I think the dirt sections are relatively mellow (save for a few 50-ft. sections with big rocks to prevent erosion, which may have all of us walking). 35s recommended, but the jump from JBs up to those is not huge.
On Jan 4, 11:27 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > Would Jack Browns be a good choice for this ride or something more > studly? > > I'm marking it on my calender right now too. > > ~Mike~ > > On Jan 4, 11:17 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of > > our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our > > starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) > > Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog > > walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising > > wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the > > mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth > > the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last > > year: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157623972790726/ > > > This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too > > (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm > > sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to > > partake. > > > I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped > > perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. > > > No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be > > worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps > > worth a trip for folks further out! > > > Esteban > > San Diego, Calif. > > > On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD > > > crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's > > > shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt > > > content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! > > > Hope > > > the North LA & Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try > > > to > > > meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 > > > > A route map and some more specifics can be seen > > > here:http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... > > > > As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put > > > faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that you > > > probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo and > > > crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the > > > recent > > > "decade" storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should > > > handle > > > it nicely. > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > David > > > Redlands, CA > > > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > > > probably benefit more from > > > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- > > > 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.
