Mountain biking Guides and Trips

So My first real trip since knee surgery  was a bust. But I kinda figured it would be since my conditioning has suffered being off the trail since 1/19/2013Google maps routed me through lake elsinore which I finally got to after forgetting to get onto the 15 and winding up in beautiful downtown riverside.Still I arrived 10 min early to the appointed meeting time of 7:30am. Bernd had not responded to any...

I've been leading up to this trip for the last few weeks. I parked at what is now becoming the familiar East Cyn Trailhead on The Old Road and got going about 7:30am.2.55 miles/ 1000ft  7.4% grade to Weldon Cyn Rd Jct, really doesn't tell the whole story. If you consider you don't start most of the elevation gain until ¾ miles, the grade becomes 10.8% I continued on to Jones Jct,...

The route I took is VERY STEEP unrideable except by superman. This is from the parking lot UP Bee Cyn. As you climb out of Bee Cyn the Old Road Grade becomes about 30%+ grade for long stretches The exit point while steep is more rideable, making a loop like this in the opposite direction is doable but too steep for me.This exit route follows another ORG to a Cul-De-Sac on Neon...

After numerous tries I finally made it to  Wilson Cyn Saddle! WAHOO!There are many lame ass excuses but that is in the past ;)The weather, amount of time I have, motivation, conditioning...This ride starts at the Newhall Ave Carpool parking lot. There is a parking lot for the Santa Monica Mtns Recreation area but there is a fee. I have never seen anyone parked there. You can go up Whitney Cyn Rd...

I wanted a bike ride today and wanted to check out access to Pothole Trail This fit the bill.To drive from the entrance you gotta pay a $10 dayuse fee. I parked outside and rode my bike from MM VC 6.00 This was farther than I wanted to go but hey I'll give it a go. The road is paved all the way to the lock forest service gate at 2.7 miles...

As my continuing quest to hike or bike every road and trail in the Angeles Natinal Forest and locate some good afterwork excercise I figured I'd go a bit north.I've always wondered what was up this way.To my surprise (dismay?) The first 2 miles are paved from the locked gate to the spur I took toward Pyramid Lake.At waypoint 2.87 a trail from the campground end at the road, it is well...

This is another of those long put off trips...I've wanted to explore these roads etc... and always seem to have something else to do.May Cyn Rd is paved to Santa Clara Divide, I presume this was done by the Military for the Nike Missile Base The dirt roads are mostly in good shape despite the Sayer Fire I'd hike up the ridge in Wilson Cyn (WC) to WC Saddle the day before...

This is a trip I've never done on a Mtn Bike before because it is very very steep...It's seems I did OK? for my first go around....

This is a proposed ride we're doing on 10/24/2009From Sunshine Dr to Edmore Pl about 12.7 miles There are many places along the way to bailout so don't worry if you don't think you can make it the whole way.You can bailout, and someone will come and pick you up after we get to Edmore Pl