Upcoming Rides

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

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,  July  28  – 8:30 a.m   

Start Location: EL DORADO PARK in Long Beach.  From San Diego Frwy (405), off & North/East on Studebaker 1 mi. to Park.  Park in Library lot on right just before Spring St.

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

Routes: 

• Long – 64 miles – 1200 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Medium – 45 miles – 500 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 31 miles – 500 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

I feel like we are short of coastal routes for the summer months, so I was surprised we did not even run this one last summer. Maybe that is because the routes don’t spend that much time actually at the beach. But most of the day they don’t get very far away either and should be close enough to feel the cooling breezes from the ocean. The long and the medium do make loops pretty far inland, but they do this early when the temps should still be relatively cool, so that should be OK. The long and medium start with these inland loops. The long goes further inland than the medium. They then return to the Long Beach area and loop around so much it is hard to even describe the routes. Each route makes a different tour of the Long Beach area including Belmont Shores, Naples and Seal Beach. These are among the flattest routes we have in the club library with only the long doing any significant climbing and even it never gets much over 200 feet above sea level. Although the routes don’t spend much time with each other, they do come together for lunch, if the riders can manage to get there at the same time. Well, that’s not very likely, but it would be nice if it happened. Flat and close to the coast – these should be the perfect routes for July. If all goes well, they will probably become part of my permanent summer ride list. 

 

Sunday,  August 4th – 8:30 a.m   

Start Location: START: DEL REY LAGOON in Playa del Rey. From San Diego Frwy off and west on Culver Blvd (or off and west on Jefferson, which runs into Culver) (approx 4 mi). R – Esplanade St. to park.  Meet on the east (inland) side of the lagoon near the bathrooms.

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

Routes: 

• Long – 55 miles – 2800 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Medium – 44 miles – 2000 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 36 miles – 1800 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

First, a little history about this ride: It used to be sub-titled “the ice cream ride” because at the end of the ride, we would gather for ice cream. Originally, a member would host the ice cream party. For many years it was hosted by Nancy Domjanovich and then by Gary Murphy, both of whom lived close to the start/finish of the ride in Westchester. But when they declined to continue hosting we decided to move the ice cream social to a local ice cream parlor near the ride start. At first we tried a frozen yogurt place in Westchester, but a member’s bike was stolen right in front of our eyes while we were enjoying our yogurt, so we weren’t too thrilled with the idea of going back there. Then two years ago we moved the ice cream social to Playa Provisions in Playa del Rey. That worked out, but it wasn’t very close to the start/finish at Westchester Park. However, Westchester Park had become a large homeless encampment and it was thought better to move the start/finish anyway, so we moved it to the Del Rey Lagoon in Playa Del Rey, only a couple of blocks away from Playa Provisions. This worked out really well, because then riders who drove to the ride could pack up their bike in their car at the end of the ride and then easily come over to Play Provisions for ice cream. For those who rode to the start, there was plenty of bike parking in the patio area at Play Provisions where we could keep an eye on the bikes. So, there you have it – the evolution of this ride. However, through all that, the routes remain pretty much the same. These are coastal rides and should be good for August. All routes head south to Palos Verdes. The long circles the peninsula in a clockwise manner. The medium only goes as far as the whale watch before returning. The short only tours the Malaga Cove area before returning by a shorter route than the medium and long. All routes are relatively easy although the long does some climbing. NOTE: Because Palos Verdes Drive remains closed in the Portuguese Bend area, a slightly shorter detour long route is provided. Again, each route will swing by Playa Provisions only about a quarter mile from the end. It is my hope that riders will stay together on the ride and thus show up for ice cream at about the same time for a little afternoon ice cream social of our own. Wouldn’t that be nice?.  

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