway | |
| bossvader | 11/29/09 | Kind of slow and easy up MS cool and windy but not too bad along the Pain Divide, motoway fun as always. | |
| velo4it | 11/26/09 | great pre turkey ride...incredibly clear day and coffee at 4 corners from rnr. more riders than I have ever seen on maple springs...passed 20-30 people on the way up. everyone except two...noah and gerrit...I was dropped... | |
| devodoc | 10/31/09 | Almost 3 years to the day since I last did this route. Don't remember those two big climbs between 4 Corners and Motorway being so painful. Last time I did this it was very foggy so I didn't get to enjoy the beautiful views from the Main Divide like I did today. Awesome weather and views. | |
| El Chupacabra | 10/17/09 | Went out early, which was a good choice. It got a little warm coming down Motorway. Lots of hikers out there. Thanks for a great ride Tommy! | |
| bossvader | 10/17/09 | Demo'd Spechy 29er SS, pretty fun, nice day | |
| PaulV | 10/16/09 | Some thermal pockets at the bottom but mainly warm and suprisingly dry, creeks are totally dry, only saw 2 small mud puddles the entire way. A little busy w/ trucks, ran into one on the way up twice and two more on the main divide. Great views today! Motorway in great shape right now. splits: gate to pavement meets dirt=22:45, to 4 corners=57:25, to Mtrwy top=1:26:05, gate to gate:1:39:05 | |
| Phishin Paul | 10/10/09 | The only biker I saw was at the parking lot. Trail full of motos and jeeps. Flatted on Motorway due to no Stans. Luckily I carry some with me. Beautiful day. SS | |
| Fast Turtle | 10/08/09 | Splits: start to 4 corners 1:32, 4 corners to top of motorway 40 min, motorway to bottom 22 min. Need to get faster. Still good for a turtle. | |
| 29 Inch Nails | 10/08/09 | Big Thursday ride with Terry B and John. Great to try and keep up with the rabbits. 1:24 to Four Corners. actually enjoyed Motorway more at night. | |
| One Flew OTB | 10/08/09 | Fun night ride w/Jeff and Terry B. Wolfed down a Chipotle burrito afterwards. Thanks guys for the ride, and thanks Terry for dinner! | |
| velo4it | 10/04/09 | nice ss ride with randy and jp....and it was cold...never saw it above 55 degrees! | |
| 4_chew_nut | 10/04/09 | Chilly ride this morning with JP and velo4it. Fall is here. nice views out to the North and East. Rode up the first climb on the way "down" main divide today for the first time in a while. Although, I walked briefly on the 2nd climb :( | |
| bossvader | 10/03/09 | Spectacular day | |
| MTB Fiend | 10/03/09 | Sensational day! Clear views, excellent group, minimal traffic - simply filled the senses! Downright outstanding! Great ride! | |
| ZipsBiker | 09/29/09 | Good ride with Jimbo. | |
| Draker | 09/13/09 | Great day to ride a little hot above the clouds but nice views. Only a few riders, lots of runners and motorcycles. | |
| Fast Turtle | 09/07/09 | 2 hrs 13 min to the start of Motorway. Forgot to restart ipod timer going down Motorway so added 25 minutes (I did it faster but wanted to be conservative). I know it's lame not to have a gps or computer. 2 motorcycles and 2 cars passed me on the route. Saw only 2 mountian bike riders. | |
| angry red squirrel | 09/03/09 | dawn patrol today-before the gnats woke up,turtle pace in granny gear,cool up 2 4 corners,then sun at my back rest of ride,last 3 miles dh was a biatch on the xc bike-(no crashes today)2:30 avg pace my ass-took me 4:30 hrs in grnny gear | |
| singlespeedrider | 08/23/09 | First time climbing Maple Springs and about my third time down Motorway. Loved this ride I think it is my new favorite. The climb up was steep but not so steep I was standing the whole time and Motorway is just a great descent. | |
| Lutkus1973 | 08/23/09 | Loved going down Motorway. Great ride with Mark and Skyler.lots of climbing vut wel worth it. | |
| agitate1890 | 08/02/09 | good day with evilbawb... | |
| Fitzteri | 07/28/09 | 17.34 MIles, 3334 ft. Did a ride after work,bonked a bit on Main Divide. Flies galore, the worst I have experienced. Motorway was worth the flies and bonking. How did others get 4200 ft? | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/25/09 | Great group ride, lots of laughs and smiles! Motorway was in the best shape I have ever seen. Super great ride! | |
| Gerry Lattimer | 07/08/09 | The Motorway is in great shape. This was my first ride down it this year. | |
| ergosmitty | 07/03/09 | Great ride. Except the two rider collision at the bottom of a downhill. First aid kit comes in very handy! | |
| ergosmitty | 07/03/09 | The Motor Way single track is very rocky in spots but a good ride if you want a workout. | |
| Olis1 | 07/03/09 | Nice ride up to 4 Corners. 1:10 to there. Took a fall on the fireroad in some loose sand and discovered theres hard rock under the sand that turned my knee into hamburger (really). Home now and all cleaned up. Motorway wasn't super fun nursing the knee home. All in all a good ride with one stupid mistake.
Sorry Jay for make you ride over my bike and crash as well. Good thing you didn'r ride over me. | |
| jbbarrette | 07/03/09 | Fun ride, hot climbing up but fun downhill. Nice crash with a fellow rider, but glad I didn't run him over! | |
| ortbike | 07/02/09 | Left at 945 AM and it was already hot with lots of bugs. Got bit by a couple of horsefly's along the way. Between four corners and motorway a mountain lion cub trotted right in front of me. First one I have seen in the past 15 years. Really cute but glad the Mom wasn't around. Also saw a bright red snake with black stripes (very cool). Great Ride! | |
| Mark W. | 06/28/09 | Great morning with Troy, Matt and Andrew. Never finished so early on a Sat. | |
| Code_Blue | 06/28/09 | Hot and dusty | |
| chebags | 06/28/09 | very hot!! | |
| Hermit | 06/27/09 | Nice ride with The Fathers. Motorway is in excellent condition right now. | |
| ThinkFast | 06/27/09 | Good ride with Matt, Mark, and Andrew. Andrew and I saw a tiny rattlesnake on our way up Maple Springs. Saw Ross B and his group getting ready but didn't recognize Ross until we passed on MS. | |
| c('.'c) | 06/27/09 | I started a little late so it got really hot on the climb. Really hot. At 4 Corners, some dude pulled up in a 4x4 and hooked me up with an ice cold brew. Man, that beer was good. | |
| Winger | 06/27/09 | 4900. It felt great to be on the bike. Perfect weather. Motorway was in great shape. | |
| shmrcksean | 06/11/09 | GPS said 1:58 ride time....that seems unusually fast for me. I'll take it any I can get it! Very wet and misty up at the motorway. Visibility was about 20 feet. Made the Main Divide interesting with the trucks and motorcycles coming around the corners! | |
| 4_chew_nut | 05/31/09 | great morning in the mountains. rode alone today, a few minutes ahead of velo4it, john F and Gerrit. | |
| velo4it | 05/30/09 | great ride with jon and geritt. 34-19 was sort of tough for the single speed... never caught randy, but he was just a little ahead of us! also met hugh and lynn on the trail. | |
| PaulV | 04/19/09 | started at 8AM, took advantage of the shade up maple springs and it was nice to have a breeze further up as it was already getting warm. Lots of people in the parking lot, saw another biker going up maple and a group at the top of the motorway. motorway is in great shape right now. splits: gate to pavement meets dirt=21:38, to 4 corners=55:47, to Mtrwy top=1:24:36, gate to gate:1:38:39 | |
| vt1ryan | 04/18/09 | Thanks guys. Twitch, NO GO, Skinny, and Sevan. Warm today. | |
| Twitch | 04/18/09 | Thanks NO GO, GLOWORM, SKINNY and vt1ryan. | |
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