I know is a little late, but I’ve been a little busy lately and my Internet connection at home sucks. Anyhow, the race weekend started with a terrible weather forecast: Hot. I know that some of you Arizonians are used to this kind of heat, but coming from a week that had highs on the…
Category: Ride Reports
Two weeks ago, I headed up to Mammoth Lakes, CA to ride the big mountain. I had so much fun that I was jonesing to go back. On my last Ride Report, I mentioned that I was going back (this past weekend)⌠didnât happen đ Like most impromptu decisions things can quickly change. Several of…
Two weekends ago I headed up to Mammoth Mountain located at Mammoth Lakes, CA for an over night trip. The plan was to ride DH for two full days, Saturday and Sunday. Mammoth is approximately 5-6 hours from southern California where we live. We had a total of 14 guys on this trip. Three of…
Dan, charging up the last climb out of Marshall Canyon I joined Tim & Dan for a morning ride at Marshall Canyon this past Saturday. I am a huge fan of Marshall Canyon but today was not one of our best rides. As a multi-use trail we have seen many hikers, runners, other mountain bikers…
Looks to me like the Limestone Canyon train. All pictures courtesy of Dan Burdett Dan & I got to ride another Open Access day this past weekend. This time it was Limestone Canyon. Limestone is also part of the Irvine Ranch Conservatory. It is best known for a beautiful canyon commonly referred to as the…
I showed up early Saturday morning for a not-to-be-named boutique bike manufacturerâs demo day. Since my JET9 was stolen three weeks ago, oh how I miss you, I have been perusing the classifieds for a replacement. I have tentatively narrowed down my choices to the following three: Niner RIP9, Santa Cruz Tallboy and Specialized Stumpjumper…
Itâs been awhile since Iâve had a weekend of back to back rides. With a busy schedule sometimes getting ONE ride on the weekend is difficult enough. This weekend felt like a treat as on Saturday I headed off to Aliso Woods. I rode with a new group of riders who I met the previous…
Today Priscilla, Khoa and I hit up Aliso Woods for our Saturday morning adventure. As I was getting things ready in the garage. I stood there for about a good 2 minutes trying to decide on which bike to take to the trail. If you’ve ridden Aliso Woods, then you’ll know that this is can…
Have you ever got a stick in your spoke or derailleur or maybe your handlebar? Fatherâs day presented an opportunity for 5 of us Dads to get out for an uncontested ride. Mark, member of the Mtnbikeriders racing team, came out to push the group a little harder and show off his amazing riding skills.…
It was about three months ago when teammate Wes Castro shattered his hip during a practice DH run on one of the segments of the 2010 Winter Series. Since then our Team has been planning a fund raiser/raffle to assist with Wesâ medical bills. In conjunction with The Path bike shop (located in Tustin, CA)…