Below are the old races just for archive sake.

Race #1

Suburban Blight

Meet point 5 pm, July 5th

ALISO CANYON PARK

East of Reseda between Sesnon on Rinaldi
Northridge, CA 91326

Meet at the entrance to the park on Rinaldi, east of Reseda Blvd.. 

 
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Description: This will be a fast paced loop that we'll do 5 times. Most of the course if fairly flat with a few up hill sections and stream crossings. The first leg is narrow single track that dumps on a wider path where you can go all out to pass people. The trail turn points will be marked by florescent flags as it will be easy to get lost. Most of the single track is nearly overgrown from lack of use, the brush is tall so you will get scraped up a bit. I recommend bigger chain rings (34-42 teeth) for this one as you'll be doing a small amount of climbing and have plenty of opportunity for sprinting. You'll have several stream crossings on the single track section and a few short, steep climbs on the back side of the oval. One section of the single track dumps you back on wide trail, DO NOT TAKE THE WIDE TRAIL, the single track hooks right back, look for the flags and follow the course. If you get lost and fail to complete all 5 laps correctly, you'll get one point for participating and that's it. 

Spectators 7

Meat pylons 7 

Expect unleashed dogs, people and perhaps a horse or two. If it's hot we should have full use but be careful.

 
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Each Lap is approximately 1.8 miles. 

Race #2 Lower Case "D"

Spectators: 3

Meat Pylons: 5

Meet point : July 12th, 5pm @ the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

6401 Platt Avenue
West Hills CA, 91367

Course Description:

This is a out and back again style race on fire roads and double track. Most of the course is undulating mild hills in a gradual decent to the valley bottom. At the bottom, you'll make a right and then cross a stream. Once you cross the stream, head right through the sludge pit until you see a brown park sign, make a right up the hill. Follow the trial until it rejoins with the main trail and make a left back the way you came. There is a fair amount of moderate climbing on this one and the hill on the backside of the course is a doosey for sure. Gear your bike appropriately. 

Total course length approximately 6.5 miles. 

Race #3 The Filthy 15.

Spectators: 8

Meat Pylons: 2

Meet point: July 19th 5 pm @ Starbucks

9935 Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Chatsworth, CA 913113602

Course Description:

This is a cross between a criterion and a bmx race with some climbing thrown in for good measure. The course is mostly comprised of hard pack sandstone and rutts in the semi figure 8 configuration. Riders will have to complete 15 laps, each lap is approximately .4 miles long meaning the total race is about 6 miles long. There are some mild descents, sandy & rutted turns and technical climbs as will as a 2-3 foot jump on the back side to keep things interesting. The middle section will be shared by riders coming and going so watch for collisions. Plan to stand on the pedals most of the race. 

Race #4 The Cold War

Spectators: 3

Meat Pylons: 5

Meet Point: July 26th @ 5pm

 Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 

18505 Ventura Blvd.
Tarzana CA, 91356

Course Description:

The Cold war you travel to the old Nike Missile base and then up to the hub and then back to the start. Fire roads the whole way, the decent to the base has a few uphill sections and then you'll have to climb for the majority of the way back up to the hub. Once you reach the hub, you'll have the slip slidin' descent to the start point. Total course length is approximately 10.5 miles. You should gear your bike for moderate but sustained climbing

Series #1 Completed! Thanks to everyone that raced and helped out!

See the pics here!

Click Here for the write up in BIKE Magazine

We'll be doing another series in July. See Above.

Overall Winner: Christian (by only 1 point!)

Fall Precaution Award: Pete (broken crank and skinned knee)

Current Roster:

Rider                         #   Points

This was the course info from the first race, I'm leaving it up here so you can see what we were up to.

Coaster Brake Challenge!

Race #1: Hubba Hubba Hubba

Meet at: 

Coffee Bean on the Corner of Ventura and Reseda Blvd. Sunday January 4th @ 7am. 18505 Ventura Blvd.
Tarzana CA, 91356 

Race time @ 8:00 am.

Day of race sign ups are fine!

We race rain or shine.

This race will be partially on the street and the majority on fire roads. We will start at the bottom of Reseda Blvd and climb to the very top. Once at the top you'll make a right and continue up the fire road for a ways until you see a yellow gate on the left. Go past t his gate towards the Hub Junction (1.9 Miles) once you get to the hub you just turn around and began your decent. Most of this race is climbing with some moderate descents so make sure your coaster brake works well, you'll need it! Gear your bikes for climbing as that will make your brake you as there are only a few flats on this course you are mainly going up or going down. First one to complete the course wins. Should take around an hour tops. 

We will start the race here...

                                                Up, Up and away!                                                                              Past this gate and make a right at the top.

Up a ways and there will be a fork in the road, you'll want to go past the gate on the left.

Hub Junction is 1.9 miles from this point making the whole race around 6 miles round trip.

Once you see this you can turn around and began your decent!

Race #2 Nature Walk Through Hell.

Meet point 7AM January 11th.

Starbucks

18100 Chatsworth St.
Granada Hills, CA 91344

This is a 50/50 race. 1/2 paved and 1/2 dirt. There will be a few spots where you'll have to cyclocross it across roads and up sections that are too steep for a bike. Each lap is about 3 miles long & should take 30-45 minutes to complete, we'll do three laps. There are a few technical, steep but very short accents and a couple mildly technical, steep but very short descents on the trail. Once you get to the top of the trail  head, you'll have to ride the street down to the corner of Tampa & Chatsworth and make a right, that will complete the loop. Most of the trail is mild climbing, but is deceptively difficult as you will see when you run it. See below photos for more information. You don't need a camera for this race.

                                                                  We start here...                                                                Take the trail to the left here...

Go under the 118 fwy and up this little hill. The hill is too steep for you to bike up, you'll have to carry your ride...

You have to cross the street and pass through this gate, beware motorists, walkers, dogs etc. 

Up through the burnt out trees...

There are two paths here, take the higher ground to the right that runs along the road.

The porter ranch sign is the end of the trail head, then down Tampa to the beginning. It's down hill so you can catch your breath. Repeat three times. 

Race #3: The Fruity Loop

Jan 18th 7am

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

6401 Platt Avenue
West Hills CA, 91367

This is most likely the fastest race our of this series. Mostly on light climbs and flat fire roads you may want to switch up your gearing so you can gain time in the easier sections. The overall course length is 3.3 miles about, we're doing 3 laps. It starts with a bit of a climb and then will have some mild descents and flats where you can really pedal out. The course will be a series of right turns. There is one faster decent on the back side of the course so make sure your coaster brake is all ready to keep you on the trail. There is a mild climb on the back side of the trail after you reach the bottom of the descent. please study the pics below so you can get a feel for the course, you can make a wrong turn and get off course, the trail points will be marked just in case.

                      We start here with a climb.

Look for these signs as this will keep you on track. 

Right turn at the water tankers....

It should be the second right, look for the sign. Don't go straight or you'll wind up in Agoura Hills.

You'll need to take a right here going down, this is the decent so get your brake ready. Right turn at the trashcan after a climb. 

Go straight, back up the hill repeat three times. 

Race #4 The Wasteland.

Meet at: Starbucks 7am Jan 25th.

11850 Balboa Boulevard
Granada Hills, CA 91344

This is the last race in the series and it is different than what you're used to so please read the following carefully so you can do your best.

Each of the points on the map there will be a bucket with some playing cards in them, you need to go to each point and get a card out of the bucket. The first one to get back to the starting point with all five cards is the winner. You can do this in any order you wish, some cards are easier to get than others so you'll have to just figure it out for yourself. This should be a short race, more of a sprint or alley cat but on dirt and unkept roads. 

Behold the Wasteland.

Point 1.

Point 5.

Point 2.

Point 4.

Point 3.