Tuesday, December 24, 2013

New Year's Day Ride: All Are Invited! Santa Monica Mountains: three distance options & start/finish spots

Let's kick off the New Year in style, doing what we love! Please join me on a road ride around and over the Santa Monica Mountains on Wednesday, January 1, 2014! There are three possible starting points and times, so your route can be 78 miles, or about 60 miles, or about 45 miles. This is an excellent route with a nice, easy first 1/2 to 2/3 and then a goodly amount of climbing in the final 3rd, up, along, and over the Santa Monica Mountains.

Got a steel bike? Ride it! Even better if it's a classic steel bike!

Coming? Post a comment below, and tell your friends. All are invited!

Map, schedule, and start/finish/distance options:



78-Mile Version: Start/Finish in Woodland Hills
Route is as depicted above and on my Strava link from New Year's Day 2013.
Meet-Up: 730am, Starbucks on Topanga Canyon at Dumetz: 4900 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91364: Google Map of the location. Departure: 800am sharp.

60-mile Version: Start /Finish in Calabasas
Meet-Up: 820am, Starbucks off Las Virgenes at 26521 Agoura Rd, Calabasas, CA 91302. Departure: App. 840am, or, more specifically, once the main group arrives.

48-mile Version: Start / Finish in Westlake Village
Meet-Up: 900am, East Coast Bagel at intersection of Agoura Road and Westlake Blvd in Westlake Village. Departure: App: 915am, or, more specifically, once the main group arrives.

Rain cancels (at least for me). Please come prepared with a wide variety of clothing, food, drink, bike repair needs, money, ID, map or GPS, etc. 

NOTE: The ride is unsupported and all are on their own. We take no responsibility for anyone or anything.

Further updates will be posted here and to my Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/ChrisKostman

1 comment:

charlie said...

....I tried posting a comment earlier...but it hasn't shown up. I've never ridden with rough riders, but I'll be there tomorrow. Looking forward to some hills.