Category Archives: Local Ride Reports

9 Descenders showed up for the Lilac Loop Ride today. Larry and I rode from home – the roads were quite wet from overnight rain and we got sprayed quite a bit (at some point our shoes were completely soaked!). … Continue reading →

Hi All, I know Oleg sent out a great report. I filled in a few gaps and added my photos into a report. Great riding adventure for all those who came. Have a good week- Rob Dudley’s Dream Ride Report-29 … Continue reading →

All, we had about 18 riders out on a Dudley’s Dream ride yesterday. I started riding from Ramona, with the aim of exploring Black Canyon Rd. in my preparation for Belgian Waffle Ride – a 12.6mi, mostly loosely packed dirt … Continue reading →

Hi All, I pootled to the top of the bike path at Black Mountain, no one was there. I pootled over to Spring Meadow, no one wanted to ride. I pootled down to the 7-11 and only Len (TE) was … Continue reading →

Mussey Grade and Pamo Road Ride Report22 March 2014 by Bernie Bogard Eight Descenders showed at 7-11 on a cloudy, slightly cool morning, moderate enthusiasm was present among Rob V, Bob P, Big Rick, Larry, John M, Hodges, Zach (student/occasional … Continue reading →

Hi All, After the huge effort many put out on Saturday–riding roads and dirt with high mileage–I had low expectations for the planned Sunday recovery ride. I pedaled out early to ride over to Pomerado and RB Roads. It was … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we had about 17 descenders and friends on our “coastal” ride. Larry and I rode from home to 56 bike path, about 15 miles worth (starting into a thick cold fog) – but Klaus got to the start already … Continue reading →

Hi All, It was a small group that showed for a beautiful morning recovery ride. Sheehan got there on time, even with the time change, with some help from the pajama car drop-off. Guido and Len were also there for … Continue reading →

Only 6 brave descenders met at the Pine Valley meeting spot this morning: Geoff, Neil, Tony, Len, Larry and Oleg. Last weekend we had belgian weather (rainy and cold), and today it was Dutch weather (super-windy). The forecast called for … Continue reading →

Hi All, What rain? It was a beautiful morning when I rode over to Spring Meadow to get Mike Hodges. The only disappointment of the whole ride was that while I note that Voris was stalking me on Strava and … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Attached is a combined ride report of the Saturday and Sunday rides from last weekend. I will put out the planned group ride for this Saturday by message later tomorrow. I had to be pessimistic but I have … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Great ride today–Wohlford, South Grade of Palomar and Cole Grade. We had over 20 riders at the start and we picked up Jordan Baab for the Wohlford climb. I will defer to the ride report expertise of Oleg … Continue reading →

All, as Rob already noted in two previous email reports, we had a great turnout for our Palomar ride today. By the way – Palomar (South Grade) is ranked #17 in US (12th in continental USA) and #9 in California. … Continue reading →

Hi All, The Sunday "Recovery Ride" was hosted by Mike Hodges. We had a small group of 7 riders meet at the 7-11 store on Garden Road. I pedaled over to meet Mike at his house. On the way to … Continue reading →

All, as a follow up to Rob’s report: we had 17 riders on Alpine ride today. 13 of us started at 7-eleven, and we picked up Larry Tanzo, Matt Babb, Jeff and Darby at Moreno Ave. It was Darby’s birthday. … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, The recovery ride was hosted by Jeff Cresap today. We had a handful of riders join in a nice loop of RSF. The group met on the corner of Black Mountain and the 56 bike path. The small … Continue reading →

Twelve Descenders rode Soledad Adventure today. Eight of us met at BMR, and we picked up Chris, Jeff (two Englishmen!) and Eileen on the bike path, and Len (who was working today) at the top of Torrey Pines. With Tony … Continue reading →

Hi All, A bit late for the ride report but here is a summary of our TTT ride at Stagecoach. Hope to see many of you tomorrow for the Soledad ride. Rob Stagecoach Century 2014-Triple D and Rob–TTT Ride.pdf

All, to add to quick report by Rob – it’s hard to keep track but I think we had a total of 19 riders come out for true Descenders “classic” route to Mussey and Pamo roads. We had two new … Continue reading →

Descenders, in stark contrast to pain and suffering that was simultaneously experienced by many Descenders at the Stagecoach Century today, we have hosted one of the mellow-est rides ever attempted by Descenders. Eileen, Jeff, Denise and I met at my … Continue reading →