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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,  December 22 – 8:30 a.m.

START LOCATION:  ALHAMBRA PARK in ALHAMBRA.  From the San Bernardino Frwy (I-10), off & north on Fremont 2 miles, R- Alhambra Rd to 4 blocks to Park. Park on Raymond on East side of the park.

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Routes: 

• Long – 65 miles – 1400 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Medium – 55 miles – 1200 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 32 miles – 700 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

Christmas is this week and Hanukkah starts the same day, so it’s a busy time for a lot of people. With that in mind, I have scheduled a relatively short and easy set of routes for today. Enough to give you a little stress release and maybe a chance to get away from visiting relatives for a few hours, but short enough to let you get back to all your holiday chores. Today both the long and medium routes ride the Whittier Greenway Trail. If you have never ridden the trail, it’s perfect for stress release. It follows an old railroad right-of-way for about 5 miles including crossing over one or two old trestles. It’s well worth coming to today’s ride just to do the trail. True to the title, the long and medium routes actually make two passes through Whittier today. One unusual fact about today’s routes is that unlike most of our routes which visit Whittier, none of these routes go over Turnbull. In fact, today’s routes spend a lot of time on bike trails. Starting in Alhambra, the long and medium stay together as they first head east to El Monte to pick up the Rio Hondo trail south to Whittier Narrows. They make a first pass through Whittier riding the Greenway Bike Trail. They then loop south through La Mirada before returning back to Whittier for lunch. After lunch the long takes the San Gabriel River Trail all the way north to the Santa Fe Dam before returning to the start while the medium takes a more direct route back to the start. While the short never actually makes it to Whittier, it does go to the Whittier Narrows area before taking the San Gabriel River up to the Santa Fe Dam and returning to the start. So why not join us today. You should finish fully refreshed and ready to face those holiday relatives. 

Wednesday,  December 25 – 8:30 a.m.

START LOCATION: THE CORNER, Olympic Blvd, 1 block west of La Cienega in Beverly Hills.  From the Santa Monica Frwy (10), off & north La Cienega 1 miles, L - Olympic 1 block to R - Le Doux.

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Routes: 

• Medium – 44 miles – 2600 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 34 miles – 1700 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Combined Routes

This is our annual Christmas day ride, but as it so happens, Hanukkah starts this evening, so it’s really a dual holiday ride. Oddly though, our destination today is a place that has no particular connection to either holiday: Chinatown. There is a reason for that. Downtown is unusually quiet on this holiday morning so it’s one of the few times we can ride there without a lot of traffic, and Chinatown is a place where we can count on places to eat still being open. Today the medium route which we have been riding for many years starts with a climb up to Mulholland and a ride along that scenic street over to where we drop down into Griffith Park. After a trip through Elysian Park it’s on to our ride along Carroll Ave with its restored Victorian homes, which we hit just before going downtown. We often regroup here for a photo. After a break in Chinatown, the return rides along 4^th street with its many beautiful homes. So many nice things to see in one ride. How can you miss it? This year we have added a short route. The only difference is that it rides through Hollywood rather than up along Mulholland Dr. It is meant for those who want to skip the somewhat long climb up to Mulholland, which is really the only major climb on the medium route. The two routes come together at Cahuenga and remain together the rest of the day. Both routes are short, so if you are having a holiday celebration later, it should get you back in time for that. The group usually sticks together so don’t worry about being left behind. 

Sunday,  December 29 – 8:30 a.m.

Start Location:  Los Angeles Zoo parking lot at the north end.  From Ventura (134) Frwy or Golden State Frwy (5), exit near Griffith Park at any exit marked by signs to the Zoo or to the Autry Museum.  Follow signs into the park and to the Zoo lot.  We will be meeting at the NORTH end by the Camel sign.  Don't confuse us with other groups which sometimes start here.

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Routes: 

• Long – 53 miles – 1200 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Medium – 47 miles – 1100 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Shorter Medium – 35 miles – 500 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Short – 19 miles – 300 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

Like last week, we are in the midst of the holidays with Christmas a few days ago and New Year’s Day coming up and Hanukkah continuing through the week. So, it would seem another short and easy ride might be called for. In fact, this week might be more hectic than last week. The house is a wreck after relatives visited. You have thank-you-notes to write or gifts to return. There are the after-Christmas sales to consider and traffic is terrible with all the out-of-towners coming in for the Rose Bowl. You may really need another round of stress release. Speaking of “rounds” these routes spend the day circling the valley with no major hills to speak of. The routes were created by Richard Wedeen and from short to long, each route rides an ever larger and larger circle around the Valley. A primary feature of these loops is that they all pass by the history mural in the Tujunga Wash. That way you can get a little history with your ride. The short does a small ring primarily just to take in the mural. The two mediums are slightly larger counterclockwise loops around the Valley getting as far west as Balboa Blvd. The long makes the biggest ring getting as far north as Sylmar and as far west as Cal State Northridge. The routes are fairly easy and the scenery pleasant for an urban route so why not join us for stress release, week 2.  

Wednesday,  January 1 – 6:30 a.m.

Start Location: ALHAMBRA PARK.  From San Bernardino Frwy (I-10), off & North on Freemont, R - Alhambra Rd, R – Palm Ave. to Park. NOTE: We are starting on the West side of the Park rather than the East side as we usually do.

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Route:  Only route – 14 miles – 400 feet of elevation gain (barometric)

If you are not up for the centuries we also offer today, we have another way to start your year that is really hard to pass up. Unlike the centuries, this is the shortest and easiest ride we offer all year and allows you to participate in a New Year’s Day tradition enjoyed by millions of people around the country – watching the Rose Parade. Unlike most of those millions, who will watch it on TV, you get to see it in person. Believe me, TV does not do the floats justice. The colors are more vibrant and the sounds are clearer than on TV. And there is a spirit in the air which simply does not come through on TV. You live in Southern California, so you really owe it to yourself to see the parade in person. Lots of people travel thousands of miles just to do that and all you have to do is ride a bike 14 miles. Plus, you don’t have to battle the traffic either before or after the parade and there is no parking problem. Simply drive to Alhambra and the parade just a short easy 7 mile bike ride away. Not only do you get to see the parade, but the route takes you down Orange Grove Avenue where the floats all line up prior to the parade and you get to preview the floats up close and personal. Take a selfie with any float that strikes your fancy. Even the thousands of other people watching the parade in person along the route can’t do that. So, if you want to see the parade, I don’t see how you can pass this up. The ride is incredibly easy. It’s a fairly flat 7 miles followed by a rest of a couple of hours as you watch the parade and then an easy 7 miles back.  Even if you are suffering from a hangover from last night, how bad can 7 miles be?

Wednesday,  January 1st – 7:00 a.m. (century) 8:00 a.m. (metric and half).

START LOCATION:  MALIBU CIVIC CENTER. Take the Santa Monica Frwy west to the end and then PCH north to R on Webb Way and R on Civic Center Way.

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Routes: 

• Century – 101 miles – 3400 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Metric– 67 miles – 2300 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Half – 52 miles – 2200 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

This has been a New Year’s Day tradition now for 22 years. My original idea was simply that if you can ride a century on the first day of the year, you will have kicked off the new year with a bang. Over the years we have added the metric century and half-century options so that even more riders can kick off the new year with a bang. Whatever your distance, it feels great to get a good ride in on the first day of the year. It makes you feel like there is nothing you can’t do on a bike in the coming year. For a first ride of the year, we don’t make this particularly difficult. All routes are simply a trip from Malibu north up PCH and back. The full century adds a loop around the Ventura/Oxnard area to make up the miles with a lunch stop in Ventura. The metric rides into Camarillo for lunch and then returns back down the coast. The half century simply rides to Point Magu and returns, stopping for lunch at Neptune’s Net on the way back. January 1st is a fairly quiet day on PCH  everyone has a hangover or stays home to watch football. Kick the year off with a century, metric century or half century and you won’t regret it. Be sure to report your century or metric century for the club’s Century Challenge in 2025 and get the club kicked off to a good start as well. NOTE: We are suggesting a later start time for the metric and half centuries because otherwise you may arrive at lunch locations too early and who wants to get up earlier than you have to on New Year’s Day anyway.