Mountain High Cycling

01/01/2023

Joshua Tree D.C. cancelled for March 2022. The webmaster is somewhat retiring and taking down his websites Big Brother Cycling and Mtn. High Cycling, as of Jan.1, 2023. Thus, I will need to find a server and webmaster. Thank You Charlie Irwin for volunteering to host my website, and for also doing a tremendous amount of many tedious upgrades, of your own inventions, to improve on-goingly California Triple Crown's massive website (on another server), again, as a Volunteer! We appreciate all you've done, Charlie, behind the scenes, Volunteering for these websites over many, many, years, serving every Double Century Cyclist in your own unique ways...not just the website, but mailing out all the CTC jerseys from the factory you own and run, in Santa Ana. Who knows how many hours you have volunteered?! Enough to be honored as The Volunteer of the Double Century, I bet! Right up there with the in-famous Lee Mitchell! Thank-you Charlie Irwin!

09/28/2022

Oceanside Double Century is waiting for Permit approval from San Diego County.
On 9/22/22 They said it was in review. Registration will be open after approval. Thank you for your patience. Anny Beck, Ride Dir.

03/15/2022

First Place Rider was Mark Christopherson, shown here out front, started at 6:52am, finishing at 5:14pm with srtava verifying his total moving time at 10hrs 22 minutes! This was his 50th Double Century, earning his Hall of Fame recognition for riding 50 Calif. Triple Crown Double Centuries! Mark is from Trabuco Canyon in Orange County. He is shown here riding in the Joshua Tree National Park, with his two riding friends, Marco Ensing, and T.J. Knight, whom he started with, and has ridden with before. On the climb out of JTNP, after the three had been trading pulls, Marco was out front, Mark, 2nd, and a gap was forming with T.J. in the back. Marco told Mark to go on, that he and T.J. had decided to ride it together, and he wanted to stay with T.J. / Mark wasn't sure the two made the left turn up Ragsdale Rd. after Cottonwood visitors center, but I said, it could have been because the Ragsdale Road sign was missing. Lunch: Marco and T.J. stopped for lunch, but Mark kept going. At Rest Stop 4 Mark stopped for his favorite PB & J sandwich and added Tailwind to his water. Mark waited for them and the 3 started out again, but then Mark started pulling away, middle of Rice Road, coming in solo to RS 6, the Oasis and riding solo to the Finish! Mark said it was perfect riding weather! He is 63 years old!

02/28/2022

March 12th, '22 is Joshua Tree Double Century and Century! http://www.mtnhighcycling.com/Joshua_Tree_Double/Default.aspx?ID=28&Ride_ID=2 D.C. is 194.4, 9,449 ft., Calif. Triple Crown Approved. Century is 113 mi.. Ride through JT National Park!

10/09/2021

Oceanside Double Century for Oct. 23, 2021 has been cancelled due to not being able to obtain a San Diego Permit, for reasons beyond my control. Hopefully a Permit will be granted next year. The Permit has been granted since 2006. WOW, this certainly was not expected! Hope to obtain a Permit for O.D.C. in 2022! Keep Looking Up, and Never Give Up! Your Ride Dir., Anny Beck

02/25/2021

10/16/2020

RE: Oceanside Double Century, Virtual 10/10-11/07/20 by Mtn. High Cycling, RULES for VIRTUAL DOUBLE CENTURIES: 200 mile minimum, even though the REAL Double Century has less miles. ODC V. Lowland: 7,500ft./ Highland: 12,000-15,000 ft. Price 45. check/ 50. paypal. /Time limit: 24hrs./Also per CTC rules, there is a new waiver to sign, for Virtuals, the new link will be sent out to registered riders, via ODC web email, and is being put up in/at the O.D.C. website. If not getting emails via the website, check spam or write to: [email protected] I do post emails regularly and on facebook via Oceanside Double Century. I apologize for writing you could ride it for 191 miles, (which is what the REAL D.C. is.) Please send your strava, and some pics of your version of "Virtual"!

06/09/2020

Last Day for Healy sale is today. Sale upgrades to next model for free! (4 Models).