Descending Glendora Mountain Road
Getting out for climbing and descending Glendora Mountain Road is a great experience in more ways than one. Without its other intangibles, GMR (as locals call it) is an essential climb in and of itself […]
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VIDEO – Choose your own adventure: LA Tourist Race
Year two of the LA Tourist Race launched Saturday as a couple hundred riders converged on Golden Saddle Cyclery for the first big ride of the year. With gravelers, mountain bikers and combined setups on […]
Cycling in the Snow: Mount Lukens
Yes, you can write an article both about Los Angeles and cycling in the snow. This area is a special place for the variety of terrain, but our mountains are one of the most underrated […]
VIDEO: Biking Crystal Lake
I’ve written about this many times before, but biking Crystal Lake should be an essential climb, but for reasons brought up many times just misses the criteria. In terms of epicness, it would easily rank […]
Gravel Bike California: Mount Lowe
Our Send it Sunday Gravel Ride series continued with yet another epic ride up Mount Lowe. This has been our fourth ride so far and even though the routes change, they have all scored high […]
Send it Sunday Recap: Pacifico Mountain
If no one ever rode Pacifico Mountain, could you still call it epic? Last month, I held my first (of what I hope is a series) group gravel ride and knew that it had to […]
Biking Pacifico Mountain
Gravel Bikes are a gift and there’s very few ways of expressing it more than Biking Pacifico Mountain. The San Gabriel Mountains provides the experience of having the Sierras in our backyard, but some spots […]
Springtime Gravel Bliss in LA Part 2: Santa Clara Truck Trail
Any mention of the Santa Clara Truck Trail elicits a nerve racking response of redemption for me. As the longest stretch of dirt lining the edge of the Santa Clarita Valley, there are plenty of […]
Santa Clara Truck Trail: The Longest Ride on the Shortest Day
Adventure is something we all seek, but walk the line on reward. Exploring Southern California by bike still feels boundless, but even nearby has its limitations. Going deeper into the San Gabriel Mountains fuels my […]
Mount Gleason Standing Alone in the Angeles National Forest
Clear Creek to Mount Gleason: 23.78 miles, 4890 feet elevation. The Angeles National Forest is a vast wilderness that even CiclaValley hasn’t completely triumphed yet. Amazingly set right up against one of the biggest […]