Well, it is a good thing the rocks had already slid and forced you to portage around. A lot better than if they slid while you were riding there!
Gotta love those MTBers. Seriously though if he was on a fully suspended MTB they can be a bit of a pain riding on streets. They make me dizzy anyway. On Jul 6, 2:32 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Spent the weekend in San Luis Obispo helping my Cal Poly student > daughter set up a new apartment. While wife & daughter were busy > shopping for all the basics (and then some), on Saturday I snuck away > for a great ride on seriously mixed surfaces. From Monterey and 101, > I took 101 north (yes, it's legal at that point) to Stagecoach Rd, > easily found by the green bike route sign directing you to a tunnel > under the freeway. Stageocoach is aptly named, following the old > route up Cuesta Grade on the opposite side of the canyon from 101. > Beautiful climb thru oak trees. Several parked cars at the bottom but > only saw one cyclist (coming down) on the climb. At the top of Cuesta > Grade, the route is paved but it's falling apart and so discourages > motor vehicles. It continues to climb to a ridgeline, then rolls out > west. 3 miles from Cuesta is the TV tower facility and it's got every > type of antenna there is. The several maps I consulted did not agree > what happened at the other end of the ridgeline but some hikers said > they'd heard it was possible to get to Hwy 41 (connects Atascadero and > Morro Bay). Since it was still early and I had plenty of food and > water, it only seemed sensible to keep heading west. After that, a > pickup truck with 3 MTBs in back passed me (what's wrong with that > picture?) but I didn't see anyone else for a long while. The road is > paved but not maintained, and follows the natural terrain so lots of > short, steep climbs & descents keep the speed down. After a couple of > hours I came to a second set of antennas and the pavement definitely > ended as the road narrowed. It was mostly descending so it seemed to > be heading the right way. Coming around one corner I came upon a huge > rock slide blocking the road. Boulders the size of big chairs > dictated careful portage over about 100'. Shortly after that I came > to a trail branching off to the right (north) that was marked by the > Forest Service. Just then a mountain biker appeared and asked how the > heck I got there ON THAT (referring to my Atlantis!). Silly question, > same way he got there, turning the pedals. When I told him my route > and where I was going, he changed his tune and was amazed at the > notion of riding your bike to & from the trailhead. Some people are > easily impressed. Anyway, he was helpful in giving me directions off > the mountain (several options at this point) and down to Alto Cerro > campground. At that point, I was on Hwy 41 and had covered 18 miles > from start. 41 west to Morro Bay, then 1 south back to SLO gave a > total for the day of 42 miles in about 6 hours. Altogther a fun ride > and much better than shopping for shelf paper. > > dougP --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
