shokhead said:Anyone ride inbetween anywhere? During the week after work i go to the end of the path by the Marina and on Sat mornings i go to Pico R golf course or the dam once in a while.
I should be more specific: The San Gabriel River bike path runs from River's End Cafe (just below Marina Drive) to the Ranger Station at the bottom of San Gabriel Canyon where the River path ends at S39 (Roberts Canyon). Round trip is 75 miles.stihl said:How did you get 75 miles?
No,i stay on the path,i'm a weenie.stihl said:Hey shokhead, have you ridden Punta Del Este Rd? (22.3% avg. hill!)
It's off SG trail.
Yes. Ride past the East Fork bridge another mile and a half and the West Fork is beyond a small parking area and the gate on the left side of S39. At Cogswell Dam, there's a ramp up from the bottom to the top that will test your legs.stihl said:Ride up SG canyon to West Fork? Where is West Fork?
I know that if you climb up Highway 39, you'll eventually see a bridge and turn right (East Fork).
So West Fork would be going past the bridge, correct?
Are you sure it is closed? I just road it last night and there is still a section of the road that hasn't been repaired since last winters rains. A month ago I rode it on a Saturday from Sierra Madre and the gate was closed. The rangers told me that people keep cutting the locks off the gate so that might be why it is open on the weekends at times.Bixe said:Keep in mind that GMR south of the Glendora Ridge Road into Glendora is still closed during weekdays, so I suggest coming down San Antonio Canyon on the Mt. Baldy Road/Mills to Baseline to get back to the River.
You've heard pretty much what I've heard from the rangers as well as the workers on the road. As stated elsewhere this thread, the South section of GMR is indeed closed to everyone (cyclists, equestrians and hikers) during daylight hours M-F, but otherwise open, obviously excepting auto traffic. I've also spoken with some folks who do spend evenings up in the Canyon, several on bikes but mostly hikers. What the rangers and workers are concerned about is anyone getting hurt while there's construction equipment along the road during normal working hours. Not that they're up there all the time, but they just don't want to cart one of us outta there in the bucket of a wheel loader.JM714 said:Are you sure it is closed? I just road it last night and there is still a section of the road that hasn't been repaired since last winters rains. A month ago I rode it on a Saturday from Sierra Madre and the gate was closed. The rangers told me that people keep cutting the locks off the gate so that might be why it is open on the weekends at times.