What we’re about
This group is looking for other E-bikers to take our E-bikes out on bike paths, roads and dirt. I’ll try to post at least two rides a week. Bike path rides are usually along a river or beach and range from 15 to 40 miles with very little elevation gain. Our city street and road rides can range from 20 to 35 miles with elevation gains from 500’ to 5000’. I pick cities to ride in that offer hills to challenge our e-bikes. There are those of us that have E-mountain bikes that are looking to take them on dirt, so I will be posting dirt rides which, for the most part, will be on fire roads (wide track). There are a lot of these roads in our open spaces and national forest which can open up new areas usually too far to hike in a day. Presently, this group will not be riding on single track dirt trails unless they are easy.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- STREET RIDE - SANTA PAULA TO PIRURAILROAD PLAZA PARK , SANTA PAULA, CA
ROUTE This will be the planned route.
This ride will be on paved roads through citrus groves as we ride from downtown Santa Paula's old train depot using backroads to Piru's old train depot. While in Piru we'll check out the 1902 Historic Piru Train Bridge. Following the ride, you can join me for lunch at the Flight 126 Cafe in Santa Paula.Make sure you bring along a spare inner tube or slime.
MEETUP LOCATION AND TIME: The Railroad Plaza Park in Santa Paula at 8:00am.
RESTROOMS: At the beginning, end and middle of ride.
DISTANCE: 39 miles round trip
ELEVATION GAIN: 1400'
DURATION: 4+ hours
BIKE TRAIL DESCRIPTION: Paved roads
THE PACE: 8 MPH on up.
LEVEL: Intermediate
DEBRIEFING: After the ride, as an option, you can join me for lunch at The Flight 126 Cafe.
MY CELL # IS: 805-358-5972
- Santa Barbara to Montecito LoopNeeds location
We start at Shalhoob’s in Santa Barbara and head up into the hills making a clockwise journey to Montecito via Mountain Drive. After enjoying those coastal views (If the sun is out!), we ride down towards the coast to Summerland Beach and then take a bike lane into Montecito Coast Village. We use a super-secret trail back to the bike path above Butterfly Beach, which leads us back on Cabrillo Boulevard bike lanes and path to Shalhoobs.
Make sure you bring along a spare inner tube.MEETUP LOCATION AND TIME: 9am. In front of Shalhoob’s restaurant at 220 Gray Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
PARKING FEE: Free street parking on E. Montecito Street or Gray Ave should be easy at our meetup time.
ROUTE
DISTANCE: 27 miles
ELEVATION GAIN: 2700 feet
LUNCH: Our plan is to eat lunch at Shalhoob’s at the end of the ride. We can park our bikes in a secure area next to where we eat.
THE PACE: No faster than the slowest in the group
DURATION: 3+ hours
LEVEL: Advanced Beginner Ebiker
TERRAIN: Road bike lanes, dedicated bike paths, low volume roads.
RESTROOMS: Restroooms near the start at .4 miles, at 1.5 miles on SB City College. 3.3 miles on State Street, 8 miles at Skofield Park and then at 21 miles at Summerland Beach
MY CELL # IS: 661-433-3301 - CAMBRIA'S COAST AND BACK ROADS (99% paved)Cambria, Cambria, CA
ROUTE This will be our planned route.
The California Central Coast region is world renowned as one of the most scenic parts of the entire west coast. Imagine an even better view than the coast highway has to offer. A road where there is no tour buses in front of you & no sports car riding your rear end on the tight curves. Well, we'll be riding some of these back roads as we visit Cambria and the Willow Creek areas there.
This first of a two day event will be in the Cambria area. We'll be on paved roads 99% of the time for this ride.We'll be riding on paved roads in the Cambria area for this event. This route will be on different areas of Cambria from what I have posted in the past.
Make sure you have green slime or FlatOut in your inner tubes to avoid flats.
MEETUP LOCATION AND TIME: At 820 Sheffield St, Cambria at 10:30am.
PARKING: Free parking in lot.
RESTROOMS: At the beginning/end and along the ride.
DISTANCE: 31 miles
ELEVATION GAIN: 2800'
DURATION: 4+ hours
BIKE TRAIL DESCRIPTION: Paved roads
THE PACE: 6 MPH on up.
LEVEL: Easy Intermediate
DEBRIEFING: After the ride we'll have a late lunch in Cambria.
MY CELL # IS 805-358-5972
- WILL CREEK ROAD South of Big Sur (100% dirt roads)Will Creek Road, Plaskett, CA
ROUTE This will be our planned route.
The California Central Coast region is world renowned as one of the most scenic parts of the entire west coast. Imagine an even better view than the coast highway has to offer. A road where there is no tour buses in front of you & no sports car riding your rear end on the tight curves. Well, we'll be riding some of these back roads as we visit Cambria and the Willow Creek area.
This is the second of a two day event. This one will be in the Willow Creek area 36 miles north of Cambria. We'll be on a steep but well groomed dirt road for this ride.
The scenery along this ride will be worth our struggles along the way. Just make sure you have experience with long steep grades. I've added a photo above, showing the steepness and condition of the dirt road that we will be riding on. I'll be taking alot of brakes on the way up to make it tolerable and to enjoy the views this ride offers.Make sure you have green slime or FlatOut in your inner tubes to avoid flats.
MEETUP LOCATION AND TIME: In a parking lot on Pch at the intersection of PCH and Will Creek Roads at 10:00am.
PARKING: Park on PCH across from Will Creek Road
RESTROOMS: 7/10 of a mile north of our meetup location at the Willow Creek Beach Day Use . Make sure you use restrooms there before showing up to our meetup location.
DISTANCE: 19 miles
ELEVATION GAIN: 4000'
DURATION: 4+ hours
BIKE TRAIL DESCRIPTION: Well groomed dirt roads
THE PACE: 6 MPH on up.
LEVEL: Intermediate
DEBRIEFING: After the ride we'll have a late lunch in Cambria.
MY CELL # IS 805-358-5972
