Southern California Mountain Bikers

GMR (Any One want to Shuttle it?)

Dec '09 12 Sat 8:00 AM

Location: GMR parking lot

1044 glendora Mountain RD
Glendora, CA 91741

How to find us
"I have the Red Checy truck and i ride a giant reign x0"

Attendance: 5 people attended.
5.003 (3 ratings)
Who organized?
peter

GMR aka The Monroe Truck Trail (We will do Our own shuttling) 8am

Here is the location we are meeting : 1044 Glendora Mountain Rd, Glendora, CA, 91741 (Google or Map quest for directions)

The trail is a mix of wide open, "flowy" fire road to over grown, technical and rocky single track. It is simple: go fast the ride is advanced, go slow to reasonably paced the trail is beginner to intermediate. Yes the trail is safe for beginners. If you have never ridden a mountain bike before, we will set you up with a buddy to ride down.There are several options to GMR: the main road, the Big Dalton cut-off and what I call the "Go" option.

All options start at the intersection of Glendora Mountain Road and the Monroe Truck Trail. After a few miles of skimming the ridge-line, the trail gives way from wide fire road to 'sinuousy' single-track and 'dives' into the canyon. The trail twists and turns throws rocks at you and is generally what we've come to expect of the San Gabriels. . .

Difficulty:Advanced - Beginner
Trail type :Fire Road to Single Track to Rock Gardens
Logistics :Shuttle
Distance:5.9 miles
Altitude Change: ~ 2,426 ft

Gear:Anything from a well maintained hybrid to a 40lbs downhill machine will do. Dual shocked X/Cty to All-Mountain bikes will do the best as there is some climbing (~100 yards, 100' elevation gain easy to accomplish in the middle chain-ring). Wear long pants and shin guards as my scratched up and 'poison oaked' legs will tell you. If you have the other pads and the full-face bring 'em. I still wear clip-ins and get laughed at. But it is a mixed bag of riding. Go with what you are comfortable with.

Details:We will Do our Own Shuttling,I have a truck and have fit 14 bikes on it before.We can split/chip in for the gas cost depending who else helps me with the shuttling..

I can fit 15 bikes but only 5 passengers. we will work it out once there.

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Paul Sylvester
Sunday would have been the bomb.

Posted Dec 13, 2009 4:52 PM
nobu
How many runs did guys do? I should've gone there.. I went PV instead, but wasn't even ridable.

Posted Dec 12, 2009 2:50 PM
chris g
rain, shmain,,,this trail ROCKS in any weather (just not too cold please) lol i think i even like it BETTER in the rain...freakin' awesome! thanks for shuttling us up peter!

Posted Dec 12, 2009 1:33 PM
peter
fun ride...thanks for coming out..

Posted Dec 12, 2009 12:33 PM
Paul Sylvester
7.24 it is raining in La Verne and has increased since 7. Radar shows a large band of rain but behind it some possible clearing. Looks like later in the morning is possible. I'll come out if it stops raining?

Posted Dec 12, 2009 7:28 AM
peter
on my way...

Posted Dec 12, 2009 7:24 AM
peter
Its only sprinkling right now, and then at 7am its only a mere 25% chance of rain!!!

Weather Channel For Glendora, CA

7 AM

53° F
Cloudy

25% Precipitation
Wind From SSW
2 mph

Posted Dec 12, 2009 7:23 AM
peter
it's coming down Heavy in my area,I dont blame you if you dont go. Ill be up there regardless for those that do show up..

Posted Dec 12, 2009 6:25 AM
nobu
6AM. Seems like pretty much rain for all day....

Posted Dec 12, 2009 6:04 AM
peter
hey everyone we will most likely have a window in the morning to ride nice and dry.. see you all at GMR...eat some breakfast...and bring your water.

Posted Dec 11, 2009 10:09 PM
Chris Ashford
Have fun!

Posted Dec 11, 2009 6:41 PM
peter
Hey all I just got off the phone with the Forrest Service and The Glendora Mountain Road and Trail WIll BE Open....

Posted Dec 11, 2009 3:00 PM
peter
Dont forget the rain coats or trash bags....

Posted Dec 11, 2009 2:50 PM
chris g
8am-10am on sat...60%-70% chance of rain, 54-58 degrees. bring your sun screen...UV index of 1 !

Posted Dec 11, 2009 11:26 AM
chris g
bring your scuba gear for the ride (swim?) thru the canyon...

Posted Dec 11, 2009 10:58 AM
Paul Sylvester
Rain for tomorrow is predicted for most of the day as well as this evening. If it rains hard the canyon will have water in it and depending on the amount of rain, could be impassable? Even if it does not rain tomorrow everyone should be prepared for the wet off the bushes along the single track portions.

Posted Dec 11, 2009 10:10 AM
chris g
sounds cool. good idea about checking out the road in advance. i saw crews doing prep work last week to get ready for the rains but you never know.

Posted Dec 11, 2009 9:59 AM
peter
. Or Just Help each other out with the Vehicles we bring. First thing is first I know there was a really bad fire up there and It looks like There will be mud slides on the road so later tonight i will need to find out if the Road will be open....Ill keep everyone posted....

Posted Dec 11, 2009 9:52 AM
peter
Chris G/All One plan for the shuttling is if Kane brings his Carpool Van, we could load up the Passengers in the Van and Load the Bikes on My truck and me and him could take turns with 2 other persons so that we could get a ride in as well. Prob Looking at like 10 per person for Fuel cost on both Vehicles so that we can all get a nice 3-4 maybe 5 runs in smoothly...

Posted Dec 11, 2009 9:52 AM
chris g
what would the shuttle cost? what would be the min number needed?

Posted Dec 11, 2009 7:48 AM
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Who attended?

5 attendees
- Mark Warrick (+1 guest)
  
  “ Glad we chose to do just one trip down. When Peter and I got back to the top to get the cars, it was pouring rain and a lot colder. We got completely soaked and muddy, but wow that was a lot of fun! So glad I got up to do this ride vs sitting around doing nothing all day! Oh and this was Teresa's first time down the trail - and she did it in the rain - she ROCKS! GMR is perfect in the rain but I'd recommend bringing an extra set of dry clothes for each run. Oh and I had an excuse to clean my bike finally. :) Thanks Peter for helping out with the shuttle and everyone for coming to enjoy this little adventure. Oh and thanks for stopping by to say hi Paul! ”
- chris g
  
  “ OMG...this trail keeps getting more and more fun! i thought i enjoyed it riding on a nice fall morning...riding it in the rain (or just after so you dont have to deal with the mud in the car) is freakin' awesome. no sliding out here...just tear into the turns...and ruts are no longer a problem...just ride right thru them. wish we got in more runs but it was still awesome. ”
- peter
  
  “ This trail is guaranteed fun even in the Rain...... ”
- Paul Sylvester