Category Archives: Local Ride Reports

Hi guys, Looks like it is going to be a great ride this Sat. We had a fun ride this past Sat as well.  It was the Dave Voris Birthday celebration ride to Alpine and El Capitan Reservoir.  It was … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Looks like we had lots of guys riding all over the place this past weekend.  Rick and Mike F were out in Kitchen Creek.  Oleg was still riding in Spain according to his Strava posts.  Sheehan was returning … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Great ride in the hills around Julian yesterday.  Voris mapped out another awesome route.  We all showed up in our retro jerseys, shorts, shoes, and our team Descender socks.  Ernst did a solo retro ride and swung by … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Lots of rides and runs being posted on Strava.  Rick is now training with Strava records in mind and he is KOM all over the place.  Rick missed our group ride today as he was smokin’ it up … Continue reading →

We had a small group meet up for a ride this morning.  Fresh legs from Guido and Bob P added to the pace for the day.  Joining us were John and Cresap.  The five of us cruised toward the coast … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, We had a large group out on the road today.  A total of 14 guys met at Pomerado and RB for the climb up Highland Valley Road.  Bryan, Keith and I started in PQ and met up with … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, We had another large group ride this morning.  Guido and I cruised over to meet Voris and Hodges before heading to the corner of Pomerado and RB.  We had about a dozen guys in total.  We met up … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Great to get back out for a group ride again.  Thanks for letting me get out ahead for the climbs and for cutting the descents short as I struggled to find my legs again.  I only made it … Continue reading →

Guys,  we had a large group of about 13 for today’s coastal ride. Ernst and Cresap had to turn back early, the rest are in the first photo below. We had two new riders today – Kirk and Keith. They … Continue reading →

Hi guys, We had a large group meet at the North County Mall for the ride on Saturday.  There were 11 Descenders in total, including Denise.  Ready for a good ride were:  Oleg, Rick, Denise, John M, Len (TE), Guido, … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Thanks to all who came out to support the Venuto family yesterday.  We had the opportunity to celebrate the cycling that Nick loved.  It was a huge turnout and many of the Descenders played important roles in its … Continue reading →

Hi Deb, Thanks again for letting us participate in the ride for Nick.  It was a great turnout to celebrate the riding that Nick loved and to show support for the Venuto family.  As I mentioned, the Ride Across California … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, We had a large group ride yesterday through Elfin Forest.  The group had our new international teammate, Jonatan, who hails from Denmark.  He is fresh out of high school and helped put a hurtin’ on many of us … Continue reading →

nick Venuto Memorial ride.pdf Download this file   I did  write up of the Nick Venuto Memorial Ride – attached.  I welcome your comments before we post it to the web site.   Dave Voris

Hi Guys, Summer is here and the riding is great.  You have seen lots of great photos and video from our Monster Climb trip.  Oleg is doing a superb job documenting the fun.  I have many photos from each of … Continue reading →

TOC 2011 writeup.pdf Download this file   Tour of California 2011 Wrapup is attached (courtesy of Dave Voris). Oleg.

Hi Guys, The journey of the Mt Baldy ride was totally epic.  Voris did a fantastic job of organizing and orchestrating the event.  We met early at the middle school near Guido’s house and car pooled up towards San Dimas. … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, The verdict is in–today was an outstanding ride and route.  It was long and hard.  Byran limped home at 89.7 miles and 6,100 feet of climbing; he was too pooped to pootle the extra .3 to top the … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, Great ride today.  We had a dozen Descenders meet at the North County Mall  for the ride.  We were careful not to mix in with the Ranchos ride that rolled out just ahead of us.  The large group … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, A small group of exploring Descenders set out to conquer the newly discovered route that Jeff Cresap recommended.  Sheehan, Ernst, Guido and I met at 9 am and pedaled over to HVR.  We climbed to just past Bandy … Continue reading →