Wednesday, 01 February 2012

February 2012

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 1st  - 36 mi Upland ~ Puddingstone x2 ~ Upland
 4th  - 59 mi w/NBC Shop~Dodger Stadium~Shop
 6th  - 80 mi Duarte~Long Beach~Duarte
 9th  - 55 mi MBV~CWP~MBSL~MBV~GRR~GMR~Glendora~CWP
11th - 59 mi w/NBC Acton loop CW
12th - 45 mi Westlake Village~Lake Sherwood~Hidden Vallev~T.O.~Westlake~4x Westlake Lake
16th - 32 mi San Antonio Heights~Puddingstone~San Antonio Heights
18th - 42 mi w/NBC Shop~Chatsworth~Box Canyon~Shop
20th - 78 mi Duarte~Long Beach~Duarte
22nd- 93 mi Apple Velley~Barstow~Lucerne~Apple Valley
25th - 53 mi w/NBC Shop~Agua Dulce~Bear Divide~Shop
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Feb   632
Jan   565
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YTD 1197


Sometimes Useful Links:
How to calculate Angle and  Grade Monday,Wednesday,Friday Ride
HeartRateChart The Death Ride
Mt Baldy Wx  and Temperature
The Death Ride Plus
MtBaldy area - NWS WX forcast MtBaldy area - Conditions & Forcast - Weather Underground
Glendora Mountain Road




A Ghostly Sub 19: 12) Saturday 02/25/12
53 mi w/Newhall Bicycle Co (14 riders)
Destinations Agua Dulce and Bear Divide.
Rode from the Shop out the bike trails to Soledad Cyn Rd.
Up Agua Dulce Cyn Rd to Agua Dulce General Store.
Then up to Mint Cyn and down Sierra Hwy to Sand Cyn.
Up Sand Cyn to Little T and Bear Divide.
Back down to Placerita Cyn then the Shop.
Beautiful day, good pacelines, good friends.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike
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Agua Dulce ~ Bead Divide
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Route
(02/26/12)

Matt: Wow Ray and Ron. One day you are riding to the pacific ocean and two days later you are riding in the Mohave desert! Glad to see you guys are having fun riding all over the place. Matt (02/23/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 11) Wednesday 02/22/12
93 mi w/Ron
Rode from Apple Valley out Happy Trails Hwy, and National Trails Hwy (Route 66).
Through Victorville, Mojave Heights, Oro Grande, Hodge, Lenwood, to Barstow.
Ate lunch in Barstool, then rode back 247 (Barstow Rd) to Lucerne Valley,
and Hwy 18 to Apple Valley.
There was 3474 ft of climbing on this route.
Excellent day, beautiful clear weather. avg 72 degrees.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike

High Desert

Route
(02/22/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 10) Monday 02/20/12
78 mi w/Ron
Rode from El Encanto Park in Duarte.
Took the Rio Hondo Bikeway down to Long Beach.
Ron had a spoke failure about 2 miles from the Long Beach Harbor.
He was able to adjust the wobble out of the rear wheel to continue the ride.
We stopped in Belmont Shore and had lunch.
Then continued to The San Gabriel River Trail and back up to El Encanto Park.
Cool day, fast spin (19+ average)

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike

Catalina Express in Long Beach Harbor

Route
(02/20/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 9) Saturday 02/18/12
42 mi w/Newhall Bicycly Co (10 riders)
Rode from the shop to Chatsworth.
Climbed some hills by Santa Susana Pass.
Then went down Valley Center and climbed Box Canyon.
Box Canyon is approx a 3.5 mile climb at 9~10%.
Then rode back through Santa Susana Pass,
Balboa Rd, and Newhall Pass to the Shop.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike
(02/18/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19:
Dedicated to MIA!
(02/17/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 7) Thursday 02/16/12
32 mi w/Ron
Rode from Euclid & 23rd in San Antonio Heights.
Out Baseline and down to Puddingstone lake.
Went once around the lake and up to Foothill/Baseline.
Took Wheeler up to Golden Hills and then down Esperanza to Baseline.
Returned to San Antonio Heights.
Nice day, fast to medium spin.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike

Mt Baldy from Baseline

Route
(02/17/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 6) Sunday 02/12/12
45 mi
Rode from Westlake Village to lake Sherwood.
Then took Potrero Rd to Lynn Rd and down to Thousand Oaks.
Took Hillside Rd across and back to Westlake Village(24mi).
Ate lunch, and then rode 4 times around Westlake Lake(21mi).

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike

Lake Sherwood

Route
(02/13/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 5) Saturday 02/11/12
59 mi w/Newhall Bicycle Co (8 riders)
Rode the Acton loop clockwise.
Soledad to Agua Dulce to Escondito cyn roads to Acton.
Returned Soledad and bike trails back to the NBC shop.
Fast spin, cool day, good ride.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike


Rode loop CW
(02/11/12)

Nick: Was a great day today Ray glad you guys weren't busy so you could join us. Thanks again for your hospitality. (02/09/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 4) Thrusday 02/09/12
55 mi w/Sean, Nick, and B
Sean and Nick are from the Newhall area, Santa Clarita Velo.
Rode from the Baldy Village down to the Claremont Wilderness Park.
Then Rode back up Baldy Rd to the Ski Lifts.
And Back down to the Village and out GRR to GMR and down GMR to Glendora.
To Foothill/Baseline and took the Thompson Creek trail back to the Wilderness Park.
This was 55 mi and 5500+ ft of climbing, I was done....
Accepted a ride back up the hill from a friend.
Beautiful day, Good friends.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike

Sean, Nick, and B at Monroe Saddle GMR (02/09/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 3) Monday 02/06/12
80 mi w/Gary and Ron
Rode from El Encanto Park in Duarte down the Rio Hondo Bikeway.
The Rio Hondo Trail joins the LA River Trail about 10 mi from Long Beach.
Rode at the edge of LB Harbor along the Board walk to Seal Beach.
Then took the San Gabriel River Trail Back to El Encanto Park.
Nice day, cool, the sun never broke through the overcast.
Fast spin down, medium spin return.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike

The Queen Mary

The Cranes look like a bunch of AT AT's

Gary and Ron
(02/06/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 2) Saturday 02/04/12
59 mi w/Newhall Bicycle Co (8 riders)
Rode from the Shop to Dodger Stadium and return.
Sierra Hwy, San Fernando Rd.
Great day, fast spin.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike
(02/05/12)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 1) Wednesday 02/01/12
36 mi w/Ron and B
Rode from Euclid and 23rd in Upland to Puddingstone.
Made 2 loops around the lake and then back to Upland.
Nice day, medium spin.

YaHooie
Ride Your Bike
(02/01/12)