• EBIKE RIDE – SOLVANG COUNTRYSIDE via two secluded tranquil roads

    Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks 998 W Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA, US

    Spring has arrived and a great place to enjoy it is the serene countryside outside of Solvang. There are two roads outside of Solvang that we will be taking. The first is Refugio Rd. which follows Quiota Creek and is rimmed by mature oaks as it makes its way up to eventually West Camino Cielo. […]

  • EBIKE RIDE to OAT MOUNTAIN via a paved road

    Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks 998 W Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA, US

    This Ebike ride will be on paved roads in the Porter Ranch area. We'll be taking the Brown Canyon Road all the way to the top (Oat Mountain) which has an average grade of 12%. This will be a challenge for our ebikes. If you haven't done this before, it will be a good test […]

  • THE SIX LAS VIRGENES RESERVOIRS RIDE

    Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks 998 W Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA, US

    This ride will have us travel along paved roads in the Westlake Village/ Agoura Hills area that has six reservoirs that are part of the Las Virgenes water system. We'll be able to see four of these (Malibu, Lindero, Westlake and Sherwood) from paved roads. The other two (Las Virgenes and Eleanor) will require an […]

  • EBIKE RIDE ALONG ALISO CREEK – LAGUNA NIGUEL TO COOKS CORNER

    Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks 998 W Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA, US

    Details EBIKE RIDE ALONG ALISO CREEK - LAGUNA NIGUEL TO COOKS CORNER "The Aliso Creek Regional Riding and Hiking Trail is a well-maintained class 1 bikeway and soft recreational trail extending from foothills of Orange County to the boundary of Laguna Beach. The continuous fifteen miles of asphalt bikeway designed for multi-use travel through five […]

  • EBIKE RIDE – TOPANGA STATE PARK’S LOWER LOOP

    La Jolla Canyon 8588 Pacific Coast Hwy, 2 mi North of Sycamore Canyon, Ventura, CA, US

    EBIKE RIDE - TOPANGA STATE PARK'S LOWER LOOP Here's a chance to get our mountain ebikes out on the dirt again since the rains have let up. I posted the northern Topanga State Park's loop in the past, now we'll take on it's southern loop. Both loops involve street riding, but will have mostly dirt […]

  • EBiking through the poppy fields

    West Avenue G & Lancaster Road California, CA, US

    We'll do a 20+ mile ride on the dirt roads that are next to the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve. Right now, this is possibly the best place to see poppies. Though I've only ridden on Avenue G once, it looks like a great place to start. Hence this is also exploratory. You've been warned. The […]

 

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