raitchison
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So Saturday was my birthday and my wife was already committed to attend a training program all day so I decided to go on a nice long (for me) ride.
Got a late start because I slept in and then had a nice unhealthy breakfast
First stop was a quick trip to the Rock Store and the Snake, a bit of riding on Mullholland Hwy is never bad but mostly I wanted to keep up my Foursquare Mayorship of The Snake.
Ride up the 23 all the way into Fillmore, CA, then hop onto Hwy 126 towards Santa Paula.
Grab Hwy 150 into Ojai and get onto Hwy 33.
Now up until this point these are all somewhat familiar roads for me, I've ridden as far as Ojai but that's been the end point of my rides in this area. This time I'm going where I've not gone before.
Just outside of Ojai I noticed that the stretch of Hwy 33 was sponsored by the local ABATE chapter, I don't have much of an opinion on ABATE but I figured if a riders organization is sponsoring the road it probably won't completely suck
Hwy 33 was fantastic! Lots of nice quiet canyon & mountain roadway, very light traffic and not even the sight of a police officer. It was a bit chillier than I expected, I should have brought a light jacket to wear under my motoport suit.
Towards the end of the 33 there were some LONG straight stretches of roads, though in theory those stretches of road wouldn't seem quite so long at 135MPH.
At the end of Hwy 33 (now I've ridden every inch of it - though not all at once (yet)) I got to the 166, I could take it to the right which would get me to I-5 and would be the fastest route home, I decide to turn left and head towards the coast.
Stop over for a late lunch in one of those really small towns, based on the exterior of "Burger Barn" you know it's going to be great or terrible (it's great).
I did run low on fuel a bit sooner than I expected (I have no idea how since I certainly wasn't exceeding the speed limit for any part of this ride) but I made it to the 101 after riding gently winding roads through cattle ranches and coastal foothills.
Full on gas I decided I'm getting a bit tired so I decide to "slab it" and take the 101 all the way home, though anyone who's been on this stretch of road will tell you that not all slab is created equally, I didn't get any of the traffic I would have seen if it were Sunday and I was home in just 2.5 hours.
This is definitely the longest ride I've ever done, and by far the most concentrated saddle time I've ever tried. I wanted to see how I'd do, the verdict is that while the stock seat might be a problem my knees are definitely the weak link in any long distance riding plans I might have. I will definitely need to come up with some kind of highway peg solution if I want to do >500 mile days (or certainly any kind of Iron Butt ride)
Anyways, I suck at thinking about taking pictures when I ride, but here's the track I recorded with my cell phone.
Got a late start because I slept in and then had a nice unhealthy breakfast
First stop was a quick trip to the Rock Store and the Snake, a bit of riding on Mullholland Hwy is never bad but mostly I wanted to keep up my Foursquare Mayorship of The Snake.
Ride up the 23 all the way into Fillmore, CA, then hop onto Hwy 126 towards Santa Paula.
Grab Hwy 150 into Ojai and get onto Hwy 33.
Now up until this point these are all somewhat familiar roads for me, I've ridden as far as Ojai but that's been the end point of my rides in this area. This time I'm going where I've not gone before.
Just outside of Ojai I noticed that the stretch of Hwy 33 was sponsored by the local ABATE chapter, I don't have much of an opinion on ABATE but I figured if a riders organization is sponsoring the road it probably won't completely suck
Hwy 33 was fantastic! Lots of nice quiet canyon & mountain roadway, very light traffic and not even the sight of a police officer. It was a bit chillier than I expected, I should have brought a light jacket to wear under my motoport suit.
Towards the end of the 33 there were some LONG straight stretches of roads, though in theory those stretches of road wouldn't seem quite so long at 135MPH.
At the end of Hwy 33 (now I've ridden every inch of it - though not all at once (yet)) I got to the 166, I could take it to the right which would get me to I-5 and would be the fastest route home, I decide to turn left and head towards the coast.
Stop over for a late lunch in one of those really small towns, based on the exterior of "Burger Barn" you know it's going to be great or terrible (it's great).
I did run low on fuel a bit sooner than I expected (I have no idea how since I certainly wasn't exceeding the speed limit for any part of this ride) but I made it to the 101 after riding gently winding roads through cattle ranches and coastal foothills.
Full on gas I decided I'm getting a bit tired so I decide to "slab it" and take the 101 all the way home, though anyone who's been on this stretch of road will tell you that not all slab is created equally, I didn't get any of the traffic I would have seen if it were Sunday and I was home in just 2.5 hours.
This is definitely the longest ride I've ever done, and by far the most concentrated saddle time I've ever tried. I wanted to see how I'd do, the verdict is that while the stock seat might be a problem my knees are definitely the weak link in any long distance riding plans I might have. I will definitely need to come up with some kind of highway peg solution if I want to do >500 mile days (or certainly any kind of Iron Butt ride)
Anyways, I suck at thinking about taking pictures when I ride, but here's the track I recorded with my cell phone.