2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos
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Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
- Region
- USA
- City
- Carlsbad, CA
Does your wife know that you're out cavorting with Floris?
Shortly after we moved to coastal SoCal from Colorado, I took a Coast Highway thrill ride in the first part of a big Pacific winter storm, when it was still mostly just wind. Exhilarating!
Then I got to the dip where the highway comes down to sand level at South Ponto Beach. Hadn't figured blowing sand into the equation.
There were already drifts across the road. And within seconds, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth were all full of sand. Turned tail to wash out my eyes at home. Lesson learned.
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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- Canada
Have experienced this in Oregon around Cannon Beach etc.
Chargeride
Well-Known Member
I wear full motorcycle offroad goggles, lesson learned.
Chargeride
Well-Known Member
The sand was really soft and climbing into wind was exhausting even in Turbo.
Climbing with the wind was like having another 1000 watts.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
- Region
- USA
- City
- Carlsbad, CA
I can imagine. Both my bikes have hybrid tires, 38 mm and 2.3". Neither has any chance of staying up in loose sand, let alone making forward progress in it.
I know, that's what fatties are for, but I don't have the garage space.
If I ever have a hard fall at speed, it's likely to be from hitting a stealth pocket of loose sand at speed on an otherwise hard-packed dirt road on my gravel bike with 38 mm tires. Get a lot of those pockets around here — even miles inland.
Oh well, every paradise has its sand.
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Chargeride
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Tyres by Ozempic, stay on the road skinny boy.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
- Region
- USA
- City
- Carlsbad, CA
No, no, the 38 mm gravel tires obviously aren't for hardcore MTB stuff, but they otherwise do just fine offroad 99% of the time.
No problem at all on damp low-tide beach sand.
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