Looking like if you park at the east entrance, rode 62 to west entrance, then did the loop, it would be ~40 miles of climbing 3000 ft, then descending that back down in ~10 miles. That's a good day of riding!
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:16 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yeah, 62 wouldn't be a real fun way to end it... maybe do that first and > get it out of the way??? > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That Joshua Tree route is very nice, though it can also get very >> windy. I'd go to that ride if I was still in So Cal. Hwy 62 is not >> much fun. Cars go fast and mostly not much of a shoulder. You are also >> occasionally treated to very low flying Marine Corps jets from the air >> base in 29 Palms. And by low flying, I mean like 100 feet off the >> ground. >> >> Hwy 243 is a hilly ride. You're going from near 0 in Palm Springs to >> 6,000' or more. You get a nice long, curvy downhill to Banning though. >> Idyllwild is a nice mountain get-away town and has some good food. I >> was partial to the Red Kettle, which has breakfast all day. >> >> It's legal to ride the freeway between Cabazon and 111, but not very >> pleasant. There are a lot of fire roads running from Cabazon to >> service the windmills. I don't know if you're allowed to ride them, >> but it would make a nice bit of mixed terrain to complete your loop. >> >> jim mather >> walnut creek, ca >> >> >> >> On Jan 16, 6:43 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Some conversation has been kicking around re. a desert ride for the >> SoCal >> > group... well, anybody thing the J-Tree route is doable???? Maybe >> another >> > route near P.S. so we can ride w/ Ken??? >> >> -- >> >> 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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-bu...@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.
