Turkey Day Ride 2010

7 am meet up at Benson & Baseline. Crisp & Cool ride up Glendora Mountain Road. Happy Thanksgiving!

Lets Climb Some Hills

Perfect set-up for your next climb up Mt. Baldy Road

Historic Routes

The land now known as the City of Upland was part of a much larger area originally inhabited by the Native American Tongva tribe. Following the secularization of California's land holdings in the early 1800's, the area would later become an irrigation colony founded by brothers George and William Chaffey, who hailed from Canada and developed large portions of what are now the neighboring communities of Ontario and Etiwanda.

Upland is located at the historic crossroads of the National Old Trails Road (which later became Foothill Blvd./U.S. Route 66) and Euclid Ave (CA State Route 83). In 1826 the well-known trailblazer Jedediah Smith passed through what is now Upland on the first overland journey to the west coast of North America via the route which would be designated the National Old Trails Road in 1912. Later, Route 66 was a major path for migrants who came west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. Euclid Avenue, with its distinctive wide lanes and landscaped median and referred to as "a thing of beauty forever" by George Chaffey, was constructed as the main thoroughfare from Downtown Ontario to Upland and extending north into the mountains.

Located at this historic intersection is one of twelve Madonna of the Trail statues (pictured), which were commissioned by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. These statues are placed in communities along the former National Old Trails Road to commemorate the spirit of pioneer women in the United States. These regular Windbreaker cycling routes take us on these historic roadways as well as into neighboring communities in the Inland Empire, San Gabriel Valley, and Orange County. Ride On!