Doug, I'm sorry. I did read your post, but I skimmed over the last two sentences, so I missed the unpaved reference. Yes, you're absolutely right: for Southern Californians, Palos Verdes has a great dirt climb that is fun to do on touring bikes. You access the trails from the Abalone Cove beach area (kind of near Wayfarer's Chapel if that means anything to anyone.) So there is some good road-riding to get to where one accesses the trail. (And it was I who mentioned it on the ride in October.)
Ulterior political motives start now: there has been some negotiation to work out trail sharing among cyclists, hikers, and horseback riders, and all three groups may ride in the area (with cyclists living with some off-limits designations on some trails.) It would be fun to have a group of people on country-bikes gently riding the area. -Jim W. -----Original Message----- >From: doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> >Sent: Feb 22, 2010 2:00 PM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Rivendell Ride on 2/21 > >James: > >Were you the one that mentioned a PV dirt option a while back? That's >what I was thinking about. > >dougP > >On Feb 22, 10:12 am, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Not only is the loop around the Peninsula great, but we could mix in a great >> dirt climb to the top of the Peninsula. Bring the 700x38's. >> >> Also sorry I missed the 2/21 ride. It looked great. If not for broken ribs, >> I would have joined. >> >> -Jim W. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> >> >Sent: Feb 22, 2010 1:01 PM >> >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >> >Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Rivendell Ride on 2/21 >> >> >Nice photos - looks like you guys had a fun time. We should do the >> >Palos Verdes Peninsula loop sometime. There's parking in Torrance to >> >the north & plenty of coffee opportunities. The basic loop on all the >> >streets with "Palos Verdes" in them is rolly but there's plenty of >> >climbing available, and didn't someone here mention some un-paved >> >options one time? Just have to stay well clear of the horse people. >> >> >dougP >> >> >On Feb 22, 8:51 am, Matt Critchlow <matt.critch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Looks like a great ride! I'd like to tag along on one of these rides, >> >> looks like a lot of fun. >> >> >> Great pics too! >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> On Feb 18, 6:55 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > 60 or so miles around L.A. this Sunday. Going down the River, out to >> >> > Palos >> >> > Verdes, up the Promenade along the Pacific. It's organized through the >> >> > RBW >> >> > list, but you do NOT need to be on the list or have a Rivendell to join >> >> > us. >> >> > Pace is moderate, not fast, not slow. There are typically lots of >> >> > stops and >> >> > re-groupings. We'll meet up around 9:30 for a 10:00 ride. 90% chance >> >> > of it >> >> > being the Wilshire/Vermont Metro stop which has parking and is served >> >> > by Red >> >> > and Purple lines. A chance that it'll be Wilshire/Western stop. More >> >> > info >> >> > and final arrangements will get posted >> >> > here:http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... >> >> >> > Hope we can get a lot of folks out and enjoying the day!!! >> >> >> > -- >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > David >> >> > Redlands, CA >> >> >> > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something >> >> > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, >> >> > scientist guy- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text - >> >> >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >"RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> >To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >For more options, visit this group >> >athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW >Owners Bunch" group. >To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
