Who's Riding Where???

I imagine I'll already be about 6 hrs in or so......

 

Sometimes, I give the Santa Ana Mountains that 50,000-foot stare...wondering where in the bush is J-Zilla.

 

FLoop is wide open. HMB may be a little deep still.

 

Floop is awesome if you live within riding distance or have no other option.

 

Help a bro out!

I would but Ima...

 

plan for today was to ride ..get off early from work.. oaks at 2pm... but closed. so el mo.. but closed. .. fullerton loop... open but rain possible...
I don't care... sometimes internet information easy access sucks.. i rather just be in the dark and show up for a ride, until someone stops me...
floop or work.. I chose work...well for today at least...

 

im suprised oaks is closed. usual m.o. is to open 24 hours after last rain....

 

PCE...most likely to the tractors, up HBV, circle around and back up Dunn Rd to the tractors, drop down Art Smith. We’ll see how that works out in actuality...

 

UFO! Great live band - saw them open for Styxx at the first rock concert I attended back in late 70s

 

Can you ride Sunday morning? Harding-whole Joplin enchilada. Should be cooler than last time we climbed Harding.

 

Light and dry setup for el Camino de Diablo, 2-3 day ride with one good water stop. Eight liters on board – six in the frame bag, two in the bar bag. Plus the bike bottle. Just the pizza is missing. That and little else will go in my 18-liter backpack. The Krampus is a workhorse, it just works better with a load.


@senderos_949, if you tell me Schenker was in the lineup I'm going to have to kill you, bro. Michael went MIA the first tour I saw them. Next tour venue was a bar where my 18-yr-old sad a$s got carded at the door with a perfectly good ticket, born eight (edit: two) months too late. UFO and Scorpions sure were beneficiaries of MS's axemanship and riffing brilliance. UFO has a great catalogue with all their personnel. Cheers!

 

BTW Saw Styx Twice... I Think Come Sail Away was the first song I ever put a quarter into a Juke Box to hear at the Pizza Place...

Ohhhman... Lights Out!!!

Completely under appreciated ROCK band

 

UFO taking over a thread...Faustie's cleanup job. Sorry, pal. I like the mess.




Where ya riding?

 

No go Sunday. Thanks for the invite tho.

 

Paging @herzalot and @mtnbikej and @forgive-me-for-not-specifying-the-rest-of-you-OCers @Ocpop @konakc @Lost Kiwi @littlewave et al....what do you anticipate will be closed tomorrow (Saturday) in OC? I’ll have about 4-5 hours to ride in the afternoon. Also, @Old&InTheWay @mtnbikej , what is the approximate elevation of the snow line? Thanks dudes.

 

I would think all of OC Parks trails are likely to still be closed. It is raining right now at my place.

The Luge will be open but probably muddy. I know there will be some Luge trail work too, starting at 8 AM.

San Juan is always open and does not get muddy, at least on the Cocktail Rock side.

 

This ^^^^

But I’m not one of the believers that San Juan should be ridden in the wet....the lower section is still muddy.

 

Your best bet may be Maple Springs + combo. Peak/Motorway, perhaps.

 

Sorry bro but yes - I saw the band in their prime with Schenker on that magical Gibson Flying V - probably supporting their "Lights Out" album. I was more into the harder, guitar driven rock so listened to UFO, Scorps, Nugent, early AC-DC over the Rush, Styxx, Boston-type more melodic rock that was prevalent in the late 70s. Good times!

 

Maybe a Maple Spring to Motorway...where do you recommend I park to maximize the safety of my car and it’s contents?

 

Tree farm. Make it worth your while.

 

3500 feet 2 inches of snow 4000 feet 4 inches of snow today on Harding.

 

Today Silverado Canyon Road Closed

 

Evacuation Orders were cancelled this afternoon.


https://twitter.com/OCSheriff/status/1370525791105261568/photo/1

 

Yeah but that said.. Is the best day to work our way up there...???

Of course.. the other parts of me wants to see... That's how I got those pic from 7 years ago I was in there the next day...

So nevermind ...

 

I do other sports when it snows, so I don't really know where to ride.

Maple Motorway sounds like the go-to in the rain, but I'm not sure if they'll let you ride up Silverado canyon. Probably.

 

You can park on the gravel by the road a few hundred meters before the parking lot.

 

@DangerDirtyD - Same spot you demoed the single speed.

 

Haha! Strava had a glitch that day, and I got a #2 cup on that road. I’m thinking of heading to Aliso instead to avoid the snow.

 

Avoid Maple Springs for the next week or so.

They are grading the road in the mud and snow.....it's horrible out there right now.