DDD’s Hall Pass

DangerDirtyD

DangerDirtyD

iMTB Hooligan
Ride Name: DDD’s Hall Pass
When: July 21 (afternoon) through July 30 (morning)
Time: Various
Where: Anywhere within 80 miles (weekdays) or 200 miles (weekend) of La Verne, CA
Ride Description or Details:
I have bikes for urban, road, gravel, trail, and enduro. Open for some new dirt, old dirt, wet dirt, no dirt.
~~~~~ Optional Details ~~~~~
Meet Location: Anywhere in Southern California
Skill Level: Intermediate, Advanced, Storm Trooper
Ride Pace: Social Cruise, Easy with Moments of Effort, Moderate Pace, Fast Pace
Type of Ride: Out and Back, Loop, Point A to B, Point A to B Shuttle, Shuttle, Lolipop
Rider Limit: Not applicable
Anticipated Mileage: Variable
Elevation Gain: Variable
Ride Duration: Variable
Previous Ride Reports: TBD
Possible Bail-Outs: TBD
Facilities: Nature
Food/water suggestions: Eat food and derink water
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Potato mountain gravel grind and a few thrills. About 20 miles/3,100’ solo on the mountain.
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The nasty friggin spiders are out in full force and ruined my flow in a few areas, but they stayed off my face!
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The ridge dropping off Potato Mountain is loose and cobbly and almost brought an end to my hall pass. Luckily I plowed into a Sumac to stop the momentum.

The hardtail made me wince on some of the chunky downhills, but I still love her.
 
herzalot said:
And suddenly - she's a teenager. Yup.

Cheers to them!
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These Meegies are my niece and nephew. Twins almost 14 years old. Neither one shies away from the chunky, and they feed off each other to push their limits. A couple times some of the shop guys tried to direct them to bypass routes, but they just went for it, and I was riding too safe to intervene.
 
Much more intense clockwise loop around Bonelli Lake with the Crazy Bear A-Team tonight. 17.2/1,967’ of abruptly rolling rocky terrain. Started out as 8, then 7, then 3, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, and ended with 6. Felt like riding with cats.

Only one photo.
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The gang ended up driving to nearby Old Stump Brewery, but I wanted the Freshman Fog so we split up, again.
 
24.62/449’ mostly bike path to Dana Point and San Clemente and back. 3 hazy IPAs and a safe ride with @GnastyGnate made for a good day.
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Dipping into the Pacific Ocean felt like being on a vacation.

When we returned home, I squeezed his kids, shared a Belgian ale, and reset my Strava.

I left his pad and started my recovery ride to prepare for the drive home and notched up 13/1,012’ around the neighborhood.
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Met a few neighbors and their moms, who took a photo for me.
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I dressed in full roadie kit with Sidi Dominator 5s and didn’t get hit by any busses.
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Obligatory trail photo to preserve my dignity.
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Urban sprawl…
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… with playgrounds built in for the kids.
 
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