Ride and Mingle at The Hub; the Requel!

Last year CORBA staged the Ride and Mingle event at The Hub in Topanga State Park to celebrate our 25th anniversary. It was such a success that we're going to do it again on December 28th!

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The Ride And Mingle (RAM) is to support and promote the ongoing efforts of CORBA's programs. But most of all, it’s a chance to mingle with our members and do what we love most: RIDE! In celebration of its 26th anniversary, CORBA hopes to turn out at least 260 mountain bikers in a show of solidarity for mountain biking and responsible cycling. Ride in then meet at The Hub in Topanga State Park at 10am. There will be some prizes, but mostly it will be a chance for a photo opportunity and to mingle among our riding brethren. Riders are encouraged to ride from their local trail heads.

Comments overheard at a public meeting got us to thinking that we need to show the land managers and open space trails community at large that responsible riders comprise the vast majority of mountain bikers. Unfortunately, a small percentage of people riding too fast at the wrong time is giving the off-road bicycling community at large a bad rap. The RAM will give mountain bikers a chance to show that we can and do coexist on trails.

We are also asking that you ride what you were riding in 1987 (if you have it) or any vintage mountain bike (pre-1992). If not, no worries, just come and enjoy a ride in one of the most beautiful places in the country.

How do you get to The Hub? There are several trail head locations you can start from. Reseda Blvd., Trippet Ranch, Sullivan Canyon, Mulholland Drive (dirt) from the east (Encino) or west (Woodland Hills), Will Rogers State Historic Park, Westridge Fireroad, and San Vicente Mountain Park (Nike Site), to name a few.

Check this map with all the trails and trailheads (http://www.venturacountytrails.org/TrailMaps/Topanga/AreaTrails.htm#Map). The Hub is marked with a blue dot and the letter "z."

Or, download this map (http://www.venturacountytrails.org/CORBA/Map_Topanga4RAM2012-11-17.pdf). The Hub and the major trailheads are circled. Print it and bring it with you so you don't get lost!

To help you decide which trailhead to use to get to The Hub, here are the one-way distances. Letters correspond to those in this map (http://www.venturacountytrails.org/CORBA/Map_Topanga4RAM2012-11-17.pdf#Trailheads). Keep in mind that all of these routes have some to a very significant amount of climbing.

a, West end of Dirt Mulholland: 5.3 miles
c, Top of Reseda: 2.5 miles
d, Caballero Canyon: 4.8 miles
e, East end of Dirt Mulholland: 6.4 miles
j, Trippet Ranch: 2.8 miles
k, North end of Westridge Rd: 9.2 miles
m, Trailer Canyon Fireroad: 4.3 miles
q, Will Rogers State Historic Park: 7.5 miles
r, Bottom of Sullivan Canyon: 9.3 miles

The easiest rides with the least climbing and all fireroad are probably from c, a and m. You can figure out the amount of climbing involved in each route from this web page (http://www.venturacountytrails.org/TrailMaps/Topanga/AreaTrails.htm).