Category Archives: Local Ride Reports

HVR Climb, Mussey Grade and Poway Grade Loop 10 March 2013 by Rob Verfurth It was a beautiful Sunday morning with bright blue skies and lots of sun. The early temps were still cool but it was going to warm … Continue reading →

Reverse Elfin Forest 9 March 2013 by Rob Verfurth The group ride on Saturday was looking iffy at best. The heavy rains from the previous two days were not yet done. There were some late passing showers and the roads … Continue reading →

Torrey Pines, PCH and RSF Loop 3 March 2013 My Saturday ride was cut way short due to the broken spoke at the top of SPP. I had to turn in the Cervelo to get the maintenance done but I … Continue reading →

To add to Rob’s report: we had 13 Descenders (including a new rider, Jeff) at the start but picked up Matt Babb at Poway Scripps climb. So it was 14. Actually, 16 if you count cameos by Garet Heintz and … Continue reading →

Alpine Loop Ride Report 2 March 2013 by Rob Verfurth It was another beautiful day in San Diego County and the Descenders were trying to cover as much of it as possible. The Alpine loop takes us from the Poway … Continue reading →

Lake Wohlford, Couser and Rice Canyon Ride Report 2 Feb 2013 by Rob Verfurth We had a good turnout for the group ride on Sat, 2 Feb. A total of 14 Descenders pedaled or drove to meet at the North … Continue reading →

I never sent a report from last weekend’s Pamo and Mussey ride. The Turnout of about 9 reflected the questionable weather pattern. We ultimately got no rain but the sky/cloud patterns we amazing, even when captured in my iPhone camera. … Continue reading →

Elfin Forest and The Crosby 26 January 2013 by Rob Verfurth The weather did not look good and the excuses were flying, even before the scheduled time to ride.  "My bike is in the shop getting its bottom bracket fixed." … Continue reading →

Descenders Group Ride-Oceanside Harbor Loop 19 January 2013 By Rob Verfurth We had a good group of riders today ready for a nice pleasant spin up the coast to Oceanside.  A total of 15 riders came in and out of … Continue reading →

We had 16 brave Descenders show up for a taper ride today. It was very c-c-cold (yes, with three “c”s)- I rode from my house at 6:30AM with temperatures around freezing point (with frost on the grass) and by the … Continue reading →

We had 12 Descenders on our New Year’s Day ride today. Some started from Poway and others joined up at Torrey Pines (plus Neil who met us at Fiesta) – we rode out to Fiesta with a few animated pulls … Continue reading →

Descenders Oceanside Coastal Ride Saturday, 14 December by Rob Verfurth Voris made the excellent strategic suggestion early in the morning to do a late start to allow for all the roads to dry a bit more before we rolled to … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Great ride today and good summary by Oleg.  I was with the larger group of 6 guys that did our TT practice in a much more sane pace than what was described below.  Geoff, Bob P, Yi-Shiou, Guido … Continue reading →

Ride Report for Sunday Ride, 25 November–HVR and Mussey Grade-Out and Back by Rob Verfurth “Liar! Liar!" shrieked suddenly from the now open trap door. Miracle Max whirled. "Back, Witch–" he commanded. "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife–" she … Continue reading →

Bob Raibert and I met on Wednesday at the bottom of Torrey Pines for a quick morning ride – Bob rode from Carlsbad and I rode from home. We went over to Fiesta Island so that Bob could fine-tune his … Continue reading →