Ojai ATB Vacation pt II 

The laughing when you walk up with the snapped hanger hit me with joy. Thats a good indication you’re riding with the good ones ❤

What a team around you! Kasia took 3rd place in TdF on July 30th and 1st place at the Gravel Cycling World Championships in October.

off the beaten track hard core masterclass ahead of the pack in lightyears

Unplanned single speed, pushing through what would be "search and rescue" territory for most folks, and 24 very rugged Los Padres miles with a steel steed slung over your shoulder. Most impressive.

It’s Friday and there’s a new ultra romance video just released. I’m not sure if I can handle all of this excitement.

6:17 "What kind of dog is that?" Hahaha!😂 🐻

Such an epic tale of triumph in adversity. I'm amazed that there weren't more human casualties, a testament to your survival skills!

no comments about Late July changing their chip recipe yet???

that last section of the matilija climb (where rons hanger broke, i think?) is deceptively steep! i rode up from ventura train station at like 5 and had to do the little descent after that in the dark. there are some amazing hot springs in that area! shout out to the los padres forest association for all the work they do to back there

OM was a nice surprise. Good choice!

Great to see you invoke the spirit of Shackleton and Frank Worsley.

Truly a masterpiece of a story. I’m impressed 😂

Really neat to see you in the 805! That's what's up!

Wow What A Tribute Great Ride Incredible Thymes With Unique Friends A Pilgrimage Into The Depths Arya MVP

Beautiful views of the Channel Islands from up there! Grew up in CT and now live in Ventura, love to see this

This is great!

SO GOOD @!!!

Epic trip 🙏🇦🇺

Great presentation, I absolutely loved this!

The perfect amount of cool skids

Pretty rad adventure, I like.

These are so entertaining.

Heck yeah! looks like a beautifully difficult time, the best kind of bike rides

AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!! !!! !!! !! !

what a session!!

Love the scenery ❤ Greetings from Croatia from Kris 😎

Definitely a dream day to be had with friends

Thanks, I need to get out on rides like this.

Love the trail side maintenance! Expect the unexpected and roll with it. BTW, we call that a dinglespeed!

that's so good to see you all biking and having this great adventure. it makes me smile and feel good motivations for a three day tour I start with a friend tomorrow, just on road rolling stuff. thanks for the creative motivation!

Impressive perseverance in the face of self imposed adversity and the chewing of more than you broke off.

A beautiful character building ride! I love your video style and music selections, especially OM. Oh, and totally agree with the Late July critique, but I think they changed it again and it’s seems at least back to normal.

So sick

Music tags , very nice 👍 “But what kind of dog is that?” 😂

I've had one nearly perfect single speed fix, albeit not on my bike. I was working race service support and a guy walks up broken chain in hand. Miraculously, a second quick link was already in the chain and it tensioned quite well in one specific combination. Locked out his rear suspension and he was on his way. My favorite fix of the day for sure.

Be sweet to go over the other bikes that were on the ride. Looks like a real interesting mix!

Watching this makes me so happy I carry an extra hanger with me as well as chain tool with links and valve stems and 4 co2s

Now that's Rivendell country ....

I was born in Ojai & have ridden just about every trail in either direction we used to call them death rides because they where in the middle of nowhere. One ride we did was from way up 33 past Rose valley it went by 2 Sisters I don’t remember the exact name but named after 2 rock formations it eventually dropped down Marietta trail back down to drivable Matilija RD. We had a route that went up the steep canyon & all the way past Jamison lake to the campgrounds in Santa Barbara. Great rides the memories will last a lifetime.

That looked like a blast! If you want to explore other epic Wackofornia riding, travel a bit north up 101 to Gilroy. Henry Coe State park is there. It's the 2nd largest state park. More than 83000 acres in the Diablo mtn range. There's hundreds of miles of trail and fire roads out there. Bring a water filter and survival gear. Including spare hangers, chain links and spare links of chain. When I ran a guiding service I'd even bring an extra derailleur and a spare tire. Seems like things always break when you don't have the right spare! If you're pushing limits into the night, get a dynamo light system! Especially in the short days of winter!! Dynamos will change your riding experience amazingly! I don't care about the sun or the clock any longer! Ive been exploring, nite riding and bikepacking at Coe for 35 years and have only seen about 1/2 the park.

That was such a giant adventure and I was a little bit in sorrow because of the lady riding behind, eventually fighting the giant dog that left the pawprints on the way 🥺. You ask for one thing, I have bought one of these universal hangers that has to be squezed between the quick release and the frame, replacing the original defective hanger. This is awesome and can be a rescue, but it always between the spare part and never on the bike, so its a little bit dumb from myself, because I never take it with me always hoping to get away without hangertrouble. Liebe Grüße🙋‍♀

Hells yes! Some Late July chips!

It’s not usually a good idea to mix big rides with psilocybin but in this case it works.

Oh nice! I thought you just forgot to post this LOL

How are you doing the route presentation? GPX file in google earth?

21:42 great music choice, reminds me of cornfed 3

yoooooo love that you used a cali X song in this vid! Old homies from Western Mass!

To answer your question, I have had rear derailleur “events” on bikes with vertical drop outs and, no, shortening the chain to ride single speed has never panned out; the chain is either too tight or too loose and just skips around. So, your solution was smart thinking. (Maybe not as smart as packing a spare hanger. Heheh)

Born and raised in Ojai. We do those rides on electric mountain bikes and make it all the way up to Santa Barbara in a couple hours.

Fuck yes.

Great video !!!! What's not to like about you ?

If you have the desire to, can you make a video on essential oils and how to stay “trail-fresh” when traditional showers are not available.

2021 Michigan Coast to Coast gravel grinder and managed 80 miles on a single speeded cassette after breaking my hanger…until the chain started walking up the cassette and locking up. Then I gave up…next time I don’t have an extra hanger, I’ll use your method, although, it seems like Rapid Rise is needed.

ronny 🎉

How do you pull up the 3D mapping

What bike is Kasia riding?

Dammit... missed the invite.

Good stuff! What are the bars that you were running on the Alumalith?

What are those lights that you used during the nighttime segment of the ride?

I, also am food motivated. Unfortunately, we don’t have lemon boy pizzas here in Akron 😢

California X! What are those bars on Taylor's bike?

Ronnie MacGyver Romance ❤️🌹❤️

Looks like a ball

I think there is a Neal Young song “two dead (bikes) in Ojai-o”

You had me at pizza.

I will have to remember the next time I'm looking for something small on the ground to clasp my hands behind my back (15:03) as it seems like that's what worked for you all to find the 12 speed quick link.

22:35 😂

🖖🍺

I like you

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mark cavendish missed out on a stage win wich would have taken him above eddt merckx in tour de france stage wins cause of crap 12 speed engagement glitch in a sprint Chain failure on 12 speed is a real issue had one shear you have to spend a fortune on a top spec chain

So, like is envy a good thing....??

Ronnie Romance 2024

So you left Arya back on her own in the dark?!?

You sound like Norm Macdonald

trampling in the navel of the cosmos

Ronaldo literally Voile strapped his broken off retro M952 XTR Derailleur back onto the chainstay of his curated Alumalith 😂😍 Doesn’t get any more badass… I am gay for him and only for him.

Mi Nina Jalapeno Agave chips are Godtier.

I’m not liking, I’m loving you weird mr bike master.😅