Empty road ahead photos
11-18-18, 08:51 PM
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This is the first weekend since the fires, that going north, PCH was open past Topanga/PCH. A good friend said Piuma was untouched so we rode Las Flores Canyon to Piuma to Malibu Canyon today. It’s fine and made for a good ride, very little traffic made it even better. When we came down by Pepperdine we rode north on PCH to where the fire started to come down to the ocean. I talked to the State trooper stationed there and he said the canyon roads from there to Decker Canyon were closed so that area probably isn't so scenic anymore . It will be awhile before i ride in the SM’s again so i’ll have to wait for those canyon rides, which is for the best
piuma
where the fire started coming down to pch
piuma
where the fire started coming down to pch
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11-19-18, 08:36 PM
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11-20-18, 07:36 AM
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11-24-18, 02:55 AM
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^thanks.
laguna mountains (laguna meadows) -cleveland national forest, san diego county
laguna mountains (laguna meadows) -cleveland national forest, san diego county
11-25-18, 04:58 AM
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angeles crest highway (ach)/ca hwy 2 eastbound and down drafting (+ dozens of failed attempts to draft) Tycho Brahe may 2018
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11-25-18, 12:48 PM
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@ooga-booga did you take the picture hand-held? Or from a camera mounted on your bike?
11-25-18, 03:06 PM
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Views from the road. 2018 Summer/Autumn Catskill rides in Greene county, NY.
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11-25-18, 10:22 PM
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Some roads are empty for a reason....
11-26-18, 02:55 AM
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11-26-18, 12:29 PM
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Mullholland, Decker, Encinal, Potrero, Latigo, however, remain to be seen. My club has been mostly avoiding the area so crews can deal with debris, electrical, etc. It's a real mess out there.
11-26-18, 12:46 PM
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South of Edgemont, SD.
11-26-18, 12:53 PM
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Star of the climb west to Pipestone Pass near Butte, MT.
11-26-18, 01:12 PM
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Touring the backroads of West Central, VT.
11-26-18, 06:12 PM
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11-26-18, 06:19 PM
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looking back down artist's drive in death valley national park, ca. telescope peak (11,049 ft) is the prominent snowcapped mountain in the background.
11-26-18, 06:26 PM
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@ooga-booga did you take the picture hand-held? Or from a camera mounted on your bike?
"triangle" is nearly razor sharp. i still like the out of focus part of the pic tho. makes me feel like we were descending faster.
11-27-18, 10:43 AM
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Wow. What a lovely ride. Makes me want to quit my job and head out on my bike ASAP.
Yikes. Thanks for sharing.
Went up Stunt and down Piuma on Friday and neither were really touched by the fire.
Mullholland, Decker, Encinal, Potrero, Latigo, however, remain to be seen. My club has been mostly avoiding the area so crews can deal with debris, electrical, etc. It's a real mess out there.
Mullholland, Decker, Encinal, Potrero, Latigo, however, remain to be seen. My club has been mostly avoiding the area so crews can deal with debris, electrical, etc. It's a real mess out there.
11-27-18, 04:35 PM
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Good news is that Phil Gaimon has a lot of those Malibu-area canyon climbs memorialized in their pre-fire state with his KOM videos. Bad news is that's not much solace for you Cali folks
11-27-18, 06:25 PM
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^east of los virgines rd/malibu canyon rd is okay. it’s the most ridden part of the santa monicas as it is. west of that, the traffic and cyclists thin out. it’ll take 5+ years for the woolsey area fire (roughly pch s to potrero/lake sherwood n to deer creek w to malibu canyon e) to appreciably grow back and recover just enough. if we get a good rain year, the wildflowers will be tremendous as will be the mudslides.
11-28-18, 10:25 AM
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We did a few other Death Valley rides on that trip and scoped out Titus Canyon Road, which I hope to ride one day. That's a MTB ride and it would be a long day, but it's very scenic, with a ghost town along the way.
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12-03-18, 11:30 PM
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arizona hwy 67 southbound towards grand canyon national park.
