RCY RIDE
REPORT
Bell Canyon & Ahmanson
Ranch
SuperBowl
Sunday
02-04-07 Eight...Who do we
appreciate?
Bears? Colts?
RCYs?
Forget about the
gridIron....go for the gridAluminum, the gridTitanium. Super Bowl
Sunday notwithstanding, a touchdown and an extra point worth of riders showed up
for Sunday's mountainbike ride near the entrance to Bell Canyon--Dean, Rod,
Jamshyd, Joe, DavidR, Gary, and me. We headed over to Ahmanson Ranch,
pedaling over hill and dale, enjoying the cool morning air with clear blue skies
above.
As the weather warmed we
peeled off layers. Here we pose for a group photo at the top of a
climb.
When we reached the Las Virgenes
Fireroad we decided to head up the road to the single track that would take us
near the top of Bell Canyon. The end of the short singletrack has a very
steep section that most of us attemted to ride.
Rod starts to pedal up the
steep incline while Jamshyd prepares his steed
"Bones" Rod grins and
pushes up the steep, rocky climb
(note to Rod: Is your
right foot/leg actually still on the pedal?)
A series of Jamshyd
climbing the steep grade
Gary on his 42nd &
43rd attempts ;>)
After some successes and failures at
climbing we crossed the street (minus Joe who left us at this point to
head for home) and took a short jog over to a steep downhill trail, for
after all, what goes up must come down.
Rod descends the loose and
rocky trail
David bombs down the
steep trail
Is Dean about to
crash?
(note to Dean: Is your right
foot/leg actually still on the pedal?)
The bottom of the trail brought us to
pavement & Bell Canyon Boulevard which we took down to another street that
we then climbed....a seemingly vertical climb. The top of this street
brought us to a dirt overlook which we then took over to Castle
Peak.
We left our bikes when
the trail got too tough and hiked to the top
Gary and Jamshyd
lounging near the top of the peak
Gathering up our bikes we descended
Castle Peak back to Ahmanson Ranch and then back to our cars. Some
refreshments at a local watering hole ended the morning; having just
participated in a major sporting event, we manly men
headed back for the mandatory viewing of that minor annual pigskin
sporting event.
Another year chaulked
up,
Robco Baggins
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