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Thanks guys. I am pretty new to this area, only ridden down here once before so don't know the bailouts that well. Trying to avoid that. Anyone
have a suggestion for a nice ride south of BOLA? We have never been down that way and hear it is just beautiful. More interested in seeing the
scenery that great single track, but will take both. We have a range of about 120 miles.
Was thinking a ride to San Franciscita and back might be fun but too much milage without carrying lots of extra gas.
Will post a report when we get back.
Cheers! Rod
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The section that runs from west to east is a lot of single track. That would be from just above that Hwy. 12 sign on the map to a bit north of La
Gringa, except for a few miles approaching the gulf coast north of La Gringa.
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Quote: Originally posted by soundchaser  | Thanks guys. I am pretty new to this area, only ridden down here once before so don't know the bailouts that well. Trying to avoid that. Anyone
have a suggestion for a nice ride south of BOLA? We have never been down that way and hear it is just beautiful. More interested in seeing the
scenery that great single track, but will take both. We have a range of about 120 miles.
Was thinking a ride to San Franciscita and back might be fun but too much milage without carrying lots of extra gas.
Will post a report when we get back.
Cheers! Rod
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It's a really nice ride out to San Rafael from BoLA, which is about half way to San Fransquito.
Good camping on the beach, or you can ride there and back in 1 day.
If you continue on, you can sometimes get gas at San Fransquito. You'd need to arrange with Beto, who owns a place there to make sure. He rents a
place also.
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The ride South of BOLA is one of my favorites, you can stop and see Poncho for a beer. Millage will be an issue an over sized tank is worth the money.
You can always carry some extra fuel in a container but a tank is a safer bet.
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Soundchaser, I love that drive, and plan on passing through there about when you want to ride it. If the timing works out right, I could haul some
fuel down to Pancho, or Beto's camp for you.
I would be continuing south from there, so no promise about hauling empty jugs back to BOLA. When you firm up your travel plan, post back here and
maybe I or someone else could help out!
[Edited on 2-20-2018 by AKgringo]
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Great offer Akgringo.
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That would be the way to go and then just donate the gas jugs to Poncho, that way you don't have to worry about hauling them back. Its nice to ride
and not have to pack all of the extra weight that a large gas tank comes with. Very nice offer,,,,
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soundchaser
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Thanks AK, that is a very kind offer. I will be in touch!
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Update
Can confirm those tracks are good. A really long single day ride, would recommend making it over two days unless you are real fast or looking for a
10 plus hour non stop ride. Thanks to all for the advice, we had a great trip!
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| Quote: Originally posted by soundchaser | | Can confirm those tracks are good. A really long single day ride, would recommend making it over two days unless you are real fast or looking for a
10 plus hour non stop ride. Thanks to all for the advice, we had a great trip! |
What part did you ride? Window Rock trail or are you talking about BoLA to San Fransquito.
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Just fyi, some of that Bill Nichols trail (Window Rock region) is on the California El Camino Real mission road (trail). Bill Nichols and the Jesuits
or Indian trail makers have good direction sense!
North of San Borja, the Camino Real mostly resembles cattle trails as the Jesuits were expelled from California soon after the next mission north of
San Borja was founded (at Calamajué, 1766) and they weren't there long enough to have the typical Jesuit road constructed.
The Franciscans and Dominicans that followed the Jesuits were not the road engineers and were satisfied with the simple trail with very little visible
construction such as switchbacks, except where absolutely necessary.
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JZ, I am referring to the tracks I posted going from Gonzaga to Bola. From what I gather part of that is the Window trail.
Cheers!
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How long did it take you and did you drop down on the beach at La gringa? We should be gunning the week after next....
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| Quote: Originally posted by soundchaser | JZ, I am referring to the tracks I posted going from Gonzaga to Bola. From what I gather part of that is the Window trail.
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Nice! That is hella long for one day.
How tough was the ~18 mile leg from the bay/coast where you turn South down to La Gringa/BoLA?
I think this is the only leg of the Window Rock trail we are going to ride on our trip in a couple weeks. Up from BoLA and back down.
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Sorry for the slow reply, not on this board often. That section is really the only technically tough part. It was also beautiful in there. Wasn't
too bad, but you should be an A rider. There are a few tough rocky sections but we made them without having to get off an push the bikes. My buddies
KTM vapor locked in that section so we spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out what the problem was. I am sending a u2u with my contact info if
you have any other questions. Enjoy!
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That section is a lot easier going from La Gringa North. Some pretty good climbs going South
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Good to know, figured as much.
How fast is the ride from where the flag is back down to the highway?
Thinking about doing a day ride loop from Bahia going up along the coast then West to the flag and shoot South down to the hwy.
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From the flag to the Hwy is good 2 track and dry lake. Very fast.
If you haven't done Hwy to the flag and then Window Rock trail to El Crucero and slab back to Bahia, that might make another good day loop.
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