Upcoming Rides

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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.

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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 Lewis Singer lewissinger@nullgmail.com for details.

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Sunday,  July 13th – 8:30 a.m.

Start Location: THE "CORNER", Olympic Blvd, 1 block west of La Cienega in Beverly Hills.  From the Santa Monica Frwy (10), off & north La Cienega 1.2 miles, L - Olympic 1 block to R- Le Doux.

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Routes:   

• Long – 63 miles – 2600 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Medium – 58 miles – 1800 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Short – 35 miles – 800 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Combined Routes

We are not a racing club. In times gone by some of our members may have done some amateur racing and maybe even had a USAC license, but racing has never been the focus of our club. That doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy watching races however. I never miss watching the Tour de France on TV (which is happening this month). Watching racing in person can be more exciting. Most of us can’t get to France, and even if we did, the best we could do would be to see the riders whiz by one time. It might be exciting if we got a spot at the top of a big climb or at the finish, but even then the excitement would last only a few seconds. What we are offering today is a chance to see some racing in person and because it is circuit racing, you get to see the riders fly by more than once. Plus, there is more than one race today because there are races for a range of categories, ages and sexes. We have held a ride from the “Corner” down to view the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix for many years now. The short route simply rides down to Manhattan Beach for the races and then returns. .The long and medium routes are for those who want to get in a few more miles before stopping at the races. They each continue on to Palos Verdes first and then return to Manhattan. The medium simply travels to Golden Cove on the west side of the peninsula for lunch and then returns. The long, which was changed last year due to the landslide area in Palos Verdes, adds a little climbing as well as miles. It travels up Hawthorne and then down Crenshaw into Torrance for lunch before returning to Manhattan Beach and the races. After watching the races all three routes have the same direct return to the start. Racing takes place all day, so no matter when you arrive you should be able to see some. Then you can go home and catch a replay of today’s stage of the Tour de France which is racing of an entirely different sort.

 

Sunday, July 20 – 8:00 a.m. (full century) & 9:00 a.m. (metric and half)

Start Location: (Full Century): VALLE LINDO PARK IN CAMARILLO. Take the 101Frwy North to Camarillo and exit north on Carmen Dr. Left on Ponderosa Dr & Right on Valle Lindo Dr to park. Park where Valle Lindo Dr curves left.  

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Start Location: (Metric & Half Century):  PARKING LOT NEAR MISSION PARK IN VENTURA Take 101 Frwy to Ventura and exit at California St. Go 1 block north to a left on Santa Clara St. Go 4 blocks west to parking lot on the right opposite Junipero St.

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Routes: 

• Full Century – 104 miles – 2400 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Metric Century – 64 miles – 2000 feet of elevation gain (barometric)
• Half Century – 55 miles – 1600 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)
• Combined Routes

When we first began running this ride back in 2015, for some reason we always rode it in the spring. Perhaps we thought that since it was a fairly easy century we should run it while the days were still short. But then a couple of years ago I realized it was the perfect summer century since it spends most of the day on the coast. Since we hardly have enough coastal rides to get us through the summer, it has now become one of our annual summer rides. It’s a great ride taking you up to Santa Barbara where I don’t think any of our other regular rides go. Reason enough to ride with us today. There is very little climbing and there are long stretches without a single stop sign. All that makes for a pleasant and easy ride. The ride gets its name from the large whale skeleton on view at the Sana Barbara Museum of Natural History. Both the full and metric century take you to view this. You also get to see the Santa Barbara Mission. The full century route runs from Camarillo up to Santa Barbara and back so, yes, there are a few non-coastal miles at the start and at the end. The metric and half centuries start in Ventura and ride the center portion of the full century. This gives you the best portion of the full century and with the later start time, a chance to still ride with the full century riders. Starting in Ventura, they join the full century route up to Santa Barbara and back to Ventura. The only difference between the two is the half century skips the trip up to the whale in Santa Barbara (sorry – no whale for you). There is a treat for Habit fans. Although we have shifted the lunch location on many of our routes to the Habit, today you get to visit one of the earliest Habit locations. The Habit got its start in Santa Barbara although I think our lunch location today is not the original Habit. NOTE there are two separate start locations and start times.