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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
Had a chance to do some limited riding while staying in Los Barriles, about
60 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. I've done a bit of desert riding before, but it was mostly coastal sandy track stuff. This was a sweet combination of dirt/rock singletrack with a fair amount of elevation change, and the normal desert penalties for error if you stray off the narrow trails. Nice stuff. I understand there are many miles of trails close to town in the surrounding hills, although we did only a couple of trail variations. Best to ride early morning even at this time of year, it got pretty hot by 10 am. The moderate trails we rode were actually pretty gnarley for an intermediate rider like me. Lots of deep rain wash ruts combined with loose rocks from baby-head to medicine-ball size. Certainly enough to keep us very entertained without being life-threatening. The paved road and traffic from Los Barriles to the trailheads is probably the most dangerous part of the ride. So if you're into MTBiking along with windsurfing or deep sea fishing, here's a spot where you can do many things. Decent hardtails available for rental from the Vela operation at Playa del Sol hotel near the south end of town. Cheers Gary |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
On Feb 12, 5:00 pm, "Mamba" wrote:
Had a chance to do some limited riding while staying in Los Barriles, about 60 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. I've done a bit of desert riding before, but it was mostly coastal sandy track stuff. This was a sweet combination of dirt/rock singletrack with a fair amount of elevation change, and the normal desert penalties for error if you stray off the narrow trails. Nice stuff. I understand there are many miles of trails close to town in the surrounding hills, although we did only a couple of trail variations. Best to ride early morning even at this time of year, it got pretty hot by 10 am. The moderate trails we rode were actually pretty gnarley for an intermediate rider like me. Lots of deep rain wash ruts combined with loose rocks from baby-head to medicine-ball size. Certainly enough to keep us very entertained without being life-threatening. The paved road and traffic from Los Barriles to the trailheads is probably the most dangerous part of the ride. So if you're into MTBiking along with windsurfing or deep sea fishing, here's a spot where you can do many things. Decent hardtails available for rental from the Vela operation at Playa del Sol hotel near the south end of town. Cheers Gary Can you post any pictures? Sounds like cool terrain. CDB |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
On Feb 12, 4:00 pm, "Mamba" wrote:
Had a chance to do some limited riding while staying in Los Barriles, about 60 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. I've done a bit of desert riding before, but it was mostly coastal sandy track stuff. This was a sweet combination of dirt/rock singletrack with a fair amount of elevation change, and the normal desert penalties for error if you stray off the narrow trails. Nice stuff. I understand there are many miles of trails close to town in the surrounding hills, although we did only a couple of trail variations. Best to ride early morning even at this time of year, it got pretty hot by 10 am. The moderate trails we rode were actually pretty gnarley for an intermediate rider like me. Lots of deep rain wash ruts combined with loose rocks from baby-head to medicine-ball size. Certainly enough to keep us very entertained without being life-threatening. The paved road and traffic from Los Barriles to the trailheads is probably the most dangerous part of the ride. So if you're into MTBiking along with windsurfing or deep sea fishing, here's a spot where you can do many things. Decent hardtails available for rental from the Vela operation at Playa del Sol hotel near the south end of town. Cheers Gary Wow, that's much more info than that dweeb Enchilada Jim Lame ever posted about riding on the Baja Peninsula. Then again, all he did was argue with vandamnan, being another pointless dumbass. JD |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
"Paladin" wrote in message
oups.com... On Feb 12, 5:00 pm, "Mamba" wrote: Had a chance to do some limited riding while staying in Los Barriles, about 60 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. I've done a bit of desert riding before, but it was mostly coastal sandy track stuff. This was a sweet combination of dirt/rock singletrack with a fair amount of elevation change, and the normal desert penalties for error if you stray off the narrow trails. Nice stuff. I understand there are many miles of trails close to town in the surrounding hills, although we did only a couple of trail variations. Best to ride early morning even at this time of year, it got pretty hot by 10 am. The moderate trails we rode were actually pretty gnarley for an intermediate rider like me. Lots of deep rain wash ruts combined with loose rocks from baby-head to medicine-ball size. Certainly enough to keep us very entertained without being life-threatening. The paved road and traffic from Los Barriles to the trailheads is probably the most dangerous part of the ride. So if you're into MTBiking along with windsurfing or deep sea fishing, here's a spot where you can do many things. Decent hardtails available for rental from the Vela operation at Playa del Sol hotel near the south end of town. Cheers Gary Can you post any pictures? Sounds like cool terrain. CDB It is very cool terrain, well, to someone from the PNW anyways. Lots of sand, dry washes, granite, and every manner of spiny vegetation you can think of. Sadly, the pics we took were for the benefit of family and friends who are not riders, so they contain mostly us (the obligatory couple) posed in front of mongo cactus, etc. Perhaps I'll try to hunt down a couple that at least show the hills surrounding the town, as that's where the trails are. I suspect the terrain is not unlike venues in SoCal or the drier areas of Utah or Texas, not that I've ridden there. Interesting that we hit it during the wetter season, and after a long period of cloudy, cool and wet weather. Still arid and parched by our standards, but various cactii were blooming and it was very pretty if you took a close look around. Cheers Gary (W) |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
Mamba wrote:
"Paladin" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 12, 5:00 pm, "Mamba" wrote: Had a chance to do some limited riding while staying in Los Barriles, about 60 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. I've done a bit of desert riding before, but it was mostly coastal sandy track stuff. This was a sweet combination of dirt/rock singletrack with a fair amount of elevation change, and the normal desert penalties for error if you stray off the narrow trails. Nice stuff. I understand there are many miles of trails close to town in the surrounding hills, although we did only a couple of trail variations. Best to ride early morning even at this time of year, it got pretty hot by 10 am. The moderate trails we rode were actually pretty gnarley for an intermediate rider like me. Lots of deep rain wash ruts combined with loose rocks from baby-head to medicine-ball size. Certainly enough to keep us very entertained without being life-threatening. The paved road and traffic from Los Barriles to the trailheads is probably the most dangerous part of the ride. So if you're into MTBiking along with windsurfing or deep sea fishing, here's a spot where you can do many things. Decent hardtails available for rental from the Vela operation at Playa del Sol hotel near the south end of town. Cheers Gary Can you post any pictures? Sounds like cool terrain. CDB It is very cool terrain, well, to someone from the PNW anyways. Lots of sand, dry washes, granite, and every manner of spiny vegetation you can think of. Sadly, the pics we took were for the benefit of family and friends who are not riders, so they contain mostly us (the obligatory couple) posed in front of mongo cactus, etc. Perhaps I'll try to hunt down a couple that at least show the hills surrounding the town, as that's where the trails are. A couple of pictures of the hills would be great. Greg -- "All my time I spent in heaven Revelries of dance and wine Waking to the sound of laughter Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
Mamba wrote:
Perhaps I'll try to hunt down a couple that at least show the hills surrounding the town, as that's where the trails are. Let me help. These are almost a year old now. I didn't ride but we spent the day hanging with my buddy who lives down there now (we used to poach Tam together, he was on his Ibis SS (geared bike) and I was on my Bridgestone MB3, "back in the day"). On the beach on the North end of town. http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk2.jpg View from the beach to my bussy's house in the hills above Los Barilles: http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk1.jpg View of Los Barilles from my buddy's deck: http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk3.jpg He claims that there is some great riding in the area but sadly I wasn't able to sample any of it. |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
pete fagerlin wrote:
Mamba wrote: Perhaps I'll try to hunt down a couple that at least show the hills surrounding the town, as that's where the trails are. Let me help. These are almost a year old now. I didn't ride but we spent the day hanging with my buddy who lives down there now (we used to poach Tam together, he was on his Ibis SS (geared bike) and I was on my Bridgestone MB3, "back in the day"). On the beach on the North end of town. http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk2.jpg View from the beach to my bussy's house in the hills above Los Barilles: http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk1.jpg Now that's a McMansion! Greg -- The ticket******* Tax Tracker: http://www.ticketmastersucks.org/tracker.html |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
"pete fagerlin" wrote in message
. .. Mamba wrote: Perhaps I'll try to hunt down a couple that at least show the hills surrounding the town, as that's where the trails are. snip reminders of rustic town and beautiful beach ... sigh Need to meet your buddy ;-) We are already trying to plan a return trip. Although we are mainly focused on windsurfing there, the wind is often light or uncooperative in other ways. Having great trails nearby removes the "skunk" factor from trips like this. |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
On Feb 20, 12:26 pm, "Mamba" wrote:
Although we are mainly focused on windsurfing there, the wind is often light or uncooperative in other ways. Having great trails nearby removes the "skunk" factor from trips like this. Do they have any kiteboarding there? If I can ride, windsurf & kiteboard there I'll start the vacation fund right now, with the jar on my office bookcase and the money in my pockets at the moment. In fact, I'm off to see just how long of a flight that is, and what it'd set us back in airfare. |
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RR: Los Barriles, Baja
G.T. wrote:
On the beach on the North end of town. http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk2.jpg View from the beach to my bussy's house in the hills above Los Barilles: http://www.paradigmhosting.net/images/rk1.jpg Now that's a McMansion! We must have drastically different views of the definition of "McMansion" then. This is the way that I've heard it used: "McMansion is a slang architectural term which first came into use in the United States during the 1980s as a pejorative description and an idiom. It describes a particular style of housing that—as its name suggests—is both large like a mansion and as culturally ubiquitous as McDonald's fast food restaurants. In addition to ubiquity, almost every reason to poke fun at McDonald's has been applied metaphorically to "McMansions". These criticisms include the deviation from traditional local or regional architectural style, a gaudy, sterile, mass-produced appearance, and perceived negative effects on nature and neighborhoods." |
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