Southern California - Who are you? Where do you ride?

Nesdog here....or Sheldon (naw, not THAT Sheldon...sure wish I knew as much as he does though!).

I live in a fantastic riding area, the Conejo Valley! This is the next valley beyond the SF Valley and is the backside of Malibu.

Grew up on the Westside and moved our family here 5 years ago. We are lucky to have it all...the SM Mountains for climbs, lots of good bike lanes in the area, bright blue skies. I have a nice 14 mile ride to work if I want it, with showers and an office to store my bike in. I work as a network manager for a private college prep school.

Favorite ride? Hmm. I really enjoy a run from my house out through Hidden Valley. Lots of ranches and a neat climb out towards Newbury Park. Some of you may remember it from Cruising the Conejo, just past Westlake Village. I make a full loop to Thousand Oaks and knock off about 30 miles by the time I get home. Then again, there is Rock Store 2-1/2 miles of 8% grade. I'm not fast but it's a great thrill to get to the top!

I ride much of the "Cruising" routes. On various Saturdays, I join a group from Agoura Cycles for a 30-40 mile fun ride. I tried riding with Sundance but they are fairly serious and fast!

I'm hoping to get close to 3000 miles this year but figure I'll end up around 2800.

My wife occasionally rides with me. We are shooting for a half metric for her first organized event. Our 11 year old knocked out a 12 mile loop with us in Tahoe this summer. She was jazzed!

That's it....any questions? :)

Pix: Vicki and I rode from Ventura to Rincon and back. Had our picnic on the bluff where CB RS#1 is.
Pix: Me and the Vick in Mammoth in June.



Sheldon

Hey, could someone explain how you get big pix in the thread plus captions?

Sheldon

Hey, could someone explain how you get big pix in the thread plus captions?

Sheldon

http://www.touringcyclist.com/img/b/16501a.jpg
Link to a pic by url

Hey, could someone explain how you get big pix in the thread plus captions?

Sheldon

upload your photos here:

http://www.photobucket.com/

and follow instructions....:)

Tell me more! The 32 belongs to a Seal Beach car builder. I built the exhaust for it 6 months or so prior to the picture, he brought it back to show me the finished car. I build for street rodders, some exotics and since 1983 Zamboni's, and just about everything else that pulls into my lot.

[QUOTE=Blastinbob] and since 1983 Zamboni's...QUOTE]

Cool. I once drove a Zamboni. Not much for speed but it had an awesome turning radius. ;)

I am the great Cornholio! I ride on Lake Tittykakka!
http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Beavis-Butthead---Cornholio-Magnet-C11750969.jpeg

OK, not really. :) My real name is Ron and I ride in the High Desert - Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia, etc. You can go here (http://vvbc.us) to check out our local bike club. Here's a few pics of me and my bike:

This is what happens when you ride in the desert too long.
http://webpages.charter.net/vvbc/otherimages/funnypic.jpg

Off the front!! Or that might have been off the back. :rolleyes:
http://webpages.charter.net/vvbc/otherimages/cbr1.jpg

My new Bikejournal jersey.
http://webpages.charter.net/vvbc/otherimages/bj2.jpg

A ride from Apple Valley to Big Bear. Fun day!
http://webpages.charter.net/vvbc/bigbear5.jpg

Your bike chops firewood? That's awesome!

i'm surferbruce, 37, live in mar vista, ca. and together with my wife own and run www.artworksstudio.org in culver city.it's an incredibly rewarding job that affords lots of time off to have fun, which lately had been mostly on the bikes. beside working and living together we ride together a lot. these pics are from a trip to the south of france last april(i started carrying a bag on rides that would come home stuffed with wine, bread, and chocolate).

A ride from Apple Valley to Big Bear. Fun day!
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You ride passed our friends house on your way up 18 to big bear, the big windmill on the right just before it gets steeper.

HI, I like girls and long walks on the beach. Let me know if you want to ride on the beach, walk on the beach or swim.

^_^

Hi--I'm Bernie, aka bernmart. I live in Pasadena, and have been back to cycling for about sixteen months. I'm a lot older, and vastly slower, especially on hills, than most of you guys. Many of you probably passed me as I gasped my way up East Mountain Drive on the Cool Breeze last week.

I've been averaging 100+miles per week for the last several months, but I'm starting a new teaching job next week, so I'm gonna be pretty much a weekend warrior. I'm thinking about riding to school some days, though.

This is a great group, and it's good to have gotten to know some of you electronically, at least, in the runup to the Cool Breeze. Wave as you pass me!

Hey Everyone. I'm Chris and I live in Highland (which is right next to Redlands...a more recognisable cycling city) and have been cycling for a little over a year. I'm 34 years old and usually ride alone, or with my wife on the weekends.

I work in the IT industry maintaining the county 911, dispatch, and law enforcement systems. I really like it but I dont like being on call. I also attend the University of Redlands full time.

My favorite ride is up Devils Canyon. Devils Canyon is what road cycling should be. My wife and I usually ride SART on the weekends. I also spin 2 nights a week with my wife. I'd prefer to ride, but spinning keeps me consistent. I'm also with 15 miles from the 18, 38 (Onyx Summit), and Oak Glen. I live in a climbers paradise.

On a good week I go about 125 a week and on a bad week a goose egg. I know its sacrelige not to ride for a whole week but certain weeks (class finals, on call) it is hard to put in miles.

OK, not really. :) My real name is Ron and I ride in the High Desert - Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia, etc. You can go here (http://vvbc.us) to check out our local bike club. Here's a few pics of me and my bike:

I myself am not really in Apple Valley, but Victorville.
I made a thirty mile rounder of Nisqualli, Hesperia, HWY 18, Corwin, Waalew, Central, Navajo, Bear Valley, and Hesperia again this Sunday afternoon.
You guys seem to be pretty active in the immediate area, yet I never see any trace of you guys, or any other riders for that matter.
But, I'm just glad someone else exists out here besides me.
I was beginning to feel like the "High Plains Drifter" there for awhile.

I myself am not really in Apple Valley, but Victorville.
I made a thirty mile rounder of Nisqualli, Hesperia, HWY 18, Corwin, Waalew, Central, Navajo, Bear Valley, and Hesperia again this Sunday afternoon.
You guys seem to be pretty active in the immediate area, yet I never see any trace of you guys, or any other riders for that matter.
But, I'm just glad someone else exists out here besides me.
I was beginning to feel like the "High Plains Drifter" there for awhile.

Wow, somebody on here who practically lives next door. I think I've only spotted a bent up here 2 or maybe 3 times in all the miles I've ridden in the high desert. Maybe it was you. I ride Corwin and Hwy 18 all the time. You should come on out to a weekend ride sometime. Check out our website, http://vvbc.us, for details.

Wow, somebody on here who practically lives next door. I think I've only spotted a bent up here 2 or maybe 3 times in all the miles I've ridden in the high desert. Maybe it was you. I ride Corwin and Hwy 18 all the time. You should come on out to a weekend ride sometime. Check out our website, http://vvbc.us, for details.

Contrary to my screenname, I don't even have recumbent yet, due to low funds.
Although, my Montague folder should be pretty unique on its own.
As for the weekend ride, I'll be getting into long-haul trucking this week, so that won't be done here for at least a few months.
But, that's what the Montague folder and my 24HR fitness membership are for.
Maybe I should get your jersey so I could represent when I'm in other states.
I mean, I've only been living here since I was four in 1987.
I've got the veteran points to prove it!!:D

Finally, another muffler shop owner that rides. Im in Nor Cal though.

Sean

I'm trying to get another muffler shop owner to do the GRM ride on Sat...:)

Just discovered this forum and it's neat ! I am pretty much a flatlander with just a hair under 10,000 miles on my Red, White and Blue Madone 5.2. I live in Yorba Linda about 300 yds from the SA river trail which gets most of my rides. Iride with Mr. Beanz and the ever so pretty and gentile Gina every now and again. I have climbed up Green River until it ends in Corona, ridden over Imperial to Irvine and a few of the hills around YL as well as a couple Centuries and tour De Cure etc. I retired early from the Defense Industry In January and now am a high price consultant..... I am thinking about joining the BF ride to MT Baldy but I hate to get up early ...not to mention my minimal climbing experience! I'd post a pic but everything I have exceeds the limit ! Showing my Medone in 100kb would not do her justice. BTW I used to be "Old Newbie" in that OTHER forum!

I'm trying to get another muffler shop owner to do the GRM ride on Sat...:) Wow, muffler guys everywhere!! Wish I could make it on Saturday but I must work this one.

I don't work in a muffler shop. I might employ one of you fellas soon, though.

I'm Paul. I live in Escondido, which is about 8 hours from Flagstaff, AZ or about 30 minutes Northeast of Downtown San Diego. I generally walk out my garage and ride from there to wherever I can get to, then I turn around.

I'm 31, married with a 3 year old and a 9 day old. (Yep, 9 DAYS!!! Quinn Moffat, b. 8/21/06, 7 lbs, 14 oz. Wife pushed for all of 9 minutes. Can you blee-dat?)

I forgot what else I was supposed to say about myself.

edit: OH! My Screenname is a play on my last name: Moffat (pronounced Moffit, but all the ******bags in elementary school called me MO Fat - this is my defense mechanism). My avatar is a banana-hammock-clad Chief Wiggum with his gun out. The 'Scum, Freezebag' wasn't uttered while he was wearing said banana-hammock, but was, by all accounts, the first and last time I nearly dropped dead from laughing and not being able to catch my breath.

Also, be forewarned: if someone takes me seriously, my first reaction will be to make fun of them some more. I'm sarcastic, and my instincts always lead me toward the dark side of funny.

and a 9 day old.

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congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.smileycons.com/img/cats2/06.gif

;)

Congrats, Mo'Phat!

Awwwww 9 days old. Congratulations Paul. Must post yummy newborn baby pictures!!! ;)

I'm Tiffanie, live in Huntington Beach with my dh and three kids. I purchased a bike in June after realizing I was spending way too much time in Spinning classes with instructors/profiles that just weren't comparing to my favorite instructor's, who unfortunately is out until Nov/Dec. :(

I'm so glad I made the choice to get outside and take up this newfound addiction, errrr activity. :) Love that I've met so many great people from here and look forward to many more rides with everyone.

My typical rides consist of usually starting from my house and heading to the coast. Huntington, Newport and Irvine are the only places I've ridden so far (well, I did ride in Napa a few weeks ago while visiting there). My riding partner is currently on the down low and am finding that I have to push myself a little bit to get out and go. I don't care to ride alone much.

Here I am in Napa a few weeks ago. Not my bike - it was a rental!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/ptbryant/share/081406087.jpg

Hey, I'm Danno, and I'm an alco... wait... cyclist, yeah, yeah that's it!

I live in central-cal I guess, closer to SoCal though. I ride all over Santa Barbara (http://www.gururacing.net/artwork/santabarbara). I do Mountain Drive (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=155540#post1848409) about once a week. And Gibraltar (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=151599#post1774880) once or twice a month. :)

My name is Andy. My wife & I moved to Redondo Beach several years ago & I thought it would be fun to get a bike to cruise on the local beach paths: little did I know it would lead to this! She never got into the cycling thing (prefering tennis) but 6 bikes later I'm loving it.
I've been in the screen printing business for over 20 years & own a shop in the Venice/Mar Vista area. I'm blessed with being able to commute straight up Dockweiler Beach and back, hardly dealing with traffic at all in this vast metropolis.
My weekend rides consist of northern loops up to Santa Monica and southern loops into Palos Verdes, switching off between Sat's and Sun's. I spent a long time riding alone, but now have a regular riding partner which is great. We did the Cool Breeze metric a couple of weeks back- I put a red star on my bib# but unfortunately didn't see any others.
I've also helped influence a couple of good friends to get into riding and expect to be spending more time with them up in the Santa Monica mountains.
I've never done any strict group riding & I'm not very fast, but like to think I've got decent handling skills after all the miles I've piled up. Whats most important to me is that I just keep doing it week after week and, apparently, year after year.

I live in Long Beach. I do most of my riding there, although I sometime ride in irvine when I have breaks between classes. This is me at the tour de sewer 2006:

http://naughtylittlemonkey.org/sewer.jpg

The somewhat pearshaped belly shows why I need to ride more. I believe I was the only person to do the ride on a fixed gear. Correct me if i'm wrong.

http://www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/101.gif look at all the "new" socal-ers!!!!!! hope we get to know ALL of you a LOT better and you join us on future tour de sugar shorts rides!!!!!!!

My name is Andy.
I've been in the screen printing business for over 20 years & own a shop in the Venice/Mar Vista area.
i live in mar vista right near a screen printing shop, i can't think of the name right now(apple-something?), but i bet it's yours. is your place on venice bl. ? my usual rides sound like a carbon copy of your routes.

This is me at the tour de sewer 2006:
I believe I was the only person to do the ride on a fixed gear. Correct me if i'm wrong.

Hey it's great you did that ride on your fixed gear.:beer:
Did they still have that one big climb with the rest stop at the top in the middle of the ride?

I did Tour de Sewer once back in the mid nineties. I think I still have the T-shirt....I don't think they've changed the ride logo over the years.
I can't believe I found this old framed photo...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c362/jojisan/TourdeSewer.jpg

Me = nacho.
Live= diego.

Hey it's great you did that ride on your fixed gear.:beer:
Did they still have that one big climb with the rest stop at the top in the middle of the ride?

I did Tour de Sewer once back in the mid nineties. I think I still have the T-shirt....I don't think they've changed the ride logo over the years.
I can't believe I found this old framed photo...

I wish i could tell you, but I only did the short ride. I had a wedding to go to that afternoon and my girlfriend wouldn't let me do the 30 mile. Next year though.

I wish i could tell you, but I only did the short ride. I had a wedding to go to that afternoon and my girlfriend wouldn't let me do the 30 mile. Next year though.

I think that big hill was part of either the 50 or metric century ride...

This year they had a 15, 30 and metric century.

I believe I was the only person to do the ride on a fixed gear.

well..... i don't know about tour de sewer..... but i know that "the fixer" was the only person to ride the double metric of cool breeze (PLUS additional mileage due to a wrong turn! AND he climbed and descended "cali hill"!) i didn't go to the tour de sewer... had another ride that day!

welcome to the socal forums and to BF! hope to see you at some group (aka Tour de Sugar Shorts) rides soon!!!!!

I believe I was the only person to do the ride on a fixed gear.

well..... i don't know about tour de sewer... but i know that "the fixer" was the only person to ride the double metric of cool breeze (PLUS additional mileage due to a wrong turn! AND he climbed and descended "cali hill"!) i didn't go to the tour de sewer... had another ride that day!

welcome to the socal forums and to BF! hope to see you at some group (aka Tour de Sugar Shorts) rides soon!!!!!

Double posting N00b

i live in mar vista right near a screen printing shop, i can't think of the name right now(apple-something?), but i bet it's yours. is your place on venice bl. ? my usual rides sound like a carbon copy of your routes.

Hi Surferbruce-
you got it: Venice & Beethoven, so we're neighbors. Swing by and say Hi if you're around during the work week.
best,
Andy

Hi Surferbruce-
you got it: Venice & Beethoven, so we're neighbors. Swing by and say Hi if you're around during the work week.
best,
Andy
right on, i'll do that.

I am Paralegal and a writer. I want to be a novelist though short stories are what usually emerge when I sit down to write.

About four months ago I started riding again after a 10 year break . When I was a teenager I did some pretty spectacular touring abroad and logged hundreds of miles in and around my home town back east. But I abandoned the bike when I moved to L.A. This past spring I decided that I had been out of the saddle long enough. Now my weekends are spent mostly trying to keep up with the OC Rebels and come October I'll be riding with the Blue Cross Rebels Team in the MS150 Bay to Bay Charity Tour. During the week I cheat traffic by leaving my car at home. I take the Metro to LAX and ride my bike from the Aviation Blvd. Green Line Station to Santa Monica where I work. If anyone wants to join in the commute they are most welcome. It's an exciting 14 mile little jaunt. A perfect wake up.

HEY! Fangu! You're a Dockweiler commuter?! I usually take Aviation, but keep an eye out for me sometime. I'll be the bleary-eyed schnook on the black steel frame Miyata 110 with a rack trunk.

I am Paralegal and a writer. I want to be a novelist though short stories are what usually emerge when I sit down to write.


Just think of a novel as a long short story, and you'll be good to go.

Thanks, Mo.

I do something similar. I view a novel as a series of tightly connected short stories.

HEY! Fangu! You're a Dockweiler commuter?! I usually take Aviation, but keep an eye out for me sometime. I'll be the bleary-eyed schnook on the black steel frame Miyata 110 with a rack trunk.

Will do.
In the mornings, I'll be the one picking sand out of my teeth as the SBW/ La Grange A-ride blows past.
Aviation must pack some vehicular thrills! Take care....

Aviation must pack some vehicular thrills! Take care....

Yeah Aviation requires some fighting spirit. Fortunately I'm only on it for a short stretch before turning west on the access road that parallels Century. From there I make my way along Westchester before zig zagging into Playa across the jetti into Marina Del Rey. So aside from Aviation my ride is pretty pleasant.

What exactly is the SBW/La Grange A-Ride?

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Woah! George, you were (are) quite the stud! I like the facial hair. Ever think about growing it back?

Is that the Litespeed that you still own?

Is that the Litespeed that you still own?

Yes, I still have that frame....in fact my very last ride on that bike was the Pie Ride in January. The frame (Litespeed Classic) is now bare......most all components were transferred to my new Firenza several months ago. I might turn the Classic into a flat bar single speed or something one of these days if I can accumulate enough junk parts...:D

Hi... we just moved to the SF Valley (from LA) a couple months ago, which is when I decided to get back into biking. I live near Riverside and Van Nuys, so my typical 20-mile loop has been some variant of the Woodley, Woodman, Plummer, Osborn, and Laurel Cyn "bike routes". Boy do I hate stop lights. I suppose I will check out the SFVBC rides soon. Anyone else nearby?