2010 Bay to Bay Bike Ride!!

The Space Dragons Cycling Team will be participating in will be the Bike MS Bay to Bay Tour a charity bike tour benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter. We will be cycling from Irvine to San Diego Bay over two days for a total of 100 miles!

This year the tour will be October 16th and 17th, starting in Irvine and winding down the coastline to Mission Bay near San Diego.

All of the Space Dragons and any friends, family, work mates, complete strangers and any one in between is welcome to join our team for this benefit event. Follow this link to join our team:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=14192&team_id=206458

Feel good about giving! The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter has a four star rating (the highest!) from Charity Navigator, with over 85% of all donations going directly to MS programs! Follow this link for more information: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5848

Fees waived!!

Hey first time MS Bike Riders!!! They have waived the registration fees($80) for you newbies! Makes this a great time to join the Space Dragons Riding team for this great event. It's a 100 mile bike ride over two days, from Irvine Back Bay... to Mission Bay in San Diego. Join us for a great cause and a good time!

http://www.kintera.org/htmlcontent.asp?cid=91395

May 9th Mountain Bike Ride - Santiago Peak

Ride will start approximately 1 pm, after the land workout we will caravan down to the trail head. Give me a call to let me know you are coming 949-280-7253. Eat something light after the land workout.







Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

This will be an off-road route so make sure you have your dirt tires. We will be going on the Maple Springs Road to Santiago Peak. This is a medium difficulty ride, all are welcome and all will be challenged by this route. Total ride is 24.2 miles with almost 4000 feet of total elevation gain!

There will be some awesome views on the way.

And amazing views at the peak where we will enjoy a leisurely snack and then a long downhill ride back to the cars. Afterwards anyone riding is also welcome to come to my place for barbeque chicken and hamburgers.

2009 Bay to Bay Bike Tour

The Space Dragons Cycling Team will be participating in will be the Bike MS Bay to Bay Tour a charity bike tour benefitting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter. We will be cycling from Irvine to San Diego Bay over two days for a total of 100 miles!

This year the tour will be October 10th and 11th, starting in Irvine and winding down the coastline to Mission Bay near San Diego.

Last year the ride was amazing! Beautiful weather, awesome scenery, good times. See the recap here: http://spacedragonscyclingteam.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-ms-bay-to-bay-bike-tour-weekend.html

All of the Space Dragons and any friends, family, work mates, complete strangers and any one in between is welcome to join our team for this benefit event. Follow this link to join our team: www.biketofinishms.com/SpaceDragons

Feel good about giving! The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter has a four star rating (the highest!) from Charity Navigator, with over 85% of all donations going directly to MS programs! Follow this link for more information: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5848

Saturday March 14th - MT Bike Ride

Ride will start approximately 12:30PM, we will meet at Trans house. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

This will be on off-road route so make sure you have your dirt tires. We will be going on the Cholla, West Ridge, Meadows, Fire Road route in Aliso Viejo Woods park. This is a medium difficulty ride, all are welcome and all will be challenged by this route. Total ride is 12 miles with about 1500 feet of total elevation gain.

Iron Dragon Challenge!! 7am Run, Paddle practice, land workout, 2 hour ride!! Bring your swimsuit if you want to hit the hot tub afterwards! See you on Saturday.

After the ride for lunch/dinner I will be making West African Peanut Soup, please let me know if you would like to bring something also.

Starting point:
47 Breakers Lane
Aliso Viejo, CA

March 7th Bike Ride

March 7th Bike Ride

Ride will start after the landworkout at approximately 10:45, we will meet in the Scouts parking lot. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

We'll leave from Mothers Beach and travel south along the PCH, using the bike paths as much as possible, down to the Huntington Beach Pier and then back. A total ride of about 23 miles. The entire route is paved, so smooth tires are good.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

Try the Iron Dragon challenge!
7 am Run
8 am Paddle practice
10 am Land Workout
10:45 am Bike ride

Boost your cardio and stamina!

See you guys on Saturday!

January 17th 2009 Bike Ride Recap

The ride this weekend was great! A bit more challenging than originally expected, but still a lot of fun. It turned out to be about five and half miles total. Thank you all for coming and having an adventureous spirit!

Kudos to Aileen!! This was a very challenging ride, made even more difficult with a Hybrid bike, but she stuck with it, no complaining and lots of smiles!



Some Beautiful views of the valley and SOKA University!

A challenging start!

Pleasant ride along West Ridge Trail

Then we came to Rock-It...

a very pleasant little single track... why do they call it Rock-it?

Oooh! Rock-It!

Emergency surgery by Dr. Dave

Coyote Run was very pretty

Wood Canyon Trail was a easy way to finish

















The rare and deadly Aliso Viejo Wolfhound!

Everyone was smiling and enjoying themselves in the end...which leads me to believe that this ride was obviously not hard enough. I'll be planning another ride soon and will make it more challenging! Thanks again for riding, see you all again soon!