Azusa and Carbon Canyon rides

This is the ride for a morning rather than a whole day. Carbon Canyon and Chino Hills as a warm-up, then San Gabriel Canyon Road, State Route 39, north out of Azusa toward Crystal Lake.

SR-39 is a genuine mountain road that dead-ends part way up, which keeps the traffic down. DROC has run this pairing five times, usually with two meetups so riders from Orange County and from closer to Azusa can join at the point that suits them.

How DROC rides it

  • Two meetups is the norm: one in Orange early, one at Azusa about ninety minutes later.
  • The road surface on SR-39 varies and there is rockfall after rain. Watch the inside lines.
  • It works as a half day, which makes it one of the easier rides to say yes to.

Every time we have ridden it

Route plans

These are the actual route plans DROC has used, with the map for each. Ride leaders pick from these rather than inventing a route every time, which is why the same roads come up again: they work. Nothing stops you riding them on your own.

RouteLengthHoursLast riddenMap
Azusa Water Tower, GMR, Carbon CanyonHalf day2.75April 2024Route
Azusa Water Tower, GMRHalf day3.5April 2024Route
Azusa, Crystal LakeHalf dayAugust 2024Route
Carbon Canyon, Santiago Canyon, HaciendaHalf dayJuly 2022Route
Carbon Canyon, Santiago Canyon, VitalyHalf dayApril 2023Route
Carbon Canyon, Santiago CanyonHalf dayMay 2024Route
Santiago CanyonHalf dayFebruary 2024Route

Ride it with us

Every DROC ride runs the same way: a safety briefing before we roll, staggered formation, a lead and a sweep, and regroups at every junction that matters. The full ground rules and the hand-signal guide are on the rides page.

See upcoming rides

See what is coming up, or join DROC. Bike nights are free and open to non-members, so you can also just turn up to one first.