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04-11-21, 05:32 PM
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Santa Monica might be your best bet for proximity to USC. I can ask my friend who lives there about some of the local rides she does and if she has any insight about where to stay.
For me, riding anywhere south of the Santa Monica mountains sucks. Some people like to ride down to Palos Verdes and some of it is nice but you have to be ready to deal with 1000s of cars. Even getting from Santa Monica to the S.M. mountains involves traffic, but is doable if you know the right routes. People like to ride on Pacific Coast Highway but I avoid it, especially near the city. If you are near UCLA, there are twisty mountain roads you can use to climb up into the mountains, though that part is crowded and packed with houses.
To me, the jewel of the area is the part of the S.M. mountains north and west of Topanga Canyon. That's where the quiet, beautiful roads are and I still love riding there after 30+ years.
If you come out and are looking for a nice ride, I would be happy to show you some of my happy places. If it's August, it might be hot.
For me, riding anywhere south of the Santa Monica mountains sucks. Some people like to ride down to Palos Verdes and some of it is nice but you have to be ready to deal with 1000s of cars. Even getting from Santa Monica to the S.M. mountains involves traffic, but is doable if you know the right routes. People like to ride on Pacific Coast Highway but I avoid it, especially near the city. If you are near UCLA, there are twisty mountain roads you can use to climb up into the mountains, though that part is crowded and packed with houses.
To me, the jewel of the area is the part of the S.M. mountains north and west of Topanga Canyon. That's where the quiet, beautiful roads are and I still love riding there after 30+ years.
If you come out and are looking for a nice ride, I would be happy to show you some of my happy places. If it's August, it might be hot.
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04-11-21, 05:33 PM
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Today I rode from home for a few hours. I rode through a stop sign and heard a cop blip his siren behind me. Crap, where did he come from. He didn't pull me over, maybe just wanted to warn me. Later, I stopped for a red and there was a disheveled woman sitting on the base of a sign drinking a 16oz Budweiser and screaming about being homeless and something else. She turned to 2 other people near her and shouted "STFU" and went back into her rant at nobody in particular.
Back on residential streets I noticed a police helicopter circling overhead and heard sirens. A motorcycle flew by and I thought they might be chasing him. A couple blocks later police cars were flying by with sirens blaring. Never found out what was up.
There is a short section of mup I use to access the dam to ride to a different neighborhood. A guy was spinning around as if he was doing some form of martial art and wasn't looking and spun into my path. I had to stop or I would have hit him. Weird.
After that I was on a wide street and I almost ran over a potato bug. He was about 3 inches long and was running very fast toward the curb and I had to swerve to keep from getting him. I rarely see them and this is the first time I almost hit one on the road. Weird.
I like to go up the canyon where I used to live and take a break in the park there. As I was leaving the park an old friend from the road club recognized me from his car and we had a lovely chat for a while. So that was nice.
Back on residential streets I noticed a police helicopter circling overhead and heard sirens. A motorcycle flew by and I thought they might be chasing him. A couple blocks later police cars were flying by with sirens blaring. Never found out what was up.
There is a short section of mup I use to access the dam to ride to a different neighborhood. A guy was spinning around as if he was doing some form of martial art and wasn't looking and spun into my path. I had to stop or I would have hit him. Weird.
After that I was on a wide street and I almost ran over a potato bug. He was about 3 inches long and was running very fast toward the curb and I had to swerve to keep from getting him. I rarely see them and this is the first time I almost hit one on the road. Weird.
I like to go up the canyon where I used to live and take a break in the park there. As I was leaving the park an old friend from the road club recognized me from his car and we had a lovely chat for a while. So that was nice.
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04-11-21, 05:35 PM
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Today I rode from home for a few hours. I rode through a stop sign and heard a cop blip his siren behind me. Crap, where did he come from. He didn't pull me over, maybe just wanted to warn me. Later, I stopped for a red and there was a disheveled woman sitting on the base of a sign drinking a 16oz Budweiser and screaming about being homeless and something else. She turned to 2 other people near her and shouted "STFU" and went back into her rant at nobody in particular.
Back on residential streets I noticed a police helicopter circling overhead and heard sirens. A motorcycle flew by and I thought they might be chasing him. A couple blocks later police cars were flying by with sirens blaring. Never found out what was up.
There is a short section of mup I use to access the dam to ride to a different neighborhood. A guy was spinning around as if he was doing some form of martial art and wasn't looking and spun into my path. I had to stop or I would have hit him. Weird.
After that I was on a wide street and I almost ran over a potato bug. He was about 3 inches long and was running very fast toward the curb and I had to swerve to keep from getting him. I rarely see them and this is the first time I almost hit one on the road. Weird.
I like to go up the canyon where I used to live and take a break in the park there. As I was leaving the park an old friend from the road club recognized me from his car and we had a lovely chat for a while. So that was nice.
Back on residential streets I noticed a police helicopter circling overhead and heard sirens. A motorcycle flew by and I thought they might be chasing him. A couple blocks later police cars were flying by with sirens blaring. Never found out what was up.
There is a short section of mup I use to access the dam to ride to a different neighborhood. A guy was spinning around as if he was doing some form of martial art and wasn't looking and spun into my path. I had to stop or I would have hit him. Weird.
After that I was on a wide street and I almost ran over a potato bug. He was about 3 inches long and was running very fast toward the curb and I had to swerve to keep from getting him. I rarely see them and this is the first time I almost hit one on the road. Weird.
I like to go up the canyon where I used to live and take a break in the park there. As I was leaving the park an old friend from the road club recognized me from his car and we had a lovely chat for a while. So that was nice.
04-11-21, 05:36 PM
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lol, Doug's don't like bugs. (2 out of 3 pending @datlas)
04-11-21, 05:38 PM
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04-11-21, 05:39 PM
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That's why I live up here. No big ol bugs, and low humidity.
04-11-21, 05:52 PM
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One of my favorite things to do when I’m not riding my bike is watch this girl on a softball field. Today was one on those days. 3-for-4 at the plate with two triples and a HR. Playing catcher, she threw out the only runner that dared test her arm. Her team also won both of their games. It was a very good day. 😀
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04-11-21, 06:04 PM
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lol, Doug's don't like bugs. (2 out of 3 pending @datlas)
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04-11-21, 06:24 PM
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04-11-21, 06:40 PM
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One of my favorite things to do when I’m not riding my bike is watch this girl on a softball field. Today was one on those days. 3-for-4 at the plate with two triples and a HR. Playing catcher, she threw out the only runner that dared test her arm. Her team also won both of their games. It was a very good day. 😀
Thumbs Up! Great shot too.
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04-11-21, 06:56 PM
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That rain was a pain in the butt for me on the interstate yesterday, when traveling through your neck of the woods. Really windy, ton of road spray from wheels and a frustrating number of people without their lights on - it was pretty tough to see, at times. Oh, and I'm now convinced that WI is the epicenter for drivers parking in the left lane/avoiding the right lane at all costs, so the closer we got to WI, the worse that got, too, which didn't help things, either.
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04-11-21, 07:02 PM
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Just checked on the Pro One that I mounted this afternoon and it’s still holding 100#, same as when I aired it up. I don’t know why, but I find the technology fascinating.
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04-11-21, 07:07 PM
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Last day of the three days of racing was a 40 mile RR Rolling hills and wind. The ridiculous weight program I was on is now paying dividends. No chance of getting dropped, and I was in the top 5 the whole race. Chaos leading to the right hander, then a sprint of a couple hundred meters. I need to get a lot more argy-bargy now to hold position. Confidence is high that I can do that, now that there's some suds under the hood. Lots of guys only raced today too, so I'll take a 12th again, but I could have done much better.
04-11-21, 07:21 PM
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04-11-21, 07:27 PM
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Breaking News! The Ritchey doesn’t have a creaky BB. Torqued the seat post and the seat rails down removed the saddle bag and the clicking noise is gone.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
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04-11-21, 08:13 PM
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Oh goodness I found a few old pictures of baby abshipp playing punk music.
I'm the one with the long hair and white guitar. At least I still have the guitar
I'm the one with the long hair and white guitar. At least I still have the guitar
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Oh goodness I found a few old pictures of baby abshipp playing punk music.
I'm the one with the long hair and white guitar. At least I still have the guitar
I'm the one with the long hair and white guitar. At least I still have the guitar
On the theme of old band pics, this was 8 years ago. I'm 2nd from the right.
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04-11-21, 08:47 PM
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That guitar is a Schecter Ultra - I can't really find much info about it but I think it's the first iteration of that model. Nowadays they changed the headstock and added a lot more features.
Seymour Duncan pickups with a coil tap, and an absolutely lovely neck-thru construction.
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04-11-21, 08:49 PM
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Where's my air guitar photo? You'll see. You'll all see.
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04-11-21, 09:00 PM
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I also have a trumpet-related photo from high school that I think Velo Vol would very much appreciate.
04-11-21, 09:57 PM
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Stole a couple pictures from yesterday.
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There is a section that is always closed to cars and is only maintained for emergency access. It gets pretty narrow in spots and has rough pavement. I think it's about 4 or 5 miles.
04-11-21, 10:24 PM
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It's not so scenic where I ride, but it's not bad. This is Tripp Rd. in Woodside.
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04-12-21, 03:49 AM
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Just got back from ~55 miles on the Circuit. It was lots of fun, except maybe when I ran out of gears which happened A LOT. I'm wondering whether 1) Shimano ever made the Biopace rings in 53/39, and 2) how big a biggest cog can I put on the back? The derailleur is one of those late 80s jobbies with a real short cage. But there weren't any hills on the ride that weren't "doable", and that's with almost 3300 feet of climbing over the 55 miles, per Strava. I would NOT want to take it on any of the 30-60 minute climbs hereabouts, though!
EDIT; I'm not removing this answer but I am saying I now believe I was wrong. 53 tooth rings became standard after biopace was introduced.
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