Glendora Ridge Road Closed 12/24/2015 to 12/28/2015 due to icy road conditions

Toy Ride Success

The SC Velo/Incycle Toy Ride was a Great Success!

Toys collected during the three week drive were delivered to the San Dimas Sheriff's Station. Apart of the toys delivered were 40 bikes donated by SC Velo, Incycle, Impact Racing Team and a generous donation by Cannondale. 

Many of the toys were carried by the Toy Riders in back backs on their ride over to the San Dimas Sheriff's station. The rest of the toys and the bikes were transported by vans.

The officials at the Sheriff's station were impressed and grateful for all of the toys and bikes we have provided them to distribute to deserving local families. 

Many thanks to everyone that contributed and participated!

Can you spot Hammer the mini-pincher is sitting in the photo?

Hard Core

The summer crowd of folks on the mountain have gone holiday shopping. Only the hard core veterans who need their Gmr fix ride during the winter months. My ride schedule has dropped to once a week  with the short days. Blame the cold weather, but the in door exercise routine fell by the wayside as well. The Saturday morning sun felt good albeit a bit cool. A whole week off I took in the grinding gears, the small hillside erosion as squirrels scurried away, the rhythm of wheels and chains and pumping hearts. Joan and I forged ahead as Matt and Bill caught up. At the shed, Joan was quick to descend. Matt, Bill and I lingered on. We stopped at Newman's to check out the reservoir when a large red tail hawk fell overhead. The wing span was impressive as the bird flew low overhead. Fortunately the white remembrances of dinner floated down to the hillside. We were happy not to have been tagged with hawk crap.

GMR Cleanup

Kudos to those who participated in the GMR Cleanup Saturday December 12 sponsored by Extreme Boardshop and REI. People trekked from San Diego, Riverside and surrounding cities to participate in festivities and fun. They covered seven miles of road collecting items discarded along the road. Their good work should inspire us all to pick up our items. The Angeles Forest thanks you.

It was a tough day of riding for me as the winter hours cuts into my ride time. It was nice to meet Yann at the shed.

SC Velo Toy Drive

The Southern California Velo Cycling Club (SC Velo) and Incycle Bicycle Stores are sponsoring a Christmas Toy Collection drive beginning on Friday November 27^th and concluding on Saturday December 19^th.  A Toy Ride will be held on Sunday, December 20^th to take the collected toys to the San Dimas Sheriff’s station so that they can be distributed to needy families.  All interested cyclists are invited to join with SC Velo riders to support this worthy cause by donating toys and/or participating in the ride.

Unwrapped toys can be left in collection bins at  Incycle Bicycle Stores in San Dimas, Chino, Pasadena, and Rancho Cucamonga ( see: http://incycle.com ) between November 27^th  and December 19^th. 

The SC Velo Toy Ride will depart from the San Dimas Incycle store on Sunday, December 20^th at about 9:00 AM for an easy, no-drop, 1 hour+ ride with SAG support to the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station to turn the collected toys over to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department representatives.

All toys collected as part of this drive will be delivered to kids of needy families by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas station.  Last year, the San Dimas station was able to help a large number of families during the Christmas holiday because of our Toy Ride.

This is Tim and his son on the S bends of GMR. Tim's role is to pedal while his son coaches him on his performance. Faster. Faster. That's 50 extra pounds Tim is pulling up to Mt Baldy. Tim passed me by near windy tunnel. I thought wow what a great sag wagon when I noticed his son in the back. I pushed a bit harder or perhaps Tim was ready for a kinder pace. We rode to the shed and had a blast. His son really liked the long boarders walking up the road with their gear.