Glendora Mountain Road to East Fork and then some more

Frank and I decided to head to GMR for a Shack and "back".  We met up at Euro Cafe and it was a nice paced ride to the base of Glendora Mountain Road.  It was a little cold, but I knew once we started climbing we'd heat up quickly.  We kept a talking pace up to the Shack and I have to admit, I pushed the pace a little at the last decent/climb before the guard shack.  I slowly increased the pace, little by little, trying not to tip off Frank of my plan.  If he caught on, Frank would just drop down in gears and sprint past me if I didn't time it right.  He knew what I was doing and we finished to the shack at the same time. 

Once at the top of Monroe, we headed down East Fork and climbed out of Hwy 39.  East Fork and Hwy 39 were uneventful and quiet.  Very little car traffic on the weekdays is nice.  

At the bottom of Azusa Ave we stopped at a taco shop and had lunch.  

Dominic's Wednesday Ride

 Today I planned on a nice flat recovery ride.  Yesterday, I rode with the Los Lobos and they basically ate me alive. Legs burnt, tired, no power for today.  But hey, it's another day, might as well do something outside.  So Fco Iglesias invited me to climb to Crestline, NOPE! I ain't climbing today, the legs are toast. I need something flat.  Jessica G invited me to Dominic G's Wednesday ride with the promise it's flat.  I think she said something to the effect that, "It's chill, we ride from the Bagelry in LaVerne to Glendora (Meet up with Tai O) then head AWAY from the mountains into Covina and head back."  Okay, I'm down.  Heck she even got a text from Tai that the ride will be "CHILL".

Well we ended up climbing Hwy 39 to East Fork then to GMR.  The lies people tell to get you out on a ride.  It's a good thing I never fib on rides, distance, elevation or effort. 

Circle of Doom (In reverse)

This ride was epic.  88 miles and 9000 ft of climbing.  Most notable is once you make it to the base of Hwy 2, you have to climb for 40 miles until you reach Hwy 39.  It was a great ride and I am thankful we have SAG support.

New Year, First Ride

I didn't want to ride this ride today, but I did promise to meet Nathaniel today at the Ranger Station on Hwy 39.  A promise is a promise, so I reluctantly geared up and loaded the car to meet him.  I parked at SM and GMR and rode to the meet point.  I was 20 minutes early so I took a few photos. 20 minutes is too much cool down time.  It was windy and cold but I stayed put.  I could have ridden to Nathan's meet point at Encanto Park. But then again, I didn't really want to ride and that would just add more miles.

Truthfully, I wasn't sure I was strong enough to ride from SM/GMR to Hwy 39 to East Fork to GRR.  I've been off the bike and trying to get back "in" and this seemed like a big ride.

As I waited, Kevin showed up and a little later soon after Enkanto Krew met up with us.  We headed up Hwy 39 and overall the climb was great.  I've missed the mountains and I really enjoyed being there.