There’s a long dirt climb called Sunset Ridge Truck Trail that takes you all the way up to GMR just before you descend down into Baldy Village that will give this route about 50% more dirt… check it out! Make sure to bring lots of food and water it’s a hard climb
@@GravelBikeCalifornia I wish it was, that's my style for sure. Jealous of the truck and those trails you keep showing off! One day I hope to ride a couple of these if I can escape Canada. Thanks for all the great content.
Great ride!! You can add more dirt at the beginning of this route by climbing Monroe Cyn (at the bottom of Glendora Mountain Road-GMR, gate is at the first GMR switchback) that takes you all the way to the GMR shack, on dirt. Or, the pro level Baldy dirt climb is the Sunset peak motorway that takes you all the way to Baldy Village on dirt, I call that "Dirty Baldy".
By looking at several of your vids, it looks like you pretty much covered a lot of the surrounding areas of LA. Have you ever ridden Maple Springs to Santiago Peak in OC" that would be a good gravel grinder, or can also access the peak via Harding truck trail! Cheers!
No OC yet, but came close. Send it Sunday was supposed to be down there last March, but Covid hit that. We were also supposed to do Black Star during the summer, then a fire hit. Definitely looking to add some in the future and taper LA back a bit as we get to some normalcy...
Been riding that since the 70's. Long before TOC there was a time trial race from the bottom to Manker Flats. Looks pretty crowded. Was that on a weekend?