Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - My RideTo the Snow Video and Pics...Monday

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Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 07:46 AM
A ride up into the mtns with some fellow BF'ers Hillbasher and JustMe form the SoCal forum. 5,000ft of climbing, some snow at higher elevations! Funrover should be happy with that!:p

Nice cool mellow ride together up the hill!:thumb:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrjjytUa9Co

Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 07:48 AM
Nice pics from Hillbasher's camera.

Me and JustMe
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/4342876144_4d08def8b4_o.jpg
Hey, I like his camera, put me ahead of JustMe haha!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4342876016_bda600440f_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4342137479_b39d8c0e45_o.jpg
A chilly JustMe
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4342876464_5b07b9aa2d_o.jpg
Hooking up the HB cam
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4342876676_8aceb8f49a_o.jpg
How many monkeys does it take?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4342876844_0efa64bb1d_o.jpg
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 07:49 AM
Stillshots from the video.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4342136391_ab48c33c48_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4342136521_9be7470712_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2483/4342875758_60c7c205f5_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4342136957_ee86853a2c_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/4342875414_680b3040bb_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4342875654_84d389ddf4_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4342875554_1893a4dce9_o.jpg

baron von trail
02-09-10, 08:02 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4342875554_1893a4dce9_o.jpg

You call pedalling alongside that little bit of white fluff lying beside the road riding in the snow? That aint snow, Beanz.
This is snow.
http://moontilnoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/l_2048_1536_1376E445-B9CB-41C9-8BB7-8BCD7F9ADC1E.jpeg
bobfromwaco
02-09-10, 08:04 AM
Being in Texas I don't get to see anything like that. The beauty of it is amazing. My guess is the cold not so much.
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 08:10 AM
You call pedalling alongside that little bit of white fluff lying beside the road riding in the snow? That aint snow, Beanz.
This is snow.

Yeah but I was cold!:D
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 08:10 AM
Being in Texas I don't get to see anything like that. The beauty of it is amazing. My guess is the cold not so much.

Neither do we in So. California, so I gotta take what I can get!:p
Herbie53
02-09-10, 01:54 PM
you're an artist.. very nice!
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 02:07 PM
you're an artist.. very nice!

Maybe, if I could paint those pictures!:D
funrover
02-09-10, 03:15 PM
Looks like a great trip! I don't if I could even come close to keeping up with you and your buddies!
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 03:27 PM
Looks like a great trip! I don't if I could even come close to keeping up with you and your buddies!



You could! We weren't going fast. Only time I'd pick it up is when I'd go ahead, stop, record as they go by then have to get back on, and catchup. Good workout though!:D

When I was catching back up, I 'd swear they were lifting the pace but they weren't!:D We were just riding up cause one of the guys hasn't been all the way up in years. He did well though, nice consistent pace. Course isn't real tough, just long. First 8 miles is 6% average and the next 13 is 5'ish. But at mile 16'ish, the road jumps back up for a bit. That's the section where you see the guy in blue (Hillbasher) stand up for a pedal stroke or two. It's tough there only cause you've been going UP for so long.:D

Profile, we rode up to the village which is about the 4500 ft level on the graph.

http://socalvelo.com/images/mtbaldy/gmr-baldy-profile.jpg
TrekDen
02-09-10, 03:55 PM
Excellent video once again Beanz!
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 04:03 PM
Excellent video once again Beanz!

Thanks!:D
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 06:02 PM
Herbie, at one minute into the OP video I pan across the valley and say "actually looks pretty nice" You can see the other mtn we did back in January, Crystal Lake. The road in the Crystal Lake video is TOTALLY closed to traffic. GMR used to be a few years a back.:(...Lot so mtns around here!:thumb:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJyW1vbiHrQ
Herbie53
02-09-10, 07:18 PM
You call pedalling alongside that little bit of white fluff lying beside the road riding in the snow? That aint snow, Beanz.
This is snow.
http://moontilnoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/l_2048_1536_1376E445-B9CB-41C9-8BB7-8BCD7F9ADC1E.jpeg

this is snow:D (Volvo 240 w/ about 28 inches on it).... getting another 10-20" right now....

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs231.snc3/21854_1361255592366_1260842441_31075785_3332983_n.jpg
mthayer
02-09-10, 08:03 PM
What is the reasoning that they close down the roads up in the mountain?
funrover
02-09-10, 08:53 PM
this is snow:D (Volvo 240 w/ about 28 inches on it).... getting another 10-20" right now....

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs231.snc3/21854_1361255592366_1260842441_31075785_3332983_n.jpg

Nice VW thing! Also nice benz choice!
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 09:49 PM
What is the reasoning that they close down the roads up in the mountain?

I think they had fires that thrashed everything. So the lodges are gone, ski resort and no more fishing a the lake. The road on the otherside also gets snowed in, people have died getting stuck out in the middle of nowhere so that one opens off and on.

GMR road was closed after fire and rain. Few years shut down to vehicle traffic. Now they close it when fire season arrives, but nobody is allowed! Arsonist idiots!:mad:
Mr. Beanz
02-09-10, 09:51 PM
Check this out, the road we rode yesterday is getting covered with snow with today's rain. Thread/Pics posted in the Soccal forum today.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?621096-Today-s-GMR-GRR-Pictures
funrover
02-10-10, 12:00 PM
I think they had fires that thrashed everything. So the lodges are gone, ski resort and no more fishing a the lake. The road on the otherside also gets snowed in, people have died getting stuck out in the middle of nowhere so that one opens off and on.

GMR road was closed after fire and rain. Few years shut down to vehicle traffic. Now they close it when fire season arrives, but nobody is allowed! Arsonist idiots!:mad:


You keep your fires, Ill take my snow and cold!
Mr. Beanz
02-10-10, 12:14 PM
A video made and posted by JustMe on the same ride

By the way Funrover, my middle intitial is "F",...................stands for "FIRE"!:roflmao2:


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/imspec/cycling/GMR/th_MtBaldy.jpg (http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/imspec/cycling/GMR/?action=view&current=MtBaldy.flv)
funrover
02-10-10, 01:01 PM
Lol... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!! Hahahaa
Herbie53
02-10-10, 01:10 PM
Nice VW thing! Also nice benz choice!

Thanks!....Daz Kubelwaggon.... doesn't get used much since we moved east, but was a daily driver when we lived in the Bay Area.. guess I'm hoping to get that way again someday.. or I just must own at least one VW at any given time!!!
funrover
02-10-10, 01:11 PM
Thanks!....Daz Kubelwaggon.... doesn't get used much since we moved east, but was a daily driver when we lived in the Bay Area.. guess I'm hoping to get that way again someday.. or I just must own at least one VW at any given time!!!


Don't blame you, keep it nice. Those are hard to come by in good condition. At least here