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Some new Bikes…

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

Chris with his new Karate Monkey

A Salsa Vaya was just the right bike for Dylan.

Matt with his new Surly Ogre. Rover had the day off. Darn for Rover, the Rover shirts covered for him.

Steven stopped at the Outpost and a Surly Crosscheck Commuter was waiting for him. Here he is with new new bike.

A lot of research and Richard narrowed in on a Heller. That is one hell of a bike!

Someone wanted a new bike in 2017 buy is super shy.

Matt wanted a commuter and the Surly Crosscheck is the answer. Here he is with his new bike.

High Heat = No Saturday Morning Shop Ride 9/2/17

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

It’s going to be a scorcher tomorrow (9/2/17) so the morning shop ride is canceled.

Stay cool and make sure to give your four legged furry friends plenty of water!

NEW BIKES —– NEW BIKES

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

Janet stopped by and we discussed bikes. Talk of a Salsa Marrakesh permeated the conversation and after a test ride it was determined that the Salsa Marrakesh was the right bike.

Rover closed the deal with Rika. His puppy dog eyes are a tough act to avoid.

Corey wanted a bike to go everywhere including some longer adventures. Here is Corey with his new Surly Disc Trucker.

A couple days in Topanga Canyon along the creek.

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

Healthy food and good times.

East Coast / Adirondack Adventure

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

Chris did some camping, exploring and hiking in the Adirondacks while he was there moving his mom. Camping spot was above Lake George on the first ledge of Pilot Knob Mountain.

Visiting our brethren at Overlook Bicycles in Woodstock, NY.

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

Chris needed to help his mom in New York State so took an extra day to visit our amazing friends at their extraordinary shop in Woodstock, NY. Overlook Mountain Bicycles is practically us. The vibe, the place, the neighborhood and the climb they sent Chris on is very much Topanga Canyon/Topanga Creek Outpost-like. Absolutely visit them if you on the East Coast. Rent a bike and climb to the abandoned hotel and lookout. Incredible.

Saturday Ride at 8 AM

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

We will ride for 2 – 2 1/2 hours. Always hills. Always fun. Always a good crowd of people. Please be ready to leave right at 8 AM so we can open the shop by 11 and be able to ride for at least a couple hours without being stressed to get back and set up.

9 Days of Topanga Creek Outpost.

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Topanga Creek Outpost Adventures

We have had a lot happening lately and realized we hadn’t made a blog post for about 9 days, so here is a catch up. Besides selling a handful of bikes and having rentals plus people doing the loop in Topanga for the first time, we have also had a couple adventures.

Thomas, who used to live in the area and we stayed with when we went to Eurobike, was in town for a couple days. When he arrived on Tuesday we basically kidnapped him into camping with us in the Los Padres National Forest. We went up to Pine Mountain (with Rover) and camped. After a normal camping breakfast, we hiked for UnPredict Your Wednesday into the forest. Super fun adventure including some trail blazing.

Saturday’s shop ride was the grueling climb up Red Rock because Scott (Now Scott 2.1) was doing his first ride on his new single speed Surly Karate Monkey. The views were amazing and we had a poetry reading on the top.

More bike sales and stuff led us to Tuesday this week when we went to Big Bear camping and riding with Alexandre on his first adventure like this. We found a great area up around Skyline Trail and camped in the middle of nowhere. Stars in the sky and noone around. In the morning we road the amazing trail above Big Bear for UnPredict Your Wednesday.

Here are photos of all of this in random order mixing up the adventures……

: California has some great camping places.

: Views everywhere.

: Rover chilling at a different spot in the shop.

: Topanga on our Saturday Ride

: Eating right never goes out of style.

: Skyline Trail in Big Bear is such a fun riding place for mountain biking.

: Can you find Alexandre?

: The quick ride meant that the backpacks would be OK.

: We were there.

: Our camping spot.

: Grub. Healthy Grub. Field Nutrition.

: Thomas is in town from Germany.

: Chris and Scott on the adventure.

: Riding in Big Bear.

: Rover Shop Dog.

: THOMAS

: Camping on Tuesday before the Wednesday hike.

: Scott 2.1 in Big Bear Bikepacking and riding

: Field Nutrition.

: View from Chris’s tent on UnPredict Your Wednesday.

: Camping in Big Bear for UnPredict Your Wednesday.

: Nighttime on the mountain.

: Steelcut oatmeal breakfast is field nutrition.

: Topanga Canyon

: Coffeetime with Latigo Coffee.

: Scott and Rover hiking in the forest.

: The Skyline Drive trail is so much fun.

: Camping on Pine Mountain

: Breakfast Coffee and Oatmeal. We are encouraging people to remember to be healthy.

: Scott 2.1 brewing up a bit of Latigo Coffee.

: Bikes and camping and mountains.

: Saturday Morning ride in the Santa Monica Mountains.

: Day Hike and camping above Ojai

: Rover gets some water from Chris

: Dirk gets a Rocky Mountain. Thomas picks it up for him in every sense.

: Peace. It is back. Please .

: Morning coffee.

: Rover relaxing at the shop

: Camping and riding bikes

: Thomas selfie.

: Los Padres National Forest Hiking

: 3 More riders in Topanga

: Scott 2.1 is doing a lot of wheel builds lately.

: Chris drinking from his Mellow Velo waterbottle.

: Sott on the trail.

: Tent, Scott and Rover.

: Hand laced wheels happening almost every day lately.

: Chris climbing through the woods on Pine Mountain. Hiking day.

: Rover is letting Chris know he is hungry.

: Topanga is about peace.

: Tents, bikes, trails and the forest.

: Chcking out the view in the Santa Monica Mountains

: We encourage healthy eating.

: Eat a decent breakfast before a ride and the day is nicer.

: Iceland Hockey Team.

: Chris and Rover.

: A boy and his dog.

: Thomas

: View before the weekly poetry.

: Saturday Ride

: The 3 Muskateers.

: Certificates of accomplishments.

: Meditation and coffee and coffee talk.

: Directions for Kyle.

: Thomas camping with us on Pine Mountain the day he arrived from Germany.

: Alexandre having coffee in the morning before the amazing Skyline Drive Trail above Big Bear.

: Foraging through the woods. UnPredicting a Wednesday.

: Alexandre is hooked.

: Bikepacking in Big Bear.

: CONGRATULATIONS

: Chris at the camping spot in the forest.

: Eating healthy is a great way to start the day. Field Nutrition

: Chris waiting for poetry

: Quirky or creative or both?

: Riding in Topanga is ideal right now.