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2009-11-24 - Cherry Canyon :

2009-11-24 - Cherry Canyon

Updated: Nov 25, 2009 8:54pm PST

2009-11-19 - Lower Sam Merrill/Echo Mountain, Zion/Sturtevant :

2009-11-19 - Lower Sam Merrill/Echo Mountain, Zion/Sturtevant

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 10:37pm PST

2009-11-14 - Blue Ridge, Acorn Trails :

2009-11-14 - Blue Ridge, Acorn Trails

Updated: Nov 15, 2009 7:03am PST

2009-11-09 - Baldy :

2009-11-09 - Baldy

Updated: Nov 10, 2009 10:40pm PST

2009-11-07 - SART Hell Ride :

2009-11-07 - SART Hell Ride

Updated: Nov 08, 2009 4:12pm PST

2009-10-18 - Mt. Wilson Trail :

2009-10-18 - Mt. Wilson Trail

Updated: Oct 19, 2009 1:17am PST

2009-10-15 - Henninger Sushi Ride :

2009-10-15 - Henninger Sushi Ride

Updated: Oct 17, 2009 12:25am PST

2009-10-10 Ottobeerfest :

2009-10-10 Ottobeerfest

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 11:02am PST

2009-10-04 - Gridley-Pratt Loop, Ojai : Gridley/Pratt was Intense Fun, as we'd expect from a ride by Intense Ron! Ron, Paul, Azimi, Otto, UPSEd, and Igor were all present, and a new OTB'er Justin who just moved to Santa Monica a week ago. Justin passed the OTB oral test. “Did you like this ride?” His answer; “Yes.” Next comes the written test (sign on to the forums!). Followed by the practical (Showing up for the next ride). Welcome aboard Justin, it was great riding with you, and you did great. I'm looking forward to getting you out on some more of our so cal goodness. What a fantastic day out there. It doesn't get better than that, except when you don't get lost. We won't mention which persian/hungarian duo the posse were following :). For those unfamiliar with the loop (and until today I was one of them), Gridley starts with a sweet, steep single track climb that ends in a short HAB. Paul, Ron and I started a few minutes after the others, as I forgot to tighten my front axle after riding out in Paul's car. It's been a while since I've ridden the supershuttle, and i'm just used to the QR on the Edison. After the HAB, there was no sign of the crew, so we continued up at a good pace hoping to catch them soon. Little did we know that were on some fire road going the wrong way. The climb mellows out for a while, get's steeper and throws in some switchbacks for good measure, then mellows out for the final mile to the top. We passed another group climbing up, Paul got to the top, and I wasn't far behind, stopping to take photos. There was no radio contact from the top, so I rode back down to the end of the switchbacks, and from there got radio contact and found out what had happened. We made it to the top, and headed up to Nordhoff Peak, at 4500' elevation, with a tower that offers a 360 degree view. Visibility was great looking north and west, but south towards the ocean it was pretty hazy. Lunch was served at the picnic table, before suiting up for the downhill run to Pratt. The fire road was fast and loose. Unintentional drifting mandatory, a couple of wall rides, a couple of small rises from which to get a little air. The group headed down the first section of Pratt which is fast, fairly straight, but has several sections, most of which are right after blind bends (where people have gone off the edge of the trail, causing the edge of the trail to slide) that are narrow, loose, and steeply off camber. It was a blast charging down that and trying to stay on the trail at speed. The next section was a short fire road, before we climbed a relentless little single track, that then turned downhill for a short way, before hitting us with a steep HAB that nobody attempted, and another series of rocky steps and waterbars that made for a challenging climb. Igor and I both cleaned the steep section, sessioning it a few times. Justin was out of water, so I got him topped off enough to make it out. From there it was downhill again, and the trail took another change of character. It became much steeper with rocky step-down chutes, tight switchbacks. The features seemed to get progressively more difficult which was great. I was riding ahead, taking photos, then we re-grouped and repeated. Thanks Ron for letting me lead out the bottom section. It was a blast seeing stuff so technical and riding it all without scouting lines. I sometimes think stopping to think about lines makes it more difficult than just going with instinct and hitting things without breaking momentum. It worked for me today. Actually everyone did really well. Ron was his usual smooth and confident self, Ron Azimi and Otto both rode sections they probably would have walked had they been given a chance to think about it. Justin, the new blood in the group, did really well on a Blur XC with no armor. Fortunately he didn't leave any new blood on the trail, and handled his bike really well. It was definitely a rush coming down and seeing several different styles of trail on the way down: smooth, flowing and fast; fire road; technical, but all rideable rock chutes and gardens. I'd have been fine on the Edison, but was happy to finally have the Supershuttle built back up (and to have a gravity dropper again!). It did well, though I still need to tweak a few more things on it to get it dialed after it's 10 month hiatus. Thanks everyone for a really memorable day on the trails. Pizza was awesome, and even the traffic on the way back didn't seem so intolerable. I'm looking forward to doing more exploring out there. I know we've barely scratched the Ojai surface.

2009-10-04 - Gridley-Pratt Loop, Ojai

Gridley/Pratt was Intense Fun, as we'd expect from a ride by Intense R ...

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 3:20am PST

2009-10-08 - La Tuna :

2009-10-08 - La Tuna

Updated: Oct 08, 2009 11:47pm PST

2009-10-05 - Mt. Wilson Toll Road - Tom's Bday Ride :

2009-10-05 - Mt. Wilson Toll Road - Tom's Bday Ride

Updated: Oct 05, 2009 9:50pm PST

2009-09-27 - SART :

2009-09-27 - SART

Updated: Sep 30, 2009 9:18pm PST

2009-09-28 - Sunset at Brand :

2009-09-28 - Sunset at Brand

Updated: Sep 29, 2009 11:05pm PST

2009-09-22 - Beaudry :

2009-09-22 - Beaudry

Updated: Sep 23, 2009 8:17am PST

2009-09-19 - Backbone Trail :

2009-09-19 - Backbone Trail

Updated: Sep 22, 2009 2:12am PST

2009-09-13 - Los Robles (STR) :

2009-09-13 - Los Robles (STR)

Updated: Sep 13, 2009 4:53pm PST

2009-09-08 - Stough Canyon at Sunset :

2009-09-08 - Stough Canyon at Sunset

Updated: Sep 08, 2009 11:56pm PST

2009-09-07 - Holy Jim, Trabuco, Orange County :

2009-09-07 - Holy Jim, Trabuco, Orange County

Updated: Sep 08, 2009 9:39pm PST

2009-08-27 - Mt. Lowe Fire, Sunset Ridge Solo Ride :

2009-08-27 - Mt. Lowe Fire, Sunset Ridge Solo Ride

Updated: Aug 27, 2009 8:13pm PST

2009-08-18 Betty B Dearing :

2009-08-18 Betty B Dearing

Updated: Aug 19, 2009 6:19pm PST

2009-08-19 - Chantry Flat STR :

2009-08-19 - Chantry Flat STR

Updated: Aug 19, 2009 5:27pm PST

2009-08-15 - Mt. Lowe, Merrils, Sunset, El Prieto :

2009-08-15 - Mt. Lowe, Merrils, Sunset, El Prieto

Updated: Aug 15, 2009 10:21pm PST

2009-08-11 - Mt. Lukens Meteor Watch :

2009-08-11 - Mt. Lukens Meteor Watch

Updated: Aug 15, 2009 8:56pm PST

2009-08-13 - La tuna Loop :

2009-08-13 - La tuna Loop

Updated: Aug 14, 2009 11:21pm PST

2009-08-08 - Charlton-Chilao Loop :

2009-08-08 - Charlton-Chilao Loop

Updated: Aug 09, 2009 11:37pm PST

2009-07-31 - 2009-08-02 - Mammoth :

2009-07-31 - 2009-08-02 - Mammoth

Updated: Aug 08, 2009 3:58pm PST

2009-08-06 - Beaudry MTB Ride :

2009-08-06 - Beaudry MTB Ride

Updated: Aug 07, 2009 8:06pm PST

2009-07-26 - Mt. Waterman, Dean's Ride :

2009-07-26 - Mt. Waterman, Dean's Ride

Updated: Jul 27, 2009 6:53am PST

2009-07-25 - Viper :

2009-07-25 - Viper

Updated: Jul 25, 2009 1:44pm PST

2009-07-23 - Ken Burton Trail :

2009-07-23 - Ken Burton Trail

Updated: Jul 24, 2009 5:11pm PST

2009-07-19 - Gabrielino, Strawberry, Colby :

2009-07-19 - Gabrielino, Strawberry, Colby

Updated: Jul 20, 2009 4:05pm PST

2009-07-14 - Rim of the Valley :

2009-07-14 - Rim of the Valley

Updated: Jul 15, 2009 12:32am PST

2009-07-09 - Brand Firebreak :

2009-07-09 - Brand Firebreak

Updated: Jul 10, 2009 10:41pm PST

2009-07-04 Fireworks! :

2009-07-04 Fireworks!

Updated: Jul 05, 2009 8:09pm PST

2009-06-25 - Mormon Canyon :

2009-06-25 - Mormon Canyon

Updated: Jun 29, 2009 7:54am PST

Blackrock June 18-21-2009 :

Blackrock June 18-21-2009

Updated: Jun 22, 2009 6:34pm PST

2009-06-16 - Rim of the Valley Trail :

2009-06-16 - Rim of the Valley Trail

Updated: Jun 17, 2009 11:29pm PST

2009-06-14 - Ken Burton Trail :

2009-06-14 - Ken Burton Trail

Updated: Jun 15, 2009 9:37pm PST

2009-06-11 La Tuna single track :

2009-06-11 La Tuna single track

Updated: Jun 12, 2009 12:27am PST

2009-06-04 El Preito :

2009-06-04 El Preito

Updated: Jun 11, 2009 6:10pm PST

2009-06-07 - Mt Pinos :

2009-06-07 - Mt Pinos

Updated: Jun 07, 2009 8:27pm PST

2009-06-02 Sunset Ridge :

2009-06-02 Sunset Ridge

Updated: Jun 02, 2009 10:08pm PST

2009-05-23 - Chilao Loop :

2009-05-23 - Chilao Loop

Updated: May 30, 2009 11:16am PST

2009-05-26 Earl Canyon :

2009-05-26 Earl Canyon

Updated: May 28, 2009 12:05pm PST

2009-05-21 - Sugarloaf OTB :

2009-05-21 - Sugarloaf OTB

Updated: May 22, 2009 11:39pm PST

2009-05-19 - Betty Dearing :

2009-05-19 - Betty Dearing

Updated: May 22, 2009 9:31am PST

2009-05-02 Epic Chilao :

2009-05-02 Epic Chilao

Updated: May 04, 2009 5:22pm PST

2009-01-17 Mnt Lowe :

2009-01-17 Mnt Lowe

Updated: Jan 18, 2009 8:28am PST

2009-01-10 Malibu :

2009-01-10 Malibu

Updated: Jan 11, 2009 12:02pm PST

2009-1-1 Viper :

2009-1-1 Viper

Updated: Jan 01, 2009 7:32pm PST