Last Sunday of the month Santa Monica Mtns run 2013 -- aka The EOM Drive.
#101
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Chances are good there will be some mild debris, particularly near the road edges, but since the rain passed through and has long gone now, the run-off should be minimal.
Paul, Alan, and I usually pow-wow a day or so before the drive, and if it's raining we cancel it anyway. I wouldn't want to lead anything like that in the rain, particularly when it's cold. Others might have no issues in the rain, but I wouldn't do/lead it and I wouldn't ask anyone else to lead it either. I don't think anyone in our group fancies themselves the next Ayrton Senna (well, maybe Alan does -- lol!) so most of us don't want to take the risk which drives in the rain bring. :-D Right now, there is no rain in the forecast for the next 5 days.
#102
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After-thought: maybe someone who has attended in the past, has a route sheet, and maybe can't make Sunday would do us the favor of checking it out Saturday and reporting back conditions. :-)
#103
I can check it out tomorrow or after golf on Saturday since I'm there at Malibu GC.
#107
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Yup. Weather is cool and windy but clear and sunny. Preliminary reports back on road conditions (thanks jib2222!) indicate about what we expected. Minor debris left but roads have been cleared of any major slides.
I expect we'll want to be more cognizant of the bicyclists needing extra space because of the debris issues which will exist at the sides of the roads.
I expect we'll want to be more cognizant of the bicyclists needing extra space because of the debris issues which will exist at the sides of the roads.
#108
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Small price to pay for the amount of fun we have. :-D
Mine is a bit dusty already and some tire dressing is behind the wheel wells (front and back). I didn't bothering cleaning it up today either knowing it will need cleaning after the drive tomorrow.
#110
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Hey all! Great drive today! Thank you to all who came out and once again made this a group completely devoid of knuckleheads! I'm thrilled to be able to be part of something so very cool.