Heat Wave Alternate RIDEs:
On really hot days in summer, DCP#31+ is offered as an alternate weekend choice, and on Tuesdays we suggest Tu06 - both rides head toward the coast and closer to the beach. If there is a heat wave and our scheduled rotation ride heads inland into the heat, some members may choose to ride the alternate.
If the forecast is for extreme heat - print the alternate as well as the scheduled ride and see what your friends are doing at the ride start.
See this Heat can Kill PaceLines article about
severe heat dangers posted in 2018.
ALTERNATE FOR WEEKENDS:
ROUTE SLIPS: DCP#31+ (9/7/24)
Regroup: Mag’s Donuts / Starbucks
@ Bison and MacArthur, Newport
Short: 17.5 miles (8.1) +401 ft {CF 2 22.9’/m}
Yale Loop, Harvard, Turtle Rock, Ridgeline
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40145438
Won’t get us to the beach, but cooling breeze down San Diego Creek & tail wind back with shady trees along Yale Loop…
Medium: 33.7 miles (21.3) +1,322 ft {CF 3 39.2’/m}
Laguna Cyn/Shady Cyn, Back Bay
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40156188
Takes us out Shady Canyon where ocean breezes crest over the Turtle Ridge, get over the hills to Corona Del Mar & enjoy tail wind up Newport Bay before coffee; tail wind back up Bonita Canyon / Culver & University, and shady Valley Oak back to Irvine Center…
Long: 42.2 miles (24.9) +2,926 ft {CF 6 69.3’/m}
Newport Coast, Ridge Park/Vista Ridge, San Joaquin Hills, Spyglass, MacArthur
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40156316
Plenty of quality hills on this CF 6 over Newport Coast & up PCH back into Newport Beach, then after coffee, return to CDM to Dover, Irvine along the west side of Upper Newport and tailwinds up Campus & Harvard back toward Deerfield…
Long Plus: 55 miles (24.9) +3,072 ft {CF 5 55.9’/m}
Newport Coast, Ridge Park/Vista Ridge, San Joaquin, Brookhurst, Victoria
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40156536
Similar to the Long - but extends along PCH to Brookhurst in Huntington Beach. Crosses back east on Hamilton/Victoria/22nd/Santiago to Irvine & Campus, then turns north on Von Karman to Alton to Redhill inland to Irvine Blvd in Tustin before turning south back to Deerfield…
CAUTION ! ON DCP#31 LONG & LONG PLUS:
CLIMB UP NEWPORT COAST: FAST TRAFFIC MERGING FROM RIGHT
ALTERNATE FOR TUESDAYS:
ROUTE SLIPS: Tu06 Corona del Mar (6/23/24)
Starbucks or Bruegger’s @ PCH & Goldenrod in Newport Beach
30.2 miles (16.4) +1,636 ft {CF 5 54.1 ’/m}
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14751662
Heads out University to Newport Beach, up Spyglass then down Newport Coast into the cool air onto PCH to CDM; After coffee it rolls up Back Bay Drive, and up Mesa/Birch to Von Karman then back East on Michelson.
24.9* miles (11.1) +902 ft {CF 3 36.5 ’/m}
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/11728676
Skips climb over Spy Glass, San Joaquin Hills & Newport Coast, dropping sooner into CDM on Marguerite from the top at Bayview.
