NorCal Gladiator Folk?

[Sw00per]

So what's the 411 besides what Google says.

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[svc707]

Some pictures from today. Got to download from the GoPro and trim

 

[Frenzyrider]

Anyone up for a meet and greet close to San Jose?

 

[SSingh1975]

Hey guys

Officially 'in' with yall now. Walked out with my diesel from Folsum Jeep last night for $49k which I thought was a good price. Will be checking here frequently to see if there's any meet ups etc. I have family in bay area and kid in UC Santa Cruz so I'm usually driving all over the place (hence the diesel). Not a heavy off-roader yet but do lots of camping/fishing in Tahoe/Reno and Sac areas.

 

[Sw00per]

Hey guys

Officially 'in' with yall now. Walked out with my diesel from Folsum Jeep last night for $49k which I thought was a good price. Will be checking here frequently to see if there's any meet ups etc. I have family in bay area and kid in UC Santa Cruz so I'm usually driving all over the place (hence the diesel). Not a heavy off-roader yet but do lots of camping/fishing in Tahoe/Reno and Sac areas.

What Jeep model\options did you go with?

 

[SSingh1975]

Here she is while I picked up dinner at "! Love Teriyak!". It's kinda base diesel Rubicon but with cold weather package and leather seating. For whatever reason, it came with the mud terrain tires instead of the AT (I prefer AT which I ran on my Ranger for 3 years and loved it).

It was either this or a High altitude diesel down in Gilroy (all loaded up with options) but I didnt have time to drive down there and frankly, prefer the rubicon look (especially the hood!) .

Cheers!

 

[CrazyCooter]

Here she is while I picked up dinner at "! Love Teriyak!". It's kinda base diesel Rubicon but with cold weather package and leather seating. For whatever reason, it came with the mud terrain tires instead of the AT (I prefer AT which I ran on my Ranger for 3 years and loved it).

It was either this or a High altitude diesel down in Gilroy (all loaded up with options) but I didnt have time to drive down there and frankly, prefer the rubicon look (especially the hood!) .

Cheers!

Congrats!

I was just in your neck of the woods on Friday picking up a new bike for the wife. Elk Glove has grown so much since I was a kid raised in Carmichael. We used to raise hell out there because the was nothing in Elk Grove......The Laguna overpass was the exit to nowhere back then......

 

[SSingh1975]

^ I know ...I moved here from San Bruno 20 years ago. When I moved here, my bay area families and friends were telling me that I'll move back in 5 years as its nothing but cow country and I'll be bored ...a) either by lack of people b) 110 degrees summer.

Fast forward to now and they all come over to Sac, stay at my 3500 sq house (which I bought for $320k 20 years ago and half paid off), and then they complain of bay area traffic, living expense, high cost of living. We have the new Sky River casino pretty much down the road from my house, new Sac Zoo construction happening in Elk Grove, and tons of breweries. And 2 hr day trips to SF or Lake Tahoe . My low house payment basically means more mods for my Rubicon ..,lol!

C yall around hopefully in some meetups! Cheers!

 

[FijiKid]

Elk Grove is a pretty cool spot. Lots of family and friends there. I’m in for meet and greet if / when it happens! I’ll keep a lookout.

 

[fourfa]

Starting to plan for the Rubicon later this year (early fall?). Negative interest in joining a catered, guided, jamboree parade; greatly prefer the quietest possible weekday run in a very small group

This sound interesting to anyone here?

 

[Roboworks4u]

In preparation for an upper Rubicon trail trip someday, I'd like to cut my teeth on the section of the Rubicon trail between Loon Lake and Wentworth springs. I've heard this easier section is a good introduction to the trail and can be completed in less than a day.

Anyone interested in planning something for June 2025? Check out this video for more info

 

[CrazyCooter]

In preparation for an upper Rubicon trail trip someday, I'd like to cut my teeth on the section of the Rubicon trail between Loon Lake and Wentworth springs. I've heard this easier section is a good introduction to the trail and can be completed in less than a day.

Anyone interested in planning something for June 2025? Check out this video for more info

That section of the trail can be done in an hour or two. It's mostly not challenging, but I remember a couple rougher spots?

I'd just plan on doing it in combination with the rest of Rubicon to complete the whole trip.

 

[Roboworks4u]

That section of the trail can be done in an hour or two. It's mostly not challenging, but I remember a couple rougher spots?

I'd just plan on doing it in combination with the rest of Rubicon to complete the whole trip.

I'm new to the rock crawling world. I'd like to test my recently purchased JT and everything installed (lift, tires, etc) before going for the full Rubicon trial. Maybe start at the Loon Lake side, take it slow on the trail, and finish up with lunch/brew in Georgetown.

 

[svc707]

I'm new to the rock crawling world. I'd like to test my recently purchased JT and everything installed (lift, tires, etc) before going for the full Rubicon trial. Maybe start at the Loon Lake side, take it slow on the trail, and finish up with lunch/brew in Georgetown.

You could always play around at Prairie City

 

[CrazyCooter]

I'm new to the rock crawling world. I'd like to test my recently purchased JT and everything installed (lift, tires, etc) before going for the full Rubicon trial. Maybe start at the Loon Lake side, take it slow on the trail, and finish up with lunch/brew in Georgetown.

I see you are semi local, do a day trip isn't a big deal. I'm so used to people calling Fresno "norcal" that I automatically was thinking better plan more time!

I only remeber one challenging spot, but there was a bypass. Obviously you would also need to either enter or exit gate keeper depending on which way you drove the route.

Are you on at least 3.5" and 37s? @Gvellas left a fair amount of zinc (full undercloak skids) on the rocks when we did Loon to Tahoe a couple of years ago.

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