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August 18, 2024: Phil's Ride: Whale of a Century

August 11, 2024: Phil's Ride: The Orange Coast Tour

June 30, 2024: Jacques' Ride: Corner - Will Rogers to Mount Holyoke

March 20, 2022 Phil's Ride: Oak Ridge Rides

December 12, 2021: Phil's Ride - Foothill Footsie Century

November 28, 2021: Phil's Ride - Cal Poly By Golly

September 19, 2021: Phil's Ride - Wandering To Whittier 

September 12, 2021: Phil's Ride - The Grand Tour Lite  

April 18, 2021: Phil's Ride - Laguna Canyon Century

August 15, 2021: Phil's Ride - Huntington Beach Go Around 

April 11, 2021: Phil's Ride - Winding Roads of Orange County

November 12, 2020: Phil's Ride - The Triple Dippers

Every Thursday, 8:30 a.m. (unless otherwise specified). 

Start Location: Ballona Creek Bridge.  From I405 exit Culver Blvd and head West or take Rte 90 West and take Culver Blvd exit turn left. Right on Esplanade St, left on Convoy St, and right on Pacific Avenue. Park by the Lagoon on the right. The bridge is about 2 blocks North on Pacific.

For a map and directions to the start, click Start.

Riders usually goes South to Palos Verdes on the bike path and then do some riding on the Peninsula. There are optional climbs including the 3 “dips” which give the ride its name. The group usually stops for a break at the Golden Cove shopping area. Occasionally the group will decide to vary the route and explore specific sites elsewhere in the city. A typical day is 40 - 50 miles but often individual riders either cut the day short or add extra miles as desired.  Contact Nancy Domjanovich nancydomx@nullicloud.com for details.

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Sunday, October 13th – 8:00 a.m.

Start Location: ARCADIA PARK in Arcadia.  From San Bernardino Frwy (10) off and north on Santa Anita (5 mi) to park or from Foothill Frwy (210) off and south on Santa Anita one half mile.

For a map and directions, click Start.

Routes: 

• Full Century – 100 miles – 2200 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Metric Century – 65 miles – 1000 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

NOTE EARLY START TIME. This is our century and metric century of the month for October I had previously scheduled “Poking Around PV for our centuries today, but the full century on that ride travels through the Portuguese Bend area of Palos Verdes which, as you may know, is closed to bicycles due to the landslide. I had hopes it would be open by now, but the landslide seems to be getting worse and until they can at least slow it down, I don’t imagine that stretch will  be opened to bikes any time soon. It’s a shame. We have lost several good routes to that landslide. Anyway, I have substituted the Paul Neuerburg Centuries for today. I may add a half century route, as I have with other centuries, but the metric is pretty easy with only 1000 feet of elevation gain so I may just leave it at the two routes. Actually both the full century and metric century are fairly easy today. Both routes spend a lot of time on bike trails with few hills. The century travels down to Yorba Linda where it picks up the Santa Ana river trail which it takes almost all the way to the coast. Then it heads north along the coast to the San Gabriel River and Rio Hondo trails back to the start. The full century is a nice route I have always enjoyed. The metric is less scenic, but easier. It is a fairly simple route. It takes the San Gabrial River down to the coast for lunch and then returns back up the river and back to the start. Although neither route is very hilly, the constant pedaling without a downhill to break things up might tire you more than you would think. Take it easy and you’ll do fine. 

Sunday,  October 20 – 8:30 a.m.

Start Location: ALHAMBRA PARK.  From San Bernardino Frwy (I-10), off & North on Freemont, R - Alhambra Rd, R - Raymond to Park.

For a map and directions to the start, click Start.

Routes: 

• Long – 54 miles – 2200 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Medium – 45 miles – 1600 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 30 miles – 1000 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Combined Routes

These routes do something very few do, but I wish all our routes could do. Today, all three routes (long, medium and short) stay together until lunch and then split for their separate returns. This is nice because everyone riding today gets to eat lunch together. Also it allows everyone to ride a big chunk of the ride before they decide which route they want to do. If you had planned to do the medium but are felling good at lunch, maybe you go for the long. Conversely, if you had planned on doing the long but aren’t really feeling all that strong today, you can still opt for the medium or even the short. It allows riders who might be inclined to ride the medium or short to ride with the long riders and see that they are not necessarily that much stronger and maybe that would encourage them to try a longer route themselves. Lots of good things can come from everyone riding to lunch first. Like I say, I wish all our routes could be this way. So come out today and enjoy this unique situation. All routes are together for the first 28 miles as they proceed from the start over to the Rio Hondo (the Bikeway of the title) and ride it north to the end. We then ride over to South Pasadena where we stop for lunch. After lunch, the short rides an easy 2 more miles back to the start. The long and the medium continue together on a loop over to La Canada. From there, the medium heads directly back to the start while the long adds an additional loop up into the hills above the Rose Bowl. If you are up for it, this climb gives you some nice views of the city. So there you have it – an easy first 28 miles for everyone and then you get to pick your poison for the return. Be sure to bring all three route sheets so you can make your final choice at lunch.  NOTE: This is the first week we are including a QR code on each route sheet which will take you to the route on RideWithGPS. So, if you want to see the entire route with an elevation profile, you can scan the QR code with your phone and there it is. This might be helpful if you are trying to decide which route you want to take from the common.

 

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