Another very entertaining Vander Blog...
We did a ride Thursday afternoon. Hector apparently didn't ask for permission on Wednesday...so I'm thinking his misses shot it down on Thursday b/c he was a no-show. Did I mention riding w/o Hector is bad for Tim? Tim has troubles pacing himself whereas Hector ALWAYS climbs at a nice steady pace. In addition, Hector is good at 'splaining' where the trailhead is even though he still has troubles underestimating ride distances. So, Tim relied on Scott to get him to the Encinal Canyon start point of Circle X. No joy for Tim. So Tim meets up with Ron and Scott at the Decker Canyon start of Circle X and then proceeds to climb it like a mo-fo. Tim waits a couple minutes and Ron/Scott arrive. Ron is lamenting his lunch choice at this point. Note to Ron - ALWAYS a bad idea to eat a late and heavy lunch before a mtn bike ride. The real climbing begins on the fire road and more mo-fo climbing outa Tim. Note to Tim - DO figure out whatever you ate for lunch cause that sheet was working? The fire road turns into more fun, long, easy singletrack climbing. Tim hangs at the end and Ron/Scott show up shortly afterward. After a little snack session and 'wat the f@ck is going on at work' bitch session we proceed to head back. The return on this one is ALWAYS better because you are mostly descending the singletrack. One word of caution, you can really ride it fast...of course, there's that fine line of riding too fast right of the track and down the mountainside. Note to Tim - Take more air outa your front tire on the way down. There's not too much to say about the descent except for the final 2-3 miles. Its smooth, flat with berms on many turns. Very fun, very fast and relatively easy except for those times when you make a hard/fast right bermed turn into a flat left turn and just about fly off the track. All in all - a good time w/ Scott and Ron. Did I mention doing some weird post-ride maneuver in the Subie which high-sided left rear wheel and ground the right rear wheel into the wheel well. My car was momentarily stuck and spinning a wheel or two. I'm thinking 'wat?' until I smelled something burning. Had to roll the car back off the embankment to get out...poor Subie having me for an owner.
Ride: Circle X, Malibu Mountains
Time: ~2 hrs
Length: ~16 miles
Temp: Low 70s and June Gloom overcast
Tech Rating: Easy, Fun, whatever
Tim V.
...awesome! Thanks Tim!
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