Riding Point Mugu
One of the things I love about my new state is the large number of really great recreational areas. We’ve got mountains everywhere, beaches everywhere, and the weather tends to be great for enjoying them most of the time. In response to this and the fact that I don’t have much else to do when I’m not working, I’ve started mountain biking. I mean, it’s like hiking I suppose, but you get a lot farther and it is a lot more fun (The downhill in particular). A couple weekends ago, I even took to the time to learn some bike maintenance. With some help from this site, mostly, and after a couple trips to one of the local bike shop, I got rid of the wobbly, rubbing tires, cleaned the chains, got some nice tight brakes, and got my derailleurs adjusted so that I could reliably shift through all gears. The biggest thing I learned was that I could fix a bent wheel by adjusting the spoke tension! I suppose I should have known this, but I never did. No more embarrassing rubbing noises every rotation, and I don’t have to watch the front tire wobble in front of me!
Anyway, onto the point. Today I went for a ride at Point Mugu State Park off of the PCH and I thought I’d post some of the pictures I took. You can see some trail maps of the park here, or google map it (no trails though). You can see the pictures in this gallery. I’m just experimenting with plogger for the gallery, so it may not be integrated quite right yet…
