Upcoming Rides

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August 18, 2024: Phil's Ride: Whale of a Century

August 11, 2024: Phil's Ride: The Orange Coast Tour

June 30, 2024: Jacques' Ride: Corner - Will Rogers to Mount Holyoke

March 20, 2022 Phil's Ride: Oak Ridge Rides

December 12, 2021: Phil's Ride - Foothill Footsie Century

November 28, 2021: Phil's Ride - Cal Poly By Golly

September 19, 2021: Phil's Ride - Wandering To Whittier 

September 12, 2021: Phil's Ride - The Grand Tour Lite  

April 18, 2021: Phil's Ride - Laguna Canyon Century

August 15, 2021: Phil's Ride - Huntington Beach Go Around 

April 11, 2021: Phil's Ride - Winding Roads of Orange County

November 12, 2020: Phil's Ride - The Triple Dippers

Every Thursday, 8:30 a.m. (unless otherwise specified). 

Start Location: Ballona Creek Bridge.  From I405 exit Culver Blvd and head West or take Rte 90 West and take Culver Blvd exit turn left. Right on Esplanade St, left on Convoy St, and right on Pacific Avenue. Park by the Lagoon on the right. The bridge is about 2 blocks North on Pacific.

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Riders usually goes South to Palos Verdes on the bike path and then do some riding on the Peninsula. There are optional climbs including the 3 “dips” which give the ride its name. The group usually stops for a break at the Golden Cove shopping area. Occasionally the group will decide to vary the route and explore specific sites elsewhere in the city. A typical day is 40 - 50 miles but often individual riders either cut the day short or add extra miles as desired.  Contact Lewis Singer lewissinger@nullgmail.com for details.

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Sunday,  March 30 – 8:30 a.m.

START LOCATION:  WESTLAKE PLAZA in Westlake Village.  Go North on Ventura Frwy (101) to Westlake, off and L on Westlake Blvd., L on Agoura Rd. and L into shopping center lot.  Park near Southwest corner of the parking lot (near intersection of Westlake Blvd and Agoura Rd).

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Routes: 

• Long – 76 miles – 3300 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Medium – 45 miles – 2300 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 30 miles – 1400 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

Potrero Canyon has always been special to me. It’s one of the most difficult climbs I know and there was a time when I liked to ride it at least once each year, just to prove to myself that I still could do it. Those days are gone. I haven’t ridden up Potrero in years now and I seriously doubt I ever will again. But that is UP Potrero. I can still go DOWN Potrero with the best of them, and that’s what today’s routes do. Not that going down is so easy and doesn’t require skill. It’s such a steep downhill that you have got to be careful negotiating all the turns as you go down. Just make sure you have good brakes and don’t let your speed get too high. Now that I have probably scared half of you away, I would like to say that these routes are otherwise pleasant and travel areas we don’t ride very often. After all, the Potrero downhill is only one mile out of the entire ride. The long and medium routes start with the fast descent of Potrero and on to the Camarillo area. The two routes split here with the long continuing to the coast and then north to Ventura before turning east and heading back to Camarillo. Here it rejoins the medium route and they both have lunch in Camarillo. Together they continue east to the Moorpark area and over the ridge back to the start. The Short skips all that and tours the Westlake area with a trip up to the top of Moorpark ridge. We don’t ride out in this area very often so you should make the effort to join us. Westlake isn’t such a long drive – I usually get there in less than 40 minutes. So join us for this unique set of rides. 

 

Sunday,  April 6 – 8:30 a.m.

START LOCATION:  START:  EL ROBLE JR. HIGH SCHOOL  at Harrison & Mountain in Pomona.  From San Bernardino Frwy (I-10) off & north on Towne in Pomona for 1½ miles, R - Harrison a few blocks to Mountain.

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Routes:   

• Long – 59 miles – 3500 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Medium– 46 miles – 2700 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Hilly Short – 35 miles – 2000 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Easy Short – 26 miles – 1100 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

When I was in high school (in Illinois) one of our science text books was published by Harvey Mudd College and we all thought that was a funny name for a college. At the time, I don’t know if any of us knew where Harvey Mudd was located and little did I know that I would end up living most of my life just a short drive from the campus. Of course I now know that Harvey Mudd is just one of the 5 Claremont Colleges (Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Harvey Mudd) which are clustered together in Claremont. They each have their own campus but are contiguous with each other and sometimes share facilities. Today all of our routes ride through some of the campuses at the end of the routes, but there is a lot of riding before we get there. Don’t be put off by the word “climb” in the title. A real climb in Claremont would take us up Mount Baldy, but we don’t come close to doing anything like that today. Yes, there are some hills today, but they are each only a few hundred feet in elevation and the shorter routes skip many of them. After each hill there is a nice downhill and that’s where the “cruise” part of the title comes in. The long and medium are the same to lunch. They first head up San Dimas Canyon and then come down to climb up past Puddingstone Reservoir. After cruising down again they climb over Grand Ave. After some more downhill, we climb Brea Canyon to Diamond Bar Blvd. After lunch in this area the two routes split. The long adds a loop into Pomona before heading back to Claremont while the medium heads more directly back. There are two short routes. The hilly short does much the same route as the medium but cuts off some of the climbing. The easy short cuts out most of the hills. As mentioned, all routes end with a nice ride through some of the campus area of the Claremont Colleges. I don’t know if we actually ride through Harvey Mudd, but I would like to think we do – I still think it’s a funny name.