SoCal TW Members that race or ride MX/MTB

I just started racing d37 last year.

 

I ride mtb all the time, 2016 giant reign advanced with light bike carbon rims and onyx gold hubs. Lyrik fork, cane creek dB coil CS shock with ti spring. Xt drive train with 11-46t cassette, saint brakes! Cromag scarab gold flat pedals... she’s a beast, I ride mt Wilson’s frontside everyweekend and snow summit all summer.
Any of you all local la guys want to ride hit me up!

 

New toy.

 

Where do you ride? Ever been to mount Wilson?

 

Yeah, multiple times. I normally shuttle from the JPL parking lot.

 

I’m on the Sunday Dawn patrol shuttle with Chris, come join the fun. Then my khaki taco won’t be lonely in the parking lot

 

@medicfung Hi! Is that Mt. Wilson trail a beginner trail?

 

Not in any way. It’s a black diamond the whole way down. 5000 ft descending of gnarly single track, 11 ish miles

 

Thanks, medic. I'll look for greener trails. If you guys are ever up in Thousand Oaks, they have a pump track at Sapwi Bike Park.

 

I ride there with my kid. Do you ever go to space mountain/ Los Robles? Or over to cheseboro? Or ahmonson ranch open preserve? I live in Calabasas and I ride all over the Santa Monicas depending on the mood and who’s around to ride. Let’s go!

 

https://youtu.be/hxS7LRA-LHo
Here is a little drone footage of the Sam Merrill trail on Mt. Wilson I did.

 

https://youtu.be/srB-ZpjIxR0
Here’s the Switzerland Trail in Ahmonson ranch which is was part of the Woolsey fire burn area. Luckily the trail wasn’t torn to shit.

 

https://youtu.be/JAVoLIPuvv8
This is the opposite ridge of the Switzerland trail, it runs parallel with the other ridge going north to south. It’s called Ireland, these are really well known trails in the valley.

 

I'm in SFV, Sherman Oaks. In 2016, I started mtb at Chesbro Cyn and took a class at Malibu Cyn State Park a couple years ago w/ CORBA. I did a ride w/ a friend in Palos Verdes by the Trump golf resort, did a night ride w/ JRA at Etz Maloy trail once, rode Caballero Cyn trail a few times, rode some trail off of Encinco Hills/Mulholland called Canyonback Ridge Trail, rode at Snow Summit bike park a few times, and got to ride Mammoth Bike Park one "epic" season where I rode the snowboard in the morning and did mtb riding in the afternoon at the same mountain resort the same day on a Fourth of July/Independence Day weekend. All that said, I still feel like a newb and out of shape w/ endurance. It sure is fun to get out there, though. I haven't gone in months, so I'd be down to try to go for the first time this year.

 

Aye this is just the thread I need to kick me into moto. I need to look into a moto sometime next year for a beginner, whats the going rate for something to learn on that's used?

 

Not motor powered. Leg powered.
Most decent rigs cost as much as a moto though. Mine ran about $10k all said and done

 

Are you referring to the traditional mountain bike over a dirt bike? I was thinking of possibly getting a 125, but is that not worth it in the long run?

 

Yes mtb, but there is. Nothing traditional about the bike.

 

1. Oh gotya...I already got 7 mountain bikes...but could be time to bring on some motor.