Oceanside Century Saturday 3/15/25

[Chuck Bramwell]

Ted King pulls the Tour of California Peloton in 2013 on Stage 8 up Highway 1

 

Oceanside Century

Saturday, March 15, 7:30 A.M.

105 Miles with 4,400 Feet of Climbing

Rain Cancels

 

How about a nice and easy Oceanside Century on Saturday?    It was mighty nice on 4/23/22 as shown in my photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/eSTAqBrfpJZuijkj9

 

Weather.com at Lake Forest at http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA0581:1:US is forecasting 45 – 63 on Saturday with just a 12% chance of rain.

In order to ride through Camp Pendleton Marine Corp. Base, you’ll need a DBIDS Recreational Bicyclist pass/credential which is explained at

https://www.pendleton.marines.mil/Main-Menu/Base-Access/Recreational-Bicycling/#BATAB/recreational-bicycling 

 

Note that if you have an old California Driver’s License marked “Not Valid for Federal Purposes”, they will not issue you a pass.  You need a new California Driver’s License called a REAL ID as shown at https://realid.dmv.ca.gov/

 

If you don’t have one, you can follow this route down to Las Pulgas then turn around and still have a good 88 mile ride.  Also, there may be mud in the tunnel that goes under the I5 Freeway before Las Pulgas ... in which case, we can turn around there for a 84 mile ride.

 

Let me know if you are coming to this century by replying to this e-mail.  If there isn't enough interest in this ride, I may cancel it by announcing the cancellation on this e-mail list on Friday. 

 

The Route Slip for the Oceanside Century for this coming Saturday is attached and printed copies will be available at the start of the ride.

 

My Strava Report from 9/10/16 on this route is at https://www.strava.com/activities/707691105  

 

Thank you to Larry Locken for creating the RWGPS for the Oceanside Century at  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36372319

 

This route has one official distance of 105 miles. It is an out and back course so it can be cut short if necessary by turning around at the first Water Stop at mile 33 for example turning it into about 66 miles. Or you name it ... you can turn around whenever you need so come join us whether you want to ride 25, 50, 75, or 100 miles ... or anything in between.

 

The route sheet reflects the following changes:

- Uses the bike route through San Clemente instead of PCH. This is a good idea since it avoids all of the traffic on PCH.

- First Water Stop is the Carl’s Jr. at the end of town in San Clemente which is a good idea since Carl’s has good Ice, Water and Restrooms.

- The lunch stop is the McDonalds near the big PX complex just before the main guard gate in Oceanside.

 

This ride will start at “The Square” (formerly Foodpark) in Irvine at Main and MacArthur at 7:30 A.M. sharp so you should arrive by 7:15 A.M. Main and MacArthur is near the intersection of the San Diego Freeway (405) and the Newport (55) Freeway. Take the MacArthur Blvd. exit from the San Diego (405) Freeway and turn North ... Main Street is the first street Northeast of the 405 Freeway. Meet in the Parking Lot behind the Starbucks.

 

Ride safe,

 

Chuck Bramwell

 

[Greg Kibble]

Chuck,

Thanks so much for the link to preregister for the DBIDS pass.

Greg

On Mar 10, 2025, at 6:10 PM, Chuck Bramwell <cbr...@caltriplecrown.com> wrote:

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[chri...@aol.com]

Hi Chuck,

I’d be totally in for this but I don’t have the time to drive down to get the pass this week :( 

Let me know if the route changes! 

Christy 

https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ocwsatcentury/081C982E-80BC-4B85-849A-0E49522B60F9%40gmail.com

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[denn...@ca.rr.com]

I’ll be doing a tour of duty as a volunteer with the City of Corona this weekend, so I’ll have to miss this one. Definitely looking forward to some of these this year. See ya on the next one!

 

Thanks Chuck!

 

Dennis Thomas

3589 Cedar Ridge Ln

Corona, CA 92881

951-733-5503

denn...@ca.rr.com 

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[Chuck Bramwell]

The Oceanside Century is on for tomorrow with the following registered riders:

Hoan Do

Tony Rodriguez will join us on The Silver Bullet Tandem with Camille Longono - They plan to turn around at the Carl's Junior in San Clemente

Camille Longono will join us on The Silver Bullet Tandem with Tony Rodriguez - They plan to turn around at the Carl's Junior in San Clemente

The following riders will be joining us in spirit:

Laura Brown would like to ride this later this Spring

Bruce Campbell from Japan

Christy Frazelle needs a Base Pass

Virginia Frazer from Sun Valley, Idaho where she is enjoying some Spring Skiing

Greg Kibble recovering from back surgery

Larry Locken needs to be home by Noon

Dennis Thomas who is volunteering with the City of Corona

I'm riding this as a training ride for the Solvang Spring Double Century on 3/29.  As many of you know, my lungs are not the same since I was in the hospital for two weeks in January 2023 battling pneumonia and a lung infection so I'm slower than ever.  But I'm enjoying every ride and am grateful to be able to do this again.  I mention this because I do hope to lead some Saturday Centuries in the coming months as I feel pretty good on the bike again.  The Oceanside Century is a good one especially with the great miles between San Clemente and the lunch in Oceanside because you basically don't have to clip out so we'll definitely do this again.  It's worth it to get that Base Pass!!

So come on out and join us tomorrow ... you can turn around whenever you need so come join us whether you want to ride 25, 50, 75, or 100 miles ... or anything in between.  All details are below.

All my best,

Chuck

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