Matts view of the road Monday morning. The marine layer was thick and left moisture on the world

Monday on the Road

Car goes over the hillside at mile marker 7. Five injured.

http://abc7.com/news/car-goes-over-cliff-in-glendora;-5-injured/963301/

Bill was amazed at the fog that rolled in this morning. The view from First Saddle from Bill's GoPro camera.

Rent a five star tent at Baldy Notch.

Detours on Glendora Mountain Road are expensive. This car went over the side at 11:30 am Sunday morning.

GMR car of the year. This BMW goes for a cool $180k. The locale is Newman's Point. Matt offered to trade in his bike for a test drive but was politely declined.

Fire Recon

From Mark G. wrote this on... Aug. 16th...

I rode up to GRR mile 4 this morning.  The gate is closed but unmanned (GRR gate is closed too, but also unmanned).  Not many bikes up there this morning, I only counted 17 during my entire ride.

The fire looked great this morning.  Hardly any smoke from the burned hillsides, or in the air above.

I only saw one helicopter.  It landed down off of hwy 39 by the second reservoir.  It did not pick up any water, just landed next to the road, which should be a good sign.

It looks like there is a flare up right now, as there was yesterday at about this time.  May it go away in an hour or so, as yesterday's flare up did.

Glendora Mountain Road Closed

Glendora Mountain Road is closed to all vehicle traffic due to the Cabin Fire. No motor vehicles.  No bicycles. The CHP Officer said it was potentially closed all weekend. The recommendation was it's hot here. The San Gabriel River Trail can take you to the beach.

Cabin Fire

The Cabin Fire started at 1:07pm PST. one mile north of Burro Canyon. Wind was blowing south to north away from Glendora at this time.

Fire News: 8/14/2015 9:00 PM:
Currently, the fire is 1800 acres and is 0% contained. 5 firefighters were evacuated with minor injuries. 400 hundred personnel are on scene. The location of the fire is 3 miles north Rincon-Redbox Rd. off HWY 39. HWY 39 is closed from the bottom of Old San Gabriel Canyon Rd for the remainder of the weekend. to the Intersection of HWY 2  

Fire News: 6:16 PM
The Cabin Fire started at 1:07pm PST. Currently, the fire is 900 acres and is 0% contained. 4 firefighters were evacuated with minor injuries. 400 hundred personnel are on scene. The location of the fire is 3 miles north Rincon-Redbox Rd. off HWY 39. HWY 39 is closed from the bottom of Old San Gabriel Canyon Rd. to the Intersection of HWY 2.

Mark's photos from 2:58 PM

The Cabin Fire plume from Glendora

Cabin burning in fire

Fire burning off of highway 39 and Rincon Red Box Road. reported at 1:18 pm. Firefighters are on scene.

Weekend full of biking

Two days of cycling on the road felt really good. Cooler overcast mornings were a welcome to the heat of summer. Friday's Ride with Matt, Joan and Bill extended out to Glendora Ridge Road mile marker 2.45. My legs were fresh and stops were short. We swept up Bill at GRR 1.29 on the way back. The Saturday Ride with Joan and Bill ended at the shed. The legs asked what was going on with back to back rides. Training.

At the shed  the Angels of the Cycling Community, Duane and Rosanna sponsored their AllState Sag Stop. Ice cold water, sliced oranges, bananas and more. Their kindness have saved many of us from dehydrating this hot summer. Duane was sporting his new collar bone plate. With in 48 hours of surgery. He was at the shed ringing cow bells encouraging us to ride faster.

 

Matt

Joan

Duane - Sag Sponsor

Nice stitching on the collarbone plate

Tandem Riders

John H.

Ron

Rosanna - Sag Sponsor

Bill

My speed and distance cadence sensor battery gave out on Saturday. Here's the repair job Bill performed.

Here's a youtube video that helped us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR1mY3ZUXDk

How do I work this thing? Scvelo and Incycle logos are covered by the bandana. It was hot and the air was thick tonight. Bill saw a fox on his ride this morning. I was happy not to have wildlife encounters

Joan on the Monday night ride

Heather on the Monday night ride