"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
05/29/2020 at 20:05 • Filed to: None
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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
05/29/2020 at 20:05 • Filed to: None | 5
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Pretty much the entire trail looked like this at best. The majority of the ride you wouldnt be able to see more than the plants in the foreground. For reference, here is the same valley (from higher up) on a clear day:
Anyways, the marine layer was great though since this was not an easy ride in the park. I took full advantage of the cooler weather and went for a 17 mile ride with nearly 3000 feet of elevation change.
At the very top of the final hill, the sun finally poked out for just a bit and was lovely for my snack break.
It was like being on an island above the clouds! Not too dissimilar to my backpacking trip to Big Sur a couple years ago. The whole ride back was mostly downhill with just a couple of difficult/loose climbs to remind me that it wasnt that kind of easy up one way and down the other. The new tire worked great and felt rather confidence inspiring. Now I have even more reason to replace the rear tire since dorifto action is fun but was far more pronounced since the front never lost grip.
Rufant
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/29/2020 at 20:09 |
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Beautiful!
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/29/2020 at 22:38 |
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That is a substantial ride. I didn't know you could get there from there.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
05/30/2020 at 00:18 |
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I had ridden at both ends and noted it was the same trail so I figured it was about time to do the whole thing as a nice long ride. Figured I had to rigorously test the new tire to prove it's worth. The backbone trail runs all the way from Santa Monica out to point mugu. I have a goal to run the whole thing end to end some day, I guess as a section hike.