[CR]Velo Rendezvous Angeles Crest Ride

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:39:23 -0700
From: "Sean Smith" <wanderingwheel@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Velo Rendezvous Angeles Crest Ride

I received a few responses regarding a VR ride into the San Gabriel Mountains, so here's another announcement with more details and hopefully a little less intimidating.

The ride will be on Friday, meeting at Brookside Park at 11:00 and rolling out shortly thereafter. The route will go past the Rose Bowl and out to Foothill Blvd. From there we will head out Angeles Crest Highway to Clear Creek, then take Angeles Forest to the Hidden Springs Cafe for food and drinks. We will then continue out Angeles Forest to Upper Big Tujunga, and take that back to Angeles Crest. After pausing at Redbox to top off our watterbottles, we will descend the rest of the way back to Brookside Park. At Redbox, there will also be the option of riding 10 miles roundtrip to the summit of Mt. Wilson.

Total distance is about 55 miles (not including Mt. Wilson) and I expect it to take on the order of 4 hours including all stops. The terrain is fairly gentle, most of the climbing is well under 6%. There is a steep little bump on Foothill and the first mile or so of Angeles Crest is near 6%. It will be a great, enjoyable, and scenic ride. Let me know if you need any more details or a little moral encouragement. If there is any interest, I would be happy to lead a shorter version of this ride on Sunday morning before the show, such as an out and back to Clear Creek or Redbox.

Sean Smith
Huntington Beach, CA