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Beach Cities Cycling Club, South Bay

LA Explorer: Vanderlip Park and frozen treats

  • 2026-08-25
  • 9:00 AM
  • Captain Kidd's, 209N Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Hot summer day coastal ride - with some climbing!

26.9 mi, 1909 ft, Vanderlip Park - Ride Leader : Mario Obejas


With an Extreme Heat Advisory in effect, we stay near the coast.  We will ride through coastal PV to Vanderlip Park and do small HIIT style climbs that will accumulate about 1900 feet of climbing for the whole ride.  At the end of the ride, we have two frozen treat stops to replenish our calorie expenditures:
1. Neptune's Frozen Yogurt in Malaga Cove
2. Handel's Ice Cream, Prospect and PCH

Note: Vanderlip Park has a short (0.3 mile) but very scenic blufftop dirt trail. Riders will have an option to ride through the scenic dirt blufftop, or ride pavement only, to the middle of the blufftop where we will take a group photo and take in the views. It's a compact dirt trail, mostly flat. Check it out: 

Pace : L2
Ride start is 9am, at the plaza just south of Captain Kidd's
The Tuesday ride varies by design. If you want novelty, this is your ride. Routes typically vary between ~35-55 miles, 1000-3000 feet of climbing. If we go to an eating place, expect a "digestion pace" on the return.

Often there is a destination (a vista point, climb, point of interest, etc). We often go to places that would be crowded on a weekend (eg, Hollywood Sign). We are usually done by 1-2pm, and a coffee or meal stop is customary (usually at the end; sometimes that's the destination).

"Beach Cities Cycling Club, South Bay" is a 501(c)7 non-profit mutual benefit organization.

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