Over the Hump Race Series - Round 12 - Season Finale

August 31, 2010

There were five Tuesdays in this month of August. Five Over the Hump races. Five Ocriders in the top 10 of the Sport 4 Class. Five beers each at the completion of the damn race. Read more...

Santiago Canyon Roadie Ride

August 29, 2010

17 riders showed up for this lap of the canyon! (That's a lot for us...)

Maple Springs Road to the Motorway

August 28, 2010

The August heatwave parted just in time for us to sneak in this semi-epic ride up the Santa Ana Mountains. A perfect day!

Whiting Ranch - Santiago Truck Trail (STT) - Luge

August 26, 2010

A huge turnout for this late August toasty evening ride.

Over the Hump Race Series - Round 11

August 24, 2010

Mid 90s on this hot August evening race. 10 OCRiders took to the dirt...

Peter's Canyon - Santiago Oaks

August 22, 2010

Craig, Dave, Frits, Greg and Jen braved the heat for this Sunday morning ride of the two parks. And we take a peek at the new trail being constructed alongside the existing Chutes trail. Switchback lobotomy comes to mind...

Aliso Woods

August 21, 2010

We give the newly legalized Car Wreck Trail a try. Interesting...

Whiting Ranch Loop

August 19, 2010

The official OCRider.com summer evening ride. We love it!

Over the Hump Race Series - Round 10

August 17, 2010

Southern California's August heat finally arrived...just in time for Round 10 of the Over the Hump MTB Race Series. Mid 90s when the race flagged off at 6:00pm! I'm guessing that we'll have more of the same for the upcoming final two races. Dang.

Monica did the pictures for this evening. Thanks Monica!

Peter's Canyon - Santiago Oaks - Irvine Park Family Ride

August 15, 2010

Mike Bynum shot these family ride photos with his iPhone! Thanks Mike.

MTS Roadie Ride

August 15, 2010

A great turnout for this Sunday morning roadie ride.

Northern Farm

August 15, 2010

Never heard of Northern Farm? Read on...

Aliso Woods

August 14, 2010

A splendid Saturday morning ride.

Santiago Canyon Roadie Ride

August 13, 2010

John, Sherri and Tino did this Friday morning out-and-back ride of the Santiago Canyon. It was Tino's first big road ride! Sherri shot the pictures. Thanks Sherri!

Whiting Ranch - Santiago Truck Trail (STT) - Luge

August 12, 2010

A pleasant OC evening at Whiting Ranch! Dave Crampton turned 58 too. Greg Beauton has some company now in that age bracket.

Over the Hump Race Series - Round 9

August 10, 2010

Battles raged on this splindid evening at Irvine Lake for Round 9 of the Over the Hump MTB Race Series.

Peter's Canyon - Santiago Oaks - Irvine Park Family Ride

August 8, 2010

Another glorious Sunday morning mountain bike ride of the three parks...

Santa Ana River Trail (SART), part two...

August 7, 2010

This weekend's ride of the Santa Ana River Trail was hosted by Davie, Mark and their wives Diane and Gail. They were kind enough to let us crash their San Gorgonio camp site and even had a hot lunch ready for us at the completion of the ride. Thank you Diane and Gail! (BTW Davie, that was the best spaghetti sause I've ever tasted!)

Whiting Ranch - Santiago Truck Trail (STT) - Luge

August 5, 2010

We're milking what's left of our long daylight hours everyway we can. It was a beautiful evening on tonight's ride.

Over the Hump Race Series - Round 8

August 3, 2010

Now that's the money shot!

Peter's Canyon - Santiago Oaks - Irvine Park Family Ride

August 1, 2010

A great way to kickoff August!