Labor Day Heat Wave Rides

The three-day weekend brought some of the hottest temperatures to the Westside I can recall. Still managed to get on a bike every day. On Saturday, rode w/ Dave up the Canyon, over to the Hub and down Backbone. Sunday, rode the Bianchi solo on a medium length fire-road/road loop. Nothing too exciting except for the incredibly hot gal on the white Orbea on San Vicente.

On Monday, headed up to Sycamore w/ Miles to ride the single-track we had to skip last weekend. Got dropped almost immediately on the fire-road climb and then again on the way to the water tower. When we got to the Coyote Trail, I kinda expected the single-track to basically wind down to the Sycamore fire-road similar to the Wood Canyon trail. Wrong... After two granny gear climbs, some cursing and a bit of walking, finally got to the pay-off. When it finally turned downhill, the single-track was very reminiscent of the Rusty Car trail -- quite fun. After that, slogged up Guadalasca and then down Wood Canyon again.

Total mileage was 22.2 and total elevation gain was 3,414 feet. Don't believe the 80.6 degrees MotionBased cites. Here's a link...



Next weekend is the final race of the season at Big Bear. Heading up w/ a good group of people and it should be fun. Miles and Nor are both riding strong and are locks for the podium in their respective classes. The question is how high can they finish?