Friday, March 30, 2018

Rancho PQ Jumps

About 3 months ago we found some jumps located in the Rancho Penasquitos area. At the time they seemed a little big, but they were inviting and worth checking out later. I frequently think about them at night.

Being its Spring Break, I have been riding mountain bikes every day. I went for a ride with Darren, a guy I knew from my dirt jumping days. He took me on a trail in Santee with jumps and gaps. I also took a trip up to the Temecula area with Mark and a few other guys I ride with. We visited a mountain bike park complete with trails, jumps, burms, and other fun things to ride. One trail consisted of a "jump run" complete with doubles, table tops, step ups, and other types of jumps. They gave me an opportunity to work on my jumping skills.

We decided to go back to Rancho Penasquitos jumps today. See the video for me jumping some of the jumps on one of the lines. The line consists of about seven or eight jumps going down a hill with burms and other fun things to ride. One jump covers a gap across a road. Its a little scary because you are jumping a 10+ foot gap while going down hill. See below for a video of that.



Later on the same line ends up with two sets of doubles. See below for a video of that.

There's a second line with slightly larger jumps. Maybe we'll do those in the future. It was nice to get that adrenaline rush back!