anyone done GMR to Mountain via GRR?

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  1. Chewyeti

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    up Glendora mountain road to glendora ridge road to mountain? take baseline to foothill back to GMR to complete the loop....

    Done it in cars before.... but how bad is the climbing?

    Would be a good ride... and not crazy traveled like the 2 etc....
     
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    The climbing's not that bad (famous last words), but there is a ton of it. Personally, I hate the few downhill sections that interrupt the climbing. Once the climbing rhythm is broken, it's hard to start up again. If you're interested, I can send you the Garmin file.
     
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    We estimating like 4000 feet or so climbing?

    Garmin file - that would be rad-

    aaronmcox1 at gmail dot com
     
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    yep....

    when are we attempting it dave?
     
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    Whenever you got 5 hours to kill. That's a hell of a lot of climbing!

    one is, one isn't. Tough either way
     
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    instead of centruy saturday?
     
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    I did it in April, 2 hours 24 minutes...road bike, right?
     
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    When I go Claremont (Mills and baseline) to GMR to GRR to Baldy Mountain Road to Mills to Baseline, i figure 3 hours or so. Used to be a bit more than 2.5, but I got fat.

    GMR is easy climbing, nice long low grade
    Ridge road is pretty good too, and you get to stop climbing before the end.

    It's probably my favorite ride.

    Yeah, that's about as fast as I've ever done it, but it is definitely doable.
     
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    Personally, I prefer to do it in reverse of what you stated. Climb up Baldy Rd to GRR, take GRR to GMR and descend to Glendora.

    Baldy Rd is not that fun to descend, and GRR to GMR is mostly descent. In reverse, you get the bulk of the climbing out of the way on Baldy Rd and are able to fully enjoy GRR and GMR.

    Agreed, though, it's awesome up there. Another great ride in that area is up to Crystal Lake on Highway 39, then connect to Highway 2 and descend into La Canada. But the 2 has heavier traffic, as you mentioned.
     
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    JfromLV and his brother Joe have done it many times on there road bikes. I haven't, don't own a road bike besides a beach cruiser.
     
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    See, I like going down baldy, cause 60 mph on the bike is awesome.

    Really though, I just fear getting clipped going up baldy, and going down I'm comfortable taking a lane cause I'm going as fast (faster sometimes) than the cars.


    Jeff - can I borrow your century cruiser? how do you think it would do down gmr?
     
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    David is bailing and riding Big Bear anyway. Looks like you are stuck doing the century Chewy.
     
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    No BB either, family stuff holding me up until ~8:30am anyway. Not sure when I'll be free that morning.
     
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    either way... i would love to do this ride afterwork one day
     
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    I would be up for trying it on a weekend sometime soon.

     
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    I'd be in for a thursday week after next. 8/13?
     
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    Man, a beach cruiser is really the only way to ride down GMR. Preferably in baggies and sandals, making a motorcycle noise. Coaster brake might get kinda warm though, like that guy who toasted one during Vision Quest this year...
     
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