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02-05-14, 09:38 AM
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02-05-14, 10:51 AM
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Sunday... it was cold.
So we only rode the trail out to and past Cogswell Dam and then did 39 past Crystal Lake to the saddle (where there's no traffic). Tell me about climbing Highway 39 - where do you go... where do you start? I'm excited about giving it a try - seems like traffic is light and fairly "polite"...
So we only rode the trail out to and past Cogswell Dam and then did 39 past Crystal Lake to the saddle (where there's no traffic). Tell me about climbing Highway 39 - where do you go... where do you start? I'm excited about giving it a try - seems like traffic is light and fairly "polite"...
A lot of highway 39 is a good bet if you're traffic adverse. The lower section (before the Cogswell Dam cutoff) can get pretty busy, so I'd start your ride there, and head up to Crystal Lake and back. Since the road dead ends just past the Crystal Lake cutoff, there's very little traffic. You're likely to see only a few cars/motorcycles all the way up.
The climb on that section is a little steeper than most (7-9%), but the views are amazing. They repaved the road a couple of years ago, and it is great shape ... it's a fun descent. Plenty of water too ... there is water available at Soldier's Spring or the Coldbrook Campground (at the bottom of the little downhill after the second gate).
Be sure and get something at the Crystal Lake Cafe. They need the business and are very cycle friendly.
And say hello to Bubba the cat.
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02-05-14, 01:24 PM
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Thanks for the advice... I think it a good idea to start at Cogswell Dam and then ride up... I am looking forward to it!
Your Loop... for another day - how far is it and what's the mileage?
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02-05-14, 02:48 PM
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Here's a link to the cat's facebook page so you'll know what he looks like: https://www.facebook.com/#!/BubbaThe...rOfCrystalLake
I did the same ride Victor did, on the same day, and I got 66 miles with 8,000 feet of climbing.
Oh, wait, this is a photo thread, sorry . . . here's a photo of me after I just took a photo of Bubba. He's warming himself on the car hood. It was snowing (flurries) when this photo was taken but it doesn't show.
Rick / OCRR
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02-06-14, 01:28 PM
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I will look for Bubba on Saturday - will be going back out there to show a friend... the 66 miles is no problem - the 8000 ft of climbing is... good gracious!
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02-07-14, 09:20 AM
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Odd perspective while waiting for a rider on the HooDoo 500. Somewhere between Koosharem and Panguitch.
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02-07-14, 12:08 PM
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they live we sleep by ccorlew, on Flickr
Behind my college on the bike trail I use on my daily commute there is a concrete box that attracts graffiti. I admit I rather enjoy some of the odd messages that have appeared. This one inspired my to get all photo-manipulatey™.
02-09-14, 05:48 AM
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St. Augustine... rugged roads...
While the view can be warm and romantic...
Getting there can be a bone-rattling experience on a roadie.
The first shot was taken with the Canon G1X... the second, a Nikon D3100 and 55-200 lens.
While the view can be warm and romantic...
Getting there can be a bone-rattling experience on a roadie.
The first shot was taken with the Canon G1X... the second, a Nikon D3100 and 55-200 lens.
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02-09-14, 10:34 AM
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02-09-14, 01:18 PM
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^^^^Great pics^^^^
I hate to mess it up.
Here is a grim and kinda creepy photo of my ride a few minutes ago:
Yeah, I got hairy legs. So sue me. Maybe I'll shave them.
I hate to mess it up.
Here is a grim and kinda creepy photo of my ride a few minutes ago:
Yeah, I got hairy legs. So sue me. Maybe I'll shave them.
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02-10-14, 07:38 AM
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Ride report in the Clydes section - but a photo from my Beyond the Cogswell Dam ride last Saturday... climbed 13 miles into the San Gabriel mountain - 3100 ft of climbing:
Some of the spots we rode through were lovely...
Before we turned around and had a 13 mile descent...climb took 2 1/2 hours; return 50 minutes...
Some of the spots we rode through were lovely...
Before we turned around and had a 13 mile descent...climb took 2 1/2 hours; return 50 minutes...
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02-10-14, 05:42 PM
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02-12-14, 11:05 AM
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02-13-14, 10:44 AM
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Last night on the bike path was almost summerish
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Ride report in the Clydes section - but a photo from my Beyond the Cogswell Dam ride last Saturday... climbed 13 miles into the San Gabriel mountain - 3100 ft of climbing:
Some of the spots we rode through were lovely...
Before we turned around and had a 13 mile descent...climb took 2 1/2 hours; return 50 minutes...
Some of the spots we rode through were lovely...
Before we turned around and had a 13 mile descent...climb took 2 1/2 hours; return 50 minutes...
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02-14-14, 12:56 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day!
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02-15-14, 03:44 PM
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I finally got out for a nice mid-winter ride. It was 17F and sunny.
02-15-14, 03:52 PM
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02-15-14, 07:40 PM
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YIKES!!!!
Did you shoot that?
Did you shoot that?