Category Archives: Local Ride Reports

Skive Ride-Wohlford, Couser & Lilac Loop Ride Report Hi all, A small group of Descenders (Eileen & Jeff) gathered at the North County Mall at 9.00am this morning for the planned MLK/skive ride. Not sure why more riders couldn’t make … Continue reading →

Del Mar and RSF Ride–Zumbar CafeSkive Ride-15 January 2015 by Rob Verfurth The group met on a crisp and and sunny morning on the 56 bike path for the planned Skive Ride. I missed the fun Tuesday adventure and planned … Continue reading →

Pedal The Cause-20-21 September 2014 Fellow Descenders –A long overdue email on September’s Pedal The Cause event. A summary on a great ride for cancer. The event was amazing. Extremely well done. Over 800 riders and they raised $1 mil … Continue reading →

Today we rode Elfin Forest/Double Peak. It was fairly cold morning, we met at RB/Pomerado with a very large group of about 17 riders, including Hermann, as well as Stephane and Don (?). We met up with Eileen, Jeff and … Continue reading →

Hodges and I met on 56 bike path yesterday morning for our skive ride. It rained on me a bit on my way over, unexpectedly. We did a lot of dirt segments, as should be expected. BWR training starts now.Some … Continue reading →

Mary Lane. Summit, Jesmond Dene, Old 395, Gopher Canyon, West Lilac & Wohlford Loop-Saturday, 3 January 2015 by Rob Verfurth It was the first Descenders group ride of the year. We had a fairly small turn-out in the sunny but … Continue reading →

Sunday Dec 4 2015 “The San Elijo shortcut” Five hearty souls showed up for the 34 degree, 8 am meeting spot at Pomerado and Rancho Bernardo rds. In attendance were Brian “baby face” Jones, Mike “I don’t ride dirt on … Continue reading →

Hi All, The growth of the coffee rides from within the group has been a nice addition from my perspective. Most all the Skive Rides include a welcome coffee shop break and now, many of the Sunday Recovery rides are … Continue reading →

Old Julian Ride Report-27 December 2014 Descenders, We had a big group out for the post Christmas. Saturday ride over HVR to Old Julian Highway. At the start on Pomerado we had Dave Ernst, Dave Boyle, Jeff Cresap, Bob Raibert, … Continue reading →

Photo of Paul Pruschki descending down alluvial fan at the end of our Tour of California trip in May of 2014 is featured in Outside magazine article about trainer vs. outdoor training. Fitness Coach:Which Is the Better Workout: Riding on … Continue reading →

Skive Ride–Mule Hill, 395, Old Castle, Lilac, DIRT, Cole Grade & Valley Center Loop, 23 December 2014 by Mike Hodges Tuesday’s skive ride attempted a kind of Utopian state i.e. perfect weather, great route, marvelous company, with a touch of … Continue reading →

We had 14 riders yesterday on our coastal ride, 16 if you count Rick and Denise on Elliptigo.Larry and I were scheduled to meet ay 7AM, somewhere, but we didn’t end up meeting until 7:40 or so, after riding around … Continue reading →

Hi All, The Skive rides are becoming a regular feature of our weekly riding. The ride this week was only able to bring out Sheehan , Tony and Rob. We met at the bottom of HVR–our usual location for most … Continue reading →

Hi All, The much needed rainstorms on Friday and cold, unsettling weather caused us to delay our Montezuma ride. It will be rescheduled for February, weather cooperating. The Saturday group ride was changed to Lake Wohlford and Couser Canyon. The … Continue reading →

Hi All, I missed the big Saturday ride of Mussey & Pamo but did manage to join in for the Sunday recovery ride and our Skive ride this week. Below are brief summary ride reports for both rides. Recovery Ride–Sunday, … Continue reading →

Hi All, Lots of riders, great weather and a fun weekend on the road. I will briefly recap the weekend Descender groups rides. HVR and Old Julian Loop-Sat, 29 Nov This was the planned group ride and we had a … Continue reading →

Hi All, We had another fun Skive Ride this week. Hodges had taken me, Bryan Jones and Bob P on the Lake Hodges Trails for the Sunday Recovery ride a few days before; Mike out did himself for the Skive … Continue reading →

Descenders, today we had a nice post-Thanksgiving ride to burn off some calories consumed over Thanksgiving dinner. For me this was the second ride longer than 5 miles in a month, so it was nice to see the guys again … Continue reading →

Descenders: Some of you, or is it just Rob(?), wanted to hear how the Del Mar Triathlon went on Sunday morning. A quick reminder the Del Mar Tri is a short, and "reverse" event at 5k run (maybe less), 15k … Continue reading →

Hi All, I do not if you have heard but the Skive Rides are becoming a pretty big deal……I hope more of you can break away from the demands of the week to join us on a future ride. Wednesday’s … Continue reading →