L. A. ADVenture Rides

Bolts replaced
Chain adjusted
Tires aired
Oil topped
Air Filter swapped
Fueled up

OK - 8:30AM

8:30........8:30.........Hmmmmm

I was up at Cold Springs Tavern last night, and talked to some riders that had just come off of West Camino Cielo Road.

They said the road was open,, but it can be closed if bad weather is forecast. Sure enough:
Winter Road & Trail Closures - Certain roads in Los Padres National Forest are subject to weather-related closures. Most of the roads are closed just prior to predicted storms and are reopened once the road surface dries out.

I thought after the fires in the area this road was closed for a year, but I guess not!

If your not familiar with this road, it goes from Refugion Beach up and over to the top of the mountains above Santa Barbara. Spectacular riding and views...

Spafxer
jim

see you old fella in 15 minutes....

home by 4pm....hope the rest of you guys and gal are back safely. thanks for the company and glad to squeeze a ride before next week's dv nOObs ride.

it was a gorgeous day...i thought i will be mighty cold.

short rr and pics after i get done uploading the pics.

Made it home! Already unloaded, downloading gps files now..

I'm home too......

I was really glad to get out on the bike again

Thanks for the company & everything

How did the ankle do? Ben

Foot, actually, I've got bone spurs in my heels........

OK so far today, but I might be hurting tomorrow......

I was just glad too get out there

I would love to do that ride, let me know if you want to go to Cold Springs Tavern sometime too. Also was thinking maybe there should be a Ventura county weekend ride. Cmon!

It has been 2 long months since any of us rode SCD. Snow and ice pretty much shut it down.

Meantime, several pages back, we talked about doing a clean up and adopt a trail. SCD is one of them. So with short notice, we decided to do a recon of the area.

It seems riders with blue bikes are more civic oriented than the oranges, greens and reds.


The ride up is always fun. Little T is the sweet icing on a good cake


Even at 9am...the twisty road was still deserted


Can you spot Sopascat?


The crew


knlkern has a good eye for trash....


Anyone has missing windows?



Maybe a screen door?


I don't think these belongs here


shit, the door is here too


Here's a good one for those who wonder if there's still snow up there...


The official garbage spotter was surgically precise in locating more trash.






As we ride deeper into SCD, the size of the garbage get smaller :eek1









It appears that Dunerat or Notmybikemodelname has beern frequenting in this area


The last trash we saw


Nuff trash talk...time to ride and enjoy the beautiful day.


more pics coming.

ice 10-15 min

thanks

olympia jacket photo shoot..:eek1



from scd we rode down on indian canyon. looks good for a few miles then become rutted due to the snow and rain. best of all no dust, or maybe we're not spinning our rears fast enough...


very little trash here....


this section of indian canyon used to be a dump..fridge, washing machine, mattress, sofa, kitchen sink, etc.




made it to the bottom without a broken clutch lever this time


then next thing i know artboy and cathy were playing little moto-x...

back to scd...all that's left from the series of storm is this big puddle.


the rain left it's mark too



the only tire tracks belong to artboy and knlkern...while cathy threads lightly




the switchbacks are always testing our cornering skill




instead of continuing on scd, we opted to ride down on bpl


the strippers were not working this morning


not sure what they mine at this place..


this hill was unconquered on this ride


lunch at don cuco's...and an adv fan..

after lunch, we decided to go back to scd via indian canyon (again!)

even crown valley was empty; that's angeles forest in the background..




firemen doing their sat drill









back to little t


though i had reservation riding today due to next weekend's dv ride, i'm glad i did go out. it was a beautiful day to be outdoors, got to do our recon, got a little workout, and able to find out scd is prime for riding again.

thanks cathy, chris and chris..

Looks like a good ride. Hope i can get out tomorrow.

Marty

You get the 950 fixed up yet?

That's awesome Joel!
Wish I coulda joined you!

-Sergio

Damnit, why is everyone trying to look like me? That's the 3rd clone of me I've seen so far! Gotta change my look! Shesh!