Category Archives: Local Ride Reports

Hi All,   Guido and I celebrated Veterans Day with a ride to the coast.  It was a picture perfect day as we rode up Torrey Pines and headed south past UCSD and down by the ocean pier.  I stopped … Continue reading →

Hi All, Sheehan could not make the Descenders-Ranchos Ride, so he organized a Sunday ride on the original team route–Poway Grade over to HVR and back home.  His older brother, Mike, was visiting and went along for the ride.  I … Continue reading →

Hi All, The combo group ride with the Descenders and Ranchos was a great success.  Dave Voris and Lee Schwarz coordinated the groups and planned the routes.  Bob Proulx and I met up near Santaluz early to ride over to … Continue reading →

> > 11/10/12 Ride Report > > Only the heartiest of the Descenders showed up (see attached photo by > Rick as proof of heartiness and showing) as the temperature dipped to > the 50’s and rain was a possibility. … Continue reading →

Guys, I found the photos taken on top of Double Peak and a few others from our Elfin Forest ride.  Always good to see the jovial Englishman, Mike Hodges. Rob

Hi All,   Oleg captured the group ride well in his ride report and he takes great photos with ease.  It was one of our largest Descender group rides ever.  The morning did start out a bit cool but it warmed … Continue reading →

Descenders, today we had a huge turnout of 21-23 riders, depending on who is counting. Voris, Jim, Guido, Rick and Rob met at casa Voris – it was foggy and chilly but we knew it was going to clear up. … Continue reading →

Elfin Forest and Double Peak Ride Report Saturday, 27 October 2012 by Rob Verfurth Things were running a little late, as usual for me, for the Sat group ride.  I was late meeting the PQ boys so Guido and Chad … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, The Julian Fall Classic was a blast yesterday.  A few of us decided to get a little dirty and go ride the trails near 4S.  Jeff Cresap just got himself a new 29er hard tail and was itching … Continue reading →

Everest Challenge Ride Report  Great ride report Rob, the Ernst attack is classic. Everest Challenge was as the name implies challenging. Arrived late Friday and got to ride with Rick for an hour, sign in, have the usual pasta dinner put on by … Continue reading →

PCH to RSF Loop 23 Sep 2012 by Rob Verfurth This was our last chance to really burn up the legs before Tour de Poway.  We had a great Descenders group ride on Saturday so we decided to hit the … Continue reading →

HVR, Bandy and Ramona Loop 9 Sep 2012 by Rob Verfurth This is a ride that Bryan Jones has termed the “Descenders Coat-Tail Group” ride.  It starts every Sunday at the bottom of Highland Valley Road at Pomerado. It has … Continue reading →

Mussey and Pamo Ride Report 22 September 2012 by Rob Verfurth The planned ride was a favorite–Mussey and Pamo.  I met Chad on the 56 bike path and we pedaled over to Spring Meadow.  We picked up Proulx, Voris, Jeff … Continue reading →

Descenders, today we rode towards Ramona, featuring Mussey and Pamo Roads – descenders classic! I counted at least 13 riders. At the start in Poway we had an amazingly gorgeous cloud cover that soon disappeared. We climbed Scripps Poway together … Continue reading →

Today we road coastal (in reverse), a last-minute substitution of Pamo/Mussey ride due to hot weather.    At the start we only had 7 riders: Bob Proulx, Steve, Matt Babb, Dave Voris, Yi-Shiou, Chad, and I – we picked up … Continue reading →

The Oceanside gang enjoyed a nice day along the coast.  We had a small group of 4 riders including Steve, Yi-Shiou, myself and a new rider from Scripps Ranch, John.   No pic’s to prove the ride happened, but we do … Continue reading →

We had a fantastic ride up Soledad today – we liked it so much we did it four times. 12 Descenders and two cameo appearances (by Roman De Salvo and Herb "Soledad" Johnson, more on that below). Len and I … Continue reading →