diphthong

JimmyNH sighting! haven’t seen/ridden with him for a few years but it sounds like he’s still a fast climber.

diphthong

somewhat south bay san diego 48-miler. wanted to cruise the border but 3 flats in 10 miles truncated riding plans somewhat, after no flats for approx 8 months,
5 flats in the last two rides/days. go figure. one pinch flat. one goathead (been 6 years since so okay). two (suspected bougainvillea cuttings)
thorns and one sidewall cut with a bulging tube. life in the big city. no...tubeless is not an option after what i witnessed first hand this last saturday.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7459658086#kudos

Chinghis

Yes, he must be - I'm pretty sure he started well after I did, and when I got the village I turned around, there he was. Descends fast, too!

jonathanf2

I did 31 miles last night riding from DTLA and climbing Chevy Chase Canyon with my Tuesday night ride group. I got dropped by some fast riders on steel gravel bikes and even a fixed gear rider while I was on my lighter carbon road bike. It's getting harder for me to beat some of these younger, stronger cyclists! After we did the climb a few of us broke away from the main ride group and headed to the new 6th Street Bridge. I have to say it's actually pretty nice. Though the bike lanes they included are more of an afterthought, with just small speed bumpers separating them from the main road. It would have been nice if they just expanded the sidewalk area to include the bike lanes, though what do you expect from a city with the best cycling weather and simultaneously the worst cycling infrastructure!

diphthong

meandering san diego 74-miler with a riding buddy that joined in for the last third of that. decent day. no flats.
relatively unexciting except for the discovery of the new pizza port outpost (as rumored) in imperial beach about 3 blocks from the ocean
on the corner of 2nd and palm (the main w> <e drag thru ib). the hiring sign is up and they look to be approx 2 weeks
from opening. prefer the nearby pizzeria luigi for actual pizza but pizza port slays with own/visitor brews. decisions, decisions...

https://www.strava.com/activities/7465172976

CAT7RDR

A couple of get out early rides to beat some of the heat in the Puente-Whittier Hills.
Enjoyed the East-West Rds corridor on Weds and ran into a roadie and MTB rider on Cypress and again on Fiore.
Glad to see others know of the quiet roads La Habra Hgts has to offer.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40180700

Headed out this morning to the Turnbull Cyn area.
Stopped to take a better look at an Appaloosa with a swayback.
Uneventful but it looks like a warm and smoggy summer like the ones I recall in the 1980's.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40206251


Near Edgeridge/Skyline.

diphthong

up to camp pendleton and back. was going to ride thru and back with the pass but main road in the base just past the newish hospital on the south end
was closed and there was a detour in place. decided to turn around instead of possibly losing riding privileges in the base. had i been riding south
after taking the train and heading home, probably woulda risked it. looks like that segment of road is closed until july 20th. there was no notice or
mention of the cyclist route closure/potential detour at the main (southern) gate so probably coulda gotten away with it but wasn't feeling the vibe.
was gonna hit pizza port san clemente for lunchtime grog and grub but settled for the carlsbad location in the village. the "locals only" ipa is super
crushable and delicious. almost stopped at angelo's burgers in (southern end of) oceanside on the coast highway/pch for lunch...almost. next time.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7475344364

igorgroks

First of all, I should have checked this forum before taking the Metrolink up to LA. Got off at Norwalk/SantaFe Springs to check out a route to the SGRT I have been scouting by satellite. I took Bloomfield north from Imperial. That turns into Santa Fe Springs, then left on Los Nietos to the river trail. Took it north to Pico Rivera just for shts n ggls, then headed back south since my destination was an errand to 10th and Ximeno in Long Beach.


Turns out SGRT is closed at Belflower for construction. I talked to one of the workers. They are trenching a sewer line under it and it will be going on for another couple of months. Quick-Pull out the phone and check maps. Best route I could find was to get over to Woodruff. First mile was iffy due to no bike lanes, but I soldiered through it.


Finally made it to Long Beach to discover I had brought a lock, but there was no key. Found a bike shop. Had to wait forty five minutes for it to open and they only had U locks, which I knew wouldn't fit where I was planning to park it, so had to find an Ace Hardware. Errand that was planned to be done by 10:30, was done by almost 1:00, after adding mucho unplanned miles in downtown LB.


An aside about Long Beach. This was the first time I had biked there in many years. I rode about two or four miles along Broadway's "Protected Bike Lanes." GAWD! Never Again. It actually makes the intersections MORE dangerous due to sucky visibility. You cannot ride at any decent speed since in parts it's a glorified sidewalk. Stupid idea.


Pretty routine after that. Bellflower Blvd to PCH to Warner, jog down to Slater so I had Bike lane all the way to SART. Detour again south a mile to Moon Park to refill water, then North to catch Metrolink home at ARTIC.


This is the longest one day I have ever done on the fixie. Planing on a solo century along SART, hopefully by end of the month.

TakingMyTime

46 miles down to the Wedge on PCH and beach bike paths.

CAT7RDR

Cruised the Puente Hills including Vantage Pointe, Cypress-Avocado Crest-Walnut-Skyline, Ardsheal, Murphy Ranch and Turnbull Canyon.
47 miles and 5.7K of climb under partly cloudy skies helped keep the heat down until the last climb up Turnbull.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40231810

Vantage Pointe looking west towards La Habra Hgts and Powder Canyon

diphthong

a (mostly) coastal c-note in (mostly) orange county. that sunday laguna beach pch traffic ain't no joke.
thank goodness for taking the lane and multiple blinkie lights. within a mile of the coast fogsocked all day. mission viejo got toasty tho.
tons of cyclists on the coast and along the path to san juan capistrano. once past the sjc mission, saw one other cyclist in 35 miles. weird.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7486938569

igorgroks

Las Olas in SC is da bomb. One of my favorites southbound.

Eric F 

Sunday morning dirt therapy...JPL - Flint Canyon - Cherry Canyon - Glendale Sports Complex (19 mi). Good ride. Not a lot of technically-demanding sections, but lots of singletrack and steady tempo-effort pedaling. Felt the best I've felt in a while on the bike. My new (to me) MTB is letting me ride the steepest sections that I had to walk my singlespeed - I'm digging that. I'm still trying to shake out a few creaking issues on the bike, but seem to have it isolated to the freehub body (a known issue with Shimano Micro Spline). I didn't get started until 9am, so it was pretty warm out, and pretty damn hot by the end, but I managed it well, and drank a lot of water, including a refill stop at GSC.

jsigone

randomly wanted to ride a century after 2yr break from long rides. It was slow but didn't cramp or bonk, so was a good day.

TakingMyTime

51 miles down PCH to Crystal Cove by myself. I left a little early and forgot how crazy those drivers on PCH are when trying to get to work.

diphthong

good thing the bootlegger bar is at the bottom of the hill there in cc state park.

TakingMyTime

LOL, to be honest I never even knew it existed (I had to look it up). You sir appear to know every corner and every backroad in So Cal. We usually stop at the burger place at the top of the hill right above "The bootlegger bar".

SoSmellyAir

Tustin is also doing that on Newport Avenue, such that it is (from left to right) road, curb, sidewalk, grass, and bike lane. The bike lane ends up being used by both pedestrians and cyclists, neither of whom follow the direction arrows on the bike lane. And I have seen one almost get clipped by a car turning right at an intersection. These so-called protected bike lanes are not designed by or for cyclists.

igorgroks

I had a conversation with a PR flak with LA MTA over some dustup I had with bikes on transit. She looked me in the face and said she rode too. I asked her how often and how many miles a week and she changed the subject.

diphthong

TakingMyTime like to stop at the old shake shack on pch (just up the stairway from the bootlegger bar) as well. plenty of both salty food and space for
bikes (not always easy to find). have done both the top and bottom of the stairs once or twice. some def black holes in the personal “heatmap” (hello santa clarita!) but i try to hit new/infrequent (for me) roads when i can. traffic patterns, density, road quality, bike lane additions, etc change so if it has been a few years, it’s possibly a different experience. hopefully, this thread comes in handy for that.

CAT7RDR

More local training miles in the old Whittier Heights area before the name was changed to Hacienda Heights and Avocado Grove.
Repeated Edgeridge thrice in preparation for some San Gabriel Mtns rides soon.
Managed 48 miles and 6.6K of climb on a cloudy morning before the sun broke through.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40321730

Note: LASD is issuing trespassing citations for those that park and enter the Puente Hills Preserve before 0900 the official opening hour.
Saw three vehicles with citations parked next to the spur trail on Turnbull Cyn that connects with Skyline Trail.
Sometimes MTB'ers start from this spot but I mostly see hikers.

jsigone

took the gravel bike (diverge) with some friends..... to Mt Soledad + some laps on Fiesta Island.

SoSmellyAir

Usual 33 mile ride down to and around Newport Back Bay after 1 month enforced hiatus due to let foot metatarsalgia: sounds serious, but is just a big word for (undiagnosed) pain in the ball of the foot. Doctor is a cyclists too (but MTB only) and sent me home with a pair of unused crutches. Lost 1 mph average speed on this route, and quads, hamstrings, and palms are killing me. At least today was not hot.

jsigone

Wednesday lunch along the 56 bike trail and Del Mar, wind in all directions kind of day

Eric F 

Yesterday's afternoon delight - quick, hot, and dirty - Fern TT up to Brown Mountain Saddle and descent via Rising Hill (9.4mi, 1400'). I can get this ride done in an hour door-to-door from my house.