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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
I may be wrong on the name but OMG! I never really knew what steep was until THIS trail! Jamie, Don, me and John met last Saturday for one of the most amazing Muni adventures I've had yet! Unfortunately John (Vivalargo) was and is still nursing an injured knee so he couldn't ride, but he still managed to hike with us for the full 3.5 hour, 12 miles of rugged terrain! Some of the sections were so insanely steep, rutted, long, and rocky, so *if* you were lucky enough to ride down without a upd-and we all had our share-you'd look back up at what you just came down and be in total disbelief at how it could even be ridden! _Pics_number_1_&_6_show_(but_again_you_have_to_see _it_in_person!)_one_of_the_DH_sections_if_you_look _close._ Some of this trecherous singletrack was right on the peak of the mountain ridge, with so little margin for error; you just did NOT want to fall with a sheer cliff on wither side! Anyway, I didn't realize that I had my camera set at "vga", the lowest resolution. So hopefully, John and Jamey will post some of their pics soon as well. 24526 24527 24528 24529 24530 24531 24532 24533 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: DSC01372.JPG | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/24533 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- MuniAddict My Videos: 'http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ttt8699 ' (http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ttt8699) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuniAddict's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12920 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Nice There was a section of an illeagal trail I -thought -of going down that was prob almost that steep but wide like this part, not as exposed, and smoother, but about 3x's as that section. I would have attempted it if there were a couple trees for mounting assistance but didn't because there were only flimsy bushes and it's illeagality. MuniAddict wrote: [image: http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/att...hmentid=24528] -- skilewis74 Ride everywhere and never just ride anywhere. If you can ride where you are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the time do it along the way. Bob Burnquist on how to improve significantly. yunisyko wrote: it's all about balls. i lose them often and then get em back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ skilewis74's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
Here are a few photos all taken by John Long, our intrepid photographer, who would have preferred riding to hiking. 24536 24537 24538 24539 24540 24541 24542 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMG_4903.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/24542 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- seriousslacker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seriousslacker's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14345 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
Two more 24544 24543 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMG_4924.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/24544 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- seriousslacker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seriousslacker's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14345 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
Cheeeerzz! Gentlemen! Looks like great fun. Some questions. Anyone can answer. 1. Was anyone running a brake? If so, did it help/hinder? 2. Did the rain the previous week, soften up the soil, to help with grip or was it totally dry? 3. Those of you who had run Elevator shaft, how does this compare to that steepness? Great Stuff! Ride Safe! -- The Munieer Rod Wylie - Email teachndad (att) gmail(dott) com 'MountainUnicyclingLA.com' (http://www.mountainunicyclingLA.com) 'UnicycleTips.com' (http://UnicycleTips.com) 'Greater Los Angeles Area Trails - Descriptions' (http://tinyurl.com/6h8zn) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Munieer's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/736 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
Terry was using a brake - it helps on smooth steep dirt. I would have saved a lot of energy if I had one on his trip, but I got a better workout! The rain made the dirt very grippy, which made it extremely nice. It was as steep or steeper, and much, much longer than elevator shaft. I imagine once it dries out completely it would not be as much fun to ride. -- seriousslacker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seriousslacker's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14345 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
Terry, the trail is called Skyline well actually the fireroad up is called Skyline Drive and I'm calling the trail down Skyline Singletrack (and my name is spelled Jamey ). It is a great trail and one of my new favorites. I'm going to try and ride out in the Santa Ana Mts once a week to find more like that and/or do that one again. I'll post pictures later when I get them on my computer. I hiked/rode some of it two days before we did the official ride and it was a lot more wet and slippery. Too slippery to ride down some sections especially with no gear on cause I thought it was just fireroads until I found the awesome singletrack. It was perfect when we rode it though. I drew the trail on google maps and earth. If I remember right it was 4 miles up the fireroad and then 3 miles down the singletrack for a total of 7 miles. I'm still figuring out how to post it publically so anyone can see it and I might have done it so if someone has google earth, please type in "Skyline Drive, Corona, CA" and see if you can see the red and blue trails I added. If not I'll have to do some research on how to do it. It should look like this: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: GoogleEarth_Image.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/24548 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- unicycle6869 Jamey (formaly tuna6869) Which is worse, a president who screws an intern, or a president who screws the country? "Not all who wander are lost." -J. R. R. Tolkien ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicycle6869's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8990 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
That looks absolutely awesome !!!! Well done. -- JohnnyReggae "Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere And build them a home, a little place of their own. The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnnyReggae's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15061 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
You nutters! Kudos! -- Inigo Montoya "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inigo Montoya's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15602 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Santiago Trail, Corona, CA
Yo, Jamey, According to my watch, we trudged up that fire road for two hours and five minutes before we started the descent. Granted, with my bum knee we weren't running but I'm prettty sure we were moving more than two miles an hour, meaning the hike up to the drop in was quite possibly closer to five miles than four. Google map does not lie so I could be totally wrong about this. Of course since cars are allowed on the fire/approach road, this is a natural shuttle ride that will probably become one of he more popular day outing in So Cal. Next time we'll have to shuttle and take it from the very top, which looked to add at least another mile to the overall fandango. JL -- vivalargo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ vivalargo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5625 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67018 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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