Most (off road) riding in the greater Pasadena area is steep and rocky single track (10-20%) or looooong fire road climbs. (5-10%) throw in a little sun or heat and you will want gears. No one is going to bother (steal) your bike at the Huntington but if you use the bike to roll around the local area Pasadena, Monrovia, etc you will want something not worth stealing.
If you stay on the street you will still see lots of SS and fixies it the Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley. If you head north from there, not the best but pretty good road riding. When will you be here, TOC will be passing thru Ventura County on May 14-15. Ruben in Ventura County n Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:57:05 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: > Hey Reid, > Secret answer c) Buy the 64cm orange Quickbeam offered on the list in LA! > > Philip > Always causing trouble in Santa Rosa, CA > > On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 10:47:25 AM UTC-7, Reid Echols wrote: >> >> Hi folks, I'll be traveling from Austin to Los Angeles in a few short >> weeks for a fellowship at the Huntington Library, and am between bringing a >> "beater" aluminum 29er I could build up from spare parts or my trusty BMC >> Monstercross, currently set up as a "dinglespeed" with 43c gravel tires. I >> can handle most of the Austin hills pretty handily, and really enjoy riding >> the BMC on local singletrack (not too many rock gardens, just the faster, >> flowy stuff). >> >> My question is, will I be able to fully enjoy the trails near LA on a >> singlespeed, cross-style bike, or am I displaying a bit of hubris and >> should just bring the more traditional mountain bike for the climbing >> gears? I'll be commuting to the Huntington as well and don't want anything >> too flashy lest it be stolen. Local perspectives would be welcome! >> >> All best, >> Reid in Austin >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
