That's "dirt roads" in Italian according to The Google! I've wanted to put together a more dirt-oriented version of the Redlands Strada Rossa <http://redlands-strada-rossa.blogspot.com/> for a while now. The RSR has about 50% dirt, and it's high quality stuff, but a lot of asphalt connecting it. Kicked around some ideas and came up with this: http://ridewithgps.com/ <http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11063858> Only about five of the 38 miles are asphalt, which anyone in marketing can explain to you is the same as 100% dirt!
It includes all kinds of surfaces. Santa Ana River crossing on dry beach sand. Sandy roads. Rocky flat-ish singletrack. Buffed singletrack climbing. Fire road descents. Suburban sprawl roads. LOTS of goatheads. Weather should be beautiful. Rain the last couple days packed down the sandy portions a bit. Rolling at 9:00 on Saturday the 14th, leaving from in front of Augie's Coffee <http://www.augies.coffee/> in downtown. Finishes at Gourmet Pizza Shoppe <http://www.gourmetpizzas.com/zgrid/themes/60/portal/index.jsp> also downtown. Bring a U-lock and leave it downtown for when you get back as start/finish are right by each other. Serious about the goatheads. If you don't have Slime, tubeless, liners or all three, you will be walking home. Unlike the RSR, this is not an organized ride. Just some locals and internet friends getting together to explore out in the hills. We're slow, we meander, we like carbs. Feel free to jump aboard! -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
