SoCal riders, assemble

[Al Boneta]

Anyone want to get a massive group ride together and flood Santiago Oaks with emtbs?

 

[55plusmxinsanity]

Hmmm.....

 

[Dee Scee]

dang al - i thought it was a good idea. i'm up in the bay area, but i wonder why the crickets? not everybody here is from the uk... i think?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Too far for me ...

 

[Hbmtr]

Anyone want to get a massive group ride together and flood Santiago Oaks with emtbs?

Would like too but way up in Tahoe. Just got 2inches of snow last night.

 

[Al Boneta]

dang al - i thought it was a good idea. i'm up in the bay area, but i wonder why the crickets? not everybody here is from the uk... i think?

Doesn’t matter to me at all

 

[raine]

Anyone want to get a massive group ride together and flood Santiago Oaks with emtbs?

Yeah... about that idea - not sure you're aware but unless something changed very recently, all E-Bikes are banned on any unpaved trail located in any recreational area managed by OCParks - which include Irvine Lake, Santiago Oaks, Aliso & Woods, etc.

From their website:
"Due to safety concerns, all classes of eBikes continue to be prohibited on unpaved trails within regional and wilderness parks where there is reduced long-distance visibility and/or width to accommodate trail users who need to veer out of the path of another user traveling at a high rate of speed."

The rangers actually enforce the ban, and they actually hand out citations frequently. So "flooding Santiago Oaks with emts" might actually just make it worse for us while they still have the ban.

 

[HORSPWR]

Yeah... about that idea - not sure you're aware but unless something changed very recently, all E-Bikes are banned on any unpaved trail located in any recreational area managed by OCParks - which include Irvine Lake, Santiago Oaks, Aliso & Woods, etc.

From their website:
"Due to safety concerns, all classes of eBikes continue to be prohibited on unpaved trails within regional and wilderness parks where there is reduced long-distance visibility and/or width to accommodate trail users who need to veer out of the path of another user traveling at a high rate of speed."

The rangers actually enforce the ban, and they actually hand out citations frequently. So "flooding Santiago Oaks with emts" might actually just make it worse for us while they still have the ban.

Looks like any old excuse will do to ban them, I bet if they were limited to 10kph they would find another obscure reason!

 

[raine]

Looks like any old excuse will do to ban them, I bet if they were limited to 10kph they would find another obscure reason!

Yeah... it’s an ongoing back and forth between the local shops and OCParks. Their blanket ban is pretty ignorant, IMO. I love riding those trails on my non-emtb. But the point I was trying to make is that maybe next time know the rules of the area before calling a gathering of emtb’s anywhere, since acceptance of emtb’s is still an ongoing process.

 

[Al Boneta]

Yeah... about that idea - not sure you're aware but unless something changed very recently, all E-Bikes are banned on any unpaved trail located in any recreational area managed by OCParks - which include Irvine Lake, Santiago Oaks, Aliso & Woods, etc.

From their website:
"Due to safety concerns, all classes of eBikes continue to be prohibited on unpaved trails within regional and wilderness parks where there is reduced long-distance visibility and/or width to accommodate trail users who need to veer out of the path of another user traveling at a high rate of speed."

The rangers actually enforce the ban, and they actually hand out citations frequently. So "flooding Santiago Oaks with emts" might actually just make it worse for us while they still have the ban.

Well aware of the ban. It was a joke

 

[Zimmerframe]

Well aware of the ban. It was a joke

Well that went over everyones heads !

 

[raine]

Well aware of the ban. It was a joke

...sure... lol

 

[Al Boneta]

...sure... lol

No really

 

[raine]

kay

 

[Mr-EPIC-3]

Just have to ride around the Rangers work schedule and U can ride all of the OC Parks