Welcome to the new Bay Area Dirt Biking channel. My name is Jose, and in this channel I will be providing you with a library of videos and tips for some of the most popular dirt biking trails around the Bay Area. Hopefully these videos will give you a good idea of what a trail is going to be like before you ride it for the 1st time, and help you stay out of trouble.
This SRI Is not the same Stanford Research Institute you refer to with the particle accelerator but a high explosive test site . The small one lane paved road leads to the test site. It has since been decommissioned and they no longer do any explosive testing.
Saw you on Trail 2 Foresthill last Thursday. It was you on the electric bike wasn't it? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yjnsdCG6erM.htmlsi=1x573BzBaJzJmRhM&t=1431
I was just on 3-6 about 2 weeks ago, that section of 3 is super nice to ride, wish the trail was a little longer but still a cool little loop nonetheless the less 👌
It is a climb with some whoopy sections which is why it is better suited for an intermediate rider. Watch this video and decide for yourself. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HuZJEyJj_bc.htmlfeature=shared
@@bayareadirtbiking249 thanks! Doesn't look too bad, but of course it's hard to tell how deep the sand is from the video. I'm on a bmw GS, so I'm always worried about sand :D
@@stanishate Have you ridden Rancho all the way to the Junction with High Rd.? You should be comfortable riding that 1st. Also, consider getting a dirt bike and getting proficient with it before trying to ride a GS on dirt biking trails. After the 1st time I dropped my GS at a steep trail at Carnegie, I decided to get a dirt bike for dirt riding, no regrets.
Sweet trail. I grew up in the Bay Area(east bay)Ballinger is SoCA i believe so i never got to ride there.Looks like a great place to ride.Thanks for the great video.
I get it for the purpose of watching the video, although as a rider I like not having to hear the sound of a gas engine, and I would even like it better if my bike would not make any sound out all, i.e., quiet as a mountain bike.
Pozo is a fraction of what it used to be before the USFS designated most of it as wilderness. I rode the Hi Mountain Enduro there is the 80s, and it once hosted a national enduro. The event was sponsored by the Cal Poly Penguins, a campus club from kids in the ag school. Tony Pavone
Just rode ballinger for the first time today and it was difficult navigating without a properly labeled trail map. Where did you find the map at the start of the video? Will have to check out this rim trail
I was there yesterday, it is a great park to ride. My videos usually have a link on the description for the trail maps. I personally use OnXoffRoad for navigation. Here is the link:www.venturacountytrails.org/R...
I’m always on the hunt for new places to ride my ultra bee. Never noticed Balinger canyon on the map until recently. Your videos were the first to come up and lo and behold what you’re riding. 👌🏻
There are many good single tracks not on the trail map good for the ultra bee. I am hoping to go back towards the end of next week for my next video. Stay tuned!
I watched your videos, decided to go check it out for myself. That place is awesome. It’s kind of like Hollister but a lot more advanced. Is definitely not for beginner riders intermediate and expert black diamonds definitely are a challenge. Recommend if you’re not an expert stay off of them.
God only knows how much I miss this place!! I would go every weekend in 2004-2007. Well not every weekend but most of them. I mee a lot of good people there over the years!! Good clean fun!
@@bayareadirtbiking249 that's quite an endorsement for the Ultra Bee! I had a chance to sit on one, good fit at 5'11". I ridden the smaller Light Bee before, but feels a bit cramp.
I've ridden Pine Mountain several times many many years ago. As for the infamous stair step section, I can say that I've ridden down it once (walked my bike down a few times). Riding down the stair steps wasn't too difficult once you overcome the obstacles in your mind. In other words, its much more of a mental challenge than physical challenge. Great video. It brings back lots on memories.
Thanks, I have a Tripltek 7 tablet mounted to my handlebars where I run the drone app and as well as OnX Offroad for navigation. I also carry a Garmin InReach mini as a satellite communicator, and it also tracks my ride.
Nice riding. Great videos! I've yet to make it to Hollister but your videos helps me gauge what to expect. The hardest trail I've done locally is Snake Trail at Metcalf... definitely slow going on that.
I'm from this area. Been down the stair steps, many times. I can say that I was present when I saw a pro enduro rider go up it!! Everyone present was blown away!!! I was told that it was Nathan Woods. Cant confirm that, but someone in SLO county can. There were a dozen or so riders that were there, and witnessed it.(R.I.P. Nathan)
Thanks for great video! I grew up out there at Carnegie (lived in Tracy) and first bike was Honda 55 Cub Trail.... and then on to bigger bikes. The initials SRI of course stand for Stanford Research Institute and they did have (may still?) a research site way up at the end of the Kiln Canyon trail. Not sure it still goes through due to new boundaries and fences... But the 1st time I saw it was when riding off-trail and came upon a steel door'd bunker built into the hillside and research quonset huts nearby.... Was always concerned about some strange chemicals and so we didn't mess around there much... So, SRI site was up at end of Kiln Canyon, several miles maybe, almost to the ridge line.... Good exploring!!
Awesome vid! Love the great footage, you really get a feel for the park. Was deciding if I want to go here or not with my atv. Seems like it more dirt bike friendly like Carnegie than atv. I don't wanna drive 100 miles to be disappointed. So watching this vid helped select where I'm gonna ride this weekend. With a lot of places closed down still, looks like I'm going back to Knoxville. Hope to see more vids of places around the Bay Area. Subed!
The rains we had this year also did some damage to this park. I would not drive 100 miles to ATV there. I don't know where you are located but I recently visited Ballinger Canyon OHV and it has some amazing views, and the trails are in very good shape. Trails 24 and 40 would be great for riding an ATV, specially 40. Although this is a dirt biking trail, check out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tiqlDohs0lI.html.
@@bayareadirtbiking249 I'm in Marin county so definitely not going down there right now. Need to get to some so cal tracks. Wanna hit some of thsoe desert ohvs. Would love for you to do a review of Knoxville and Cow Mountain which are my home tracks!
