100-Mile Hwy 36/2 Loop Group Ride

 Met up with six other riders at the Encanto Park in Duarte, at ~9:30 for a 10:00 depart. I didn't arrive until ~9:45 and we didn't roll until ~10:30. Met Peter Ha and Victor for the first time. Victor has an S18 so he was going to join us only for the first ~15-miles (he made it to the Cogswell Dam area before turning around.

I rode my Sherman Max.

At our highest elevation. From left: Dawn, Lydia, Kato, James, and Peter

Midway through the ride. From left: me, Kato, James, Lydia, Dawn, and Peter

For the first time on this long (normal 89-mile loop) ride I rode up to the Mt Wilson Observatory. We all had ~86-volts so I thought it was reasonable to visit the observatory even though it was a decent 4-mile climb. My Max was at ~85.5-volts, resting.

There we took our second long break of the day. Took some video on the journey back down to the Hwy 2 / Mt Wilson Red Box Road junction. My Max was ~85.5-volts at that junction. So it cost ~1-volt to make that roundtrip.

Took a few pictures while we were at the junction before proceeding back to civilization

Peter goofing for the camera

Dawn and Lydia

The day was running long. We didn't leave the junction until ~6pm. I figured that it would be dark by the time we got to the cars, and it was.

I started hearing a few beeps on my Max with a couple of miles from the car. Ended the ride with ~78-volts. Dawn, who was also riding a Max had over 82-volts. For most of the ride our voltages were very close but the difference really showed up at the end.

GeoTracker Data

Here's the EUC World Tour Of The Ride

EUC World Snapshot

First Distance Ride With The Monster Pro

 Of course I already put about 800-miles on the EUCO Monster Pro, but this was my first break-in ride on my personal copy that I received last week (thanks Ray Rokni).

Chris Chaput joined me with his Monster Pro, received the same day as mine.

We journeyed up to the base of the Mt Baldy ski lifts.

I also used my newly fabricated seat which worked great. I particularly enjoy riding seated while going downhill

The ride was uneventful (a good thing). We are both a bit wary of the Monster Pro since they have an above average failure rate.

Overheating

There is no doubt that the Monster Pro runs hot. And in our particular case, when climbing the last few files where we ascend ~2000-feet, both of our wheels overheated (or would have overheated if we didn't stop) I think 5-times.

So some temperature mods are in the future for my Monster Pro.