August 10th 2019 Big Bear Skyline Club Ride

I've done Skyline from SS once. I recall being slow. For a change.

 

@MrGreedom is doing it for me!!!

(Salmon, not trout though!)

 

At "social pace" the climb up isn't hard. At bust a lung pace....it hurts.

 

What about "break a chain and try to catch up" pace?

 

AKA, " blow an artery and drop dead" pace?

 

I have video of that!

August 10th it is!

 

Okay! It only took 3 pages to figure out the date!
So now we just need to figure out the time.

I'll put together a map of the Summit Parking lot location, the proposed trail map with bail outs. Also put together a .gpx file to download the course.
The climbing will be the climbing. But the pace is social cruiser, so NOBODY get your panties in a bunch. This is a no excuse get together! Seriously!

 

XC or DH? I need to know which tires to run....

 

Enduro,
Go reverse mullet

 

I don't know if anyone's planning to dip into the bike park, so it sounds like the XC tires will make you happy.

I'm going to switch it up and run my Minion DHF, DHR II combo.

 

RSVP:

In

 

I plan on park laps all day. I'll visit you guys in the parking lot.
https://www.rei.com/product/144537/big-bear-bike-park-lift-ticket-adult-ages-13
$33 lift tickets here^

 

Had my fill of park laps this season (excited for 10-ply though), count me in for some XC miles.

 

It's an XC day, but we can plan a DH in the future?

 

Don't tell him that... We want him on the heavy tires. And I was planning on re-taping his wheels for him...



Lead Tape

 

Stoked. This is the day before my birthday, so an easy hall pass to secure. In.

 

I expect to be up there....maybe for the day and possibly all weekend (still working on that). I've always climbed straight out of the Summit lot (2N08?) to get to Skyline so I'm unfamiliar with the alternate routes you guys are discussing.

Can somebody post a link to the route options you're discussing? Maybe some idea of what to expect mileage and climbing wise....at any pace. Gracias!!

 

Any northerners wanna carpool? Let me know.
I usually meet around JPL off the 210fwy because it seems to be on the way for most.
Or REI in Arcadia works as well

 

Has there actually been a proposed route for this particular ride?

Here's my suggestion:

Park at SS, climb Fern, climb Plumbers, (gather up at Radford Rd) continue on Skyline to Grandview. Take a nice breather, continue West on Skyline to Plantation. Climb Plantation to Clark's Grade, go East on Skyline to Grandview, drop down Pineknot to 2N08 and go East. Take that a short way to the Snow Forest trail shortcut and take that back to 2N08 and then drop 2N08 to Towne Trail and pedal that back to SS.

 

I may be in simply for the entertainment factor alone!

 

Well it turns out it doesn't matter. The one time we actually already have plans. I guess I should have asked.

 

Just get me some phone numbers... I'll fix this.

 

I’m in

 

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May be interested in that!
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Hmmm... there's a few Escher issues with this route...

If you continue west on Skyline from Grandview, you will get to the top of Plantation at Clark's Grade, no need to climb it. However, if you wanted to go big, you could continue west past Clark's Grade and hit the rest of Skyline, past the turn off to the Champion Lodgepole Pine, descend through the Forest Dream section and THEN climb back up Plantation and continue with your plan.

 

This is the route we did the last time we had a get together:

https://www.strava.com/activities/628065674

 

Thats exactly what I said silly!

 

I think this is the same as I am suggesting.

 

I'll take you up on the offer