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A long shot but if anyone found a pair of prescription Revo sunglasses on the Chutes climb in Santiago Park please LMK. Lost them Sat AM 1/5.
Staff 09/23/18 9:04 PM
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EDGE705 Mountain Bike Ride 02:41:02 breaks 03:35:18 6.9 mph 8:42 pace HR avg 130 / max 158
Today at 08:30 AM - First time on the left side of Coal Canyon. This is a dirt road called Pipeline Trail. Pipeline has very little traffic due to major hike a bike sections along the trail. I quitted about one mile before Leonard Road junction. After my descent I went up 1/2 mile on Coal Canyon Trail in order to explore some hills east side of the trail. BTW when descending the hill I went OTB when I fell into an invisible hole covered with tall grass
03/18/19 - Eastside was open so I took Lil Red out to get a taste of what it used to be like when I was riding. Cactus was in great shape, but the other trails had evidence of repaired erosion, so I would guess that the Westside trails are pretty messed up. Great to be out on the trails but missin' the big purple bike.
EDGE705 Walk 00:39:27 breaks 02:14:00 2.3 mph 25:47 pace HR avg 101 / max 122
03/17/19 - Hiked with wife, Only 3/4 of mile uphill during which we ascended 755 feet. We had to abort the hike since my wife started to feel light headed because the extreme effort. I rode Smashface 2 1/2 years ago. Today during this walk I was amazed how I was able to ride this extremely steep trail without smashing my face.
iPhone iOS 11.3.1 Mountain Bike Ride 02:51:37 6.5 mph 9:16 pace
03/17/19 - Very crowded the most hikers I have ever seen at Black Star. I saw a Sheriff suv about half way heading up as I was descending. I have never seen them patrolling up there before. I finally rode my Pivot again itβs been months. Great ride.
EDGE705 Mountain Bike Ride 03:00:18 breaks 03:36:34 6.7 mph 8:58 pace HR avg 133 / max 164
02/26/19 - Noon ride. Good temps. Last Sunday I walked with wife on the bottom area of Coal Canyon called Big Mo Trail. During my walk I spotted a possible rideable descent from Coal Canyon Trail above, down to Big Mo thru an even graded hill. Today I rode it. After that I headed to Chino Hills State Park and climbed for the first time the Skully Hill Trail up to Skully Ridge Trail. This climb is a bitch. One mile of a continuous 18% grade.
02/07/19 - Some mud but not a problem. Water crossings up to knee deep and strong. Started snowing at 3700 ft. Lots of waterfalls. Hero dirt all the way.
iPhone iOS 12.1.2 Mountain Bike Ride 02:54:40 7.5 mph 7:58 pace HR avg 136 / max 162
01/26/19 - Unbelievable winds at the top had to crouch down and put a death grip on my bars as i was walking the wind was blowing the bike into the air like a kite. Turned around at the last left before the Peak crazy.
EDGE705 Walk 03:27:13 breaks 04:41:05 2.1 mph 29:16 pace HR avg 110 / max 122
11/24/18 - Walked with wife. I took her to a partial of one of my MTB rides by Olinda area and also to the new single tracks along North Ridge Trail.
The temps were perfect. We had a cloudy morning with fresh breeze at times
11/25/18, 04:00 PM We rode from Rim Crest today but did not make it up to Northridge. Are those single tracks worth the climb up there? Also, we saw some other trails coming down from Northridge to Telegraph that are not on the map. Have you ridden those? How technical are they? One last question. The first singletrack to the left after heading up Southridge from Rim Crest, is that a good trail or are we better off to ride Bovinian Delight?
EDGE705 Mountain Bike Ride 03:03:31 breaks 03:39:49 7.3 mph 8:16 pace HR avg 137 / max 163
11/19/18 - Night ride. Good temps, cold but not chilly. I finally could complete my exploration of the new single tracks trails created on North Ridge which go from hill to hill and crosses the main NR trail several times.
11/19/18, 07:35 PM Hi "mtb fan", NR trail is not officially open yet (my guess) because the fence at the trailhead is still there, nevertheless the bicycle traffic is intense in both directions. There is an access trail on the left that allows you to get on it without dismounting.
Edge 500 Mountain Bike Ride 00:17:54 18.4 mph 3:15 pace
10/16/18 - new, No Trespassing Sign at Trabuco Creek Road entrance, new electric fence around parker ranch, and lots of new concrete barriers where 4x4's like to play, past the radio airport. Somebody doesn't like company.
10/19/18, 02:35 PM Steel gates don't stop mud. There are 2 new gates at the north main divide. 1 at each side of Elsinore Peak, and another at Tenaja falls.
Mountain Bike Ride 00:55:19 breaks 01:28:01 9 mph 6:41 pace
10/06/18 - SS - Lovely temps and overcast. Ran into Sarge and his grandson at 4 C's and rode up to Mark's bench with them. Tragedy at the end of the Live Oak Trail. A guy was taking a break there with his 2 riding buddies and literally fell over with a massive heart attack. Sarge went up the road to guide in the fire truck. I got there a couple minutes later. 2 helicopters came and landed nearby in a clearing with the 2nd bringing the paramedics right when the fire truck arrived. One biker was giving CPR by pumping his chest repetitively for at least 15 minutes till the paramedics got there. I was going to spot him but he kept going. The man down was fading in and out. Barely conscience. He'd start to turn blue and then turn normal and start to respond.Very scary as I didn't think he'd make it. The paramedics gave him IV's and the paddles 3 times before they left with him. All I could do was pray for his recovery while the one biker was giving CPR. Tough day. Pray that he's OK and for his family.
Edge 500 Mountain Bike Ride 00:51:50 6.4 mph 9:26 pace
08/20/18 - Wanted to see what things looked like up Trabuco after the fire, but they've closed the Cleveland Forest gate, to all. A ranger was on the road and I asked him how long it would be closed, he said a few months. ...added this pic.
EDGE305 Walk 00:17:41 breaks 00:20:38 2.3 mph 26:23 pace HR avg 72 / max 72
08/18/18 - no rso. StartTime=1110. With my wife. This is the 1st post since 2018may25. My wife broke both bones in her wrist on 2018may26. I have been taking care of her 24/7 ever since. She is 1.5 years older than I am. 9 years ago she may have had a mini-stroke and her balance has not been good ever since. She can no longer dance. She still can not make a fist so she can not drive. It has only been a few weeks that she has been able to use her walker with enough pressure to keep from falling. So during the day she can now navigate around the house. At nite, she still depends on me to guide her around to the bathroom. I drive her everywhere she needs to go, eg, for physical therapy to reduce the swelling in her hand and to manipulate her fingers and wrist and forearm. The monsoon rains have made biking impossible. Prior to her being able to use her walker, I could not be away from her for more than 90 minutes and she could not get out of her lazy boy by herself.
08/19/18, 12:09 AM Glad you're able to get on the bike again, and that your wife is getting better! That must feel good after a many weeks of struggle. :)
Mountain Bike Ride 02:03:49 breaks 02:08:01 7.6 mph 7:52 pace
07/30/18 - My original plan was to head up to Beek's Place, but when I got above the shade and the sun was beating down on me I decided that Plan B would be to Hidden Ranch and back, as it was warming up quick. The drop into HR was a nice cool down, and then some high clouds rolled in so I went back to the original plan. Slight cloud cover stayed with me until about mile 7 which was nice. Found a short single track that I had not noticed before at about mile 3.5 - doubled back and checked it out on the climb; very short but breaks up the fireroad decent, which by the way was very smooth today; corners nice and clean.
iPhone iOS 11.4 Mountain Bike Ride 07:45:07 8.2 mph 7:16 pace
07/14/18 - That hurt π. That was a Leadville Quaifier, which was my intent for doing the ride, Didint win to get a coin but won one from the raffle
. LT100 2019. π―π΄πΌ
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