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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:00 pm
by basshole
May I suggest a trip along Santiago Canyon to Cooks Corner then up Live Oak Canyon past O'Neil Park, across Trabuco Creek, up the hill to Rancho Santa Margarita. I live in RSM and make the ride just about every weekend up and down the canyon. If you can't find someone to ride with there, or over at Cooks Corner, then you probably just smell bad!!
Seriously, it's a great ride with lot's of margin for error so it's noob friendly. And Cooks Corner is a landmark biker spot. Usually a couple hundred bikes there every weekend from dirt bikes to cruisers to crotch rockets. Very hip and cool. Maybe I'll see you on the road there sometime.
swatter555 wrote:Hey, I just went back to a forum I used to frequent when I lived in California. I was going to link a write up I did for my first canyon ride. I noticed you have already meet that group, Socal-Lets Ride. Those are some great people, make sure and go to Hawksters Skillz Days. I learned so much from those
Anyway here is the link, if you want to read about a newb riding on Ortega:
http://www.socal-letsride.com/forum/ind ... 400.0.html
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:01 pm
by Ninja Geoff
Sevulturus wrote:I've gone 500km for coffee, and 260 one way for a slice of pie and a burger on the way back. Skills practise can get to be boring, but it'll make sure that you get home after you've eaten that slice of pie.
What you need to do is pick road and ask yourself where it leads, take it for 1/2 an hour, then come back. Pick a different road the next time. When you see a Tim Hortons... erm you don't have Tim's do you? When you see a coffee/donut shop stop and have one. Chances are good you'll find another biker there, and if you find another biker you have someone to talk to. Ask about good roads, why they like their bike, what they'd change about it. Look for the roads they mentioned.
Ride your bike to your favorite hang out, join the Cali Bike Night club. Any one of a hundred things.
HAHA tim hortons, that's a good destination. Good thing the closest one i know of is about an hour away!
And vermillion, since you read that first chapter, you also read that storry about the accident. Be carefull, heed the advise of the book and don't let that happen to you. Remember, Slow, Look, Lean, Roll. And if you get caught in a nasty turn and you think you're way too hot, trust the bike and push those bars. But easy, you don't want to actually touch the ground.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:46 pm
by sapaul
VermilionX wrote:i think i'll go to griffith park. i heard from dragonhawk that there are beginner friendly twisties over there.
it'll be long street ride though, about 17 miles of traffic light goodness since i can't take freeways yet.
i read chapter 1 of hough's book about canyon roads, any other tips besides...
- entering from the outside lane for a better view of the turn
- brake/reduce speed before entering the corner.
- keep steady or avoid sudden changes of throttle use.
- look through the turn.
what else?
Read this, especially the on road section and road hazards.
http://www.flamesonmytank.co.za/navigation.htm
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:02 am
by JustJames
basshole wrote:May I suggest a trip along Santiago Canyon to Cooks Corner then up Live Oak Canyon past O'Neil Park, across Trabuco Creek, up the hill to Rancho Santa Margarita. I live in RSM and make the ride just about every weekend up and down the canyon. If you can't find someone to ride with there, or over at Cooks Corner, then you probably just smell bad!!
Seriously, it's a great ride with lot's of margin for error so it's noob friendly. And Cooks Corner is a landmark biker spot. Usually a couple hundred bikes there every weekend from dirt bikes to cruisers to crotch rockets. Very hip and cool. Maybe I'll see you on the road there sometime.
I like that route too, I think I've been there about two or times. It is really friendly road with a bit of twisty and scenery. Bass, has you ride with any group otherwise check out
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http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/sou ... 6?xm=1&o=1 "
This is a small orange county cruiser group. They do ride every weekend to anywhere around orange county area. These are one small nice group with friendly ppl. I recommen you to check them out and join them if you can.
I also see you join SCLR which is good, alot of standard and sport bikes just a few of cruisers, but they are nice ppl too. Say HI to them for me too.
Some ppl prefer to ride alone but for me riding in group give you much more fun and safer.