Got it Curtis :-) I will be riding fenders on the Sam. Since my somewhat inconsiderate employer decided to book me for lunch tomorrow with a certain South Korean manufacturer of cell phones and ace me out of part 1 of the ride, I left work early today and reconed the west end of Gonzales on my 29er to get an update on trail conditions as they are now. It is always changing base on rain and horse impact.
Reference is made to the Gonzales Canyon Map.<http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/pdf/gonzalestrailmap.pdf> I rode all the way West to the SeaBreeze Stables. It led to a somewhat unfortunate conversation between myself and the equestrians. I was diplomatic. The equestrians, not so much. We are not getting through there unless we get chased by nasty people on horses who don't like bicycles. The people don't like us, the horses are OK. I can charm a horse. Too bad since SeaBreeze seems to have co-opted some public ROW that runs through their stables under the high power tension lines. I backtracked to the lagoon trail (blue on the map) and climbed to Las Brisas. Not too hard for me in terms of energy, but ruts, sand, and rockbed took about everything a 19 lb carbon fiber dual suspension Specialized Epic can do. I would not feel comfortable on the fendered Sam. I backtracked and took the power line service road (red on the map) back up to to Dog Park in the Torrey Highlands Park. It is a well groomed fire road, but a bit steep. Worst case, a twenty minute walk up the Service Road with your bicycle. Better, some parts are rideable. I rode it all the way on the Epic. This is Hugh's deal and God bless him for proposing it. I''ll defer to him and the group consensus as we go. Looking forward to seeing you folks tomorrow. -Tom On Friday, November 8, 2013 5:54:43 PM UTC-8, Curtis wrote: > > Just installed fenders. So I will ride with fenders. > > On Friday, November 8, 2013, Mike Schiller wrote: > >> All those dirt sections will be new to me. Looking forward to the ride, >> sans fenders. >> I was looking at riding the Coaster down,but the weekend schedule is very >> limited. I'll have to drive & park. >> >> ~mike >> >> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
