It’s been just a little over 6 weeks since the Windy Ridge Fire shut down access to Santiago Oaks. I got word that Chutes (aka Barham Ridge Trail) had recently just reopened so I went to check it out.
It looked like a barren wasteland. What once were trees and bushes were now just some [...]
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I ran across this press release for a Marzocchi 55 ATA fork, which looks to be the perfect all-mountain fork. It sheds about a pound from its big brother, the Marzocchi 66 SL, coming in under 5lbs with the axle. I’m not sure if that includes the steerer tube weight or not. Marzocchi [...]
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Ever wonder what happens if you try and ride your mountain bike hard multiple days in a row? Your legs end up being super sore, you don’t recover quickly, and you end up with some condition called being overtrained.
I don’t know what got into me last week but I ended up riding every day from [...]
Yeah - literally. I ran into this little road block while trying to leave the house today. I wonder if they ever thought it might just be some kid’s name on a lunch bag?
Irvine police, bomb squad investigate package on Irvine bus bench
Box with ‘bomb’ written on it contained paper and clothes.
IRVINE The Sheriff’s [...]
While recently perusing the internet, I noticed there seem to be a lot of pictures of cats and kittens with guns. What’s up with these people? When I had a cat, I knew to keep the guns locked up.
Since the weather was so nice yesterday (70 degrees and sunny) , I decided to head down to Aliso & Wood Canyons and get in an extended weekday mountain bike ride.
When I first arrived, I spotted a KCAL news van in the parking lot.
I thought maybe there was a mountain lion attack - or another [...]