@@brucewarren5248 Definitely take your wife, I took mine, she loved it. We ended in seal Beach, and had a good lunch at the Hangout restaurant. Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ll be posting another video in the next couple of days from the Katy Trail in Missouri. Check it out.
One correction @ 7:08. The A Line is Metro Rail not Metrolink. These are two different rail systems run by two different agencies serving two different sets of stations and have two different ways of paying fares. Metro Rail is light rail and Metrolink is full sized trains running on the same tracks as Amtrak. They could have selected less confusing names.
Very cool to see this ride from Azusa to Seal as I've ridden the trail a few times, so it was fun to see the familiar sights including the Hang Out Restaurant, Thanks & maybe see you on the trail someday.
Las Vegas has many of these dedicated bike roads. The one called the River Mountain trail along Lake Mead goes 36 miles but it’s very challenging with many serious inclines.
Great video. I've ridden the San Gabriel River bike path for nearly 40 years. FYI, the second street crossing, which is crosses Whittier Boulevard, can be avoided be using the tunnel adjacent to the bike path.
@@socalhomies I never noticed the tunnel. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll look for it the next time I ride it. Thanks for watching my channel, and your comments.
You guys are lucky to have that trail it’s rare to have a dedicated bike trail from the clayey to to ocean I live in Ventura Ca. & we have a 30 + miles trail going from Ventura to Ojai Valley
i agree. I've done the ride from Ventura to Ojai before I started this channel. Its a great trail as well. Thanks for watching my channel and commenting.
Love the video. Thanks for sharing. I work at Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park and I feel like I’ve seen this trail on my daily commute home…off the 605 before I get on the 210 West to Santa Clarita where I live. But is it 38 miles one way? I’d love to try a round trip 80-miler one day.
@@doctor-d-rose69 You’ve definitely seen the trail when you’re driving the 605. It is a good round-trip ride, particularly if you start in Azusa first. That way when you make the turn at seal Beach, you get a little wind aided ride back home. Thanks for watching my channel and commenting on the video. Let me know when you make the ride.
@beyondthedriveway1839 I always wondered what was beyond that gravel hill and beyond. I see many cyclists and joggers on that path on my way home. I'll try it one day when work isn't so crazy! Thanks for replying!
I have always wanted to make the ride on the San Gabriel River Trail to Seal Beach but I have always been intimidated of not knowing what to expect on the trail. Your video inspires me to make that ride happen soon. Thank you ! subscribed by the way :D
Thanks for reaching out. That is exactly why I make these videos, I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know how the ride went for you after you've completed it. Good luck, have fun, and thanks for subscribing.
In OC we have a couple of trails to the beach. The most notable is Santa Ana River Trail (SART), the others are the Mountain to Sea Bike Trail from Peter's Canyon all the way to Newport Backbay; you can also take the San Diego Creek Trail that can give you a road to Laguna Beach. If you head towards Irvine, there is a highway full of trail but another major one is in Portola Hills north of Lake Forest and it's the Aliso Creek Bike Trail which will take you all the way to Dana Point and you can connect it to go to San Clemente. I've been wanting to the San Gabriel ride and after watching your video, I think it will be soon, thanks!
@@Kicsa Thanks for all the great info, and watching my video. I will definitely check out some of the trails you mentioned. Let me know how your ride of the San Gabriel River Trail goes.
Sorry for the slow reply. That is Whittier Boulevard, and yes, you can avoided that street crossing by using the tunnel adjacent to the bike path. Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy the ride.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I switched for Premier Pro to DaVinci Resolve at about the time, still learning the new program. I hope you are enjoying your rides.
@@beyondthedriveway1839 DR is great and has a mature audio tab based on Fairlight. Personaly I wouldn't miss Premier much with the savings you are getting
They need to resurface the San Gabriel bike path. They also need to remove all the nonsense that is around it as well. Could be such a beautiful bike path if it was kept up with.
There is still a lot of beauty left on it. If we can solve some of the bigger societal problems it would help. I ride a gravel bike with 43mm tires, that eats up the bumps. Thank for watching and commenting.
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. The second street crossing is Whittier Blvd, just off the Whittier exit of the 605 Freeway. At about the 18 mile mark before the end of the train in Seal Beach. Enjoy the trail, let me know how it goes for you.
If you start early in the morning, you can make it easily in 2 to 2 1/2 hours. But if you start later, say after 10 or 11 o’clock, you’ll be facing headwinds pretty much all the way down so that adds a lot of time. On the flipside, if you leave from seal Beach and head north to Azusa, sometimes you can get a pretty good push the whole way.
Ordinarily I would agree with that, I love that tail wind pushing me all the way home. But I needed the footage in to Long Beach and of the Blue Line. I've made the roundtrip ride since I shot that video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
For someone without a car how can you get to the start of the San Gabriel River Trail? You mentioned MetroLink on the end, but how about Amtrak? I live in San Diego and would love to do this ride.
Thanks for watching, and subscribing. Yes, for you this would be very easy to do. Just take the Amtrak to Grand Central Station in Los Angeles, then jump on the metro line (L/Gold Line) and take it to the Duarte/City of Hope exit. Then use Google maps to get you to Encanto Park, which is about a mile away from that metro line stop. I’m not sure the easiest way to get home from seal Beach, but I would imagine you could pick something up at a Long Beach. Enjoy, let me know how it works out for you.
Yes. You can take Metrolink from Oceanside or Amtrak from San Diego (more expensive) to Los Angeles Union Station. From Union Station take the Metro Rail A Line to Azusa/Downtown. Get on your bike and ride north on N Azusa Ave (Hwy 39). Turn off to the right on Ranch Rd and continue north. When Ranch Rd comes back into Hwy 39 cross the highway and get onto the San Gabriel River Trail (SGRT). Ride north on the SGRT to the "end" of the trail. Distance from the train station is only 2.6 mi. Ride the 38 mi to the "beginning" of the SGRT at Seal Beach. To get to a Metrolink/Amtrak station by a scenic route on bike paths and roads mostly with bike lanes you can ride 26 mi to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. From the SGRT at Seal Beach go east on Ocean Ave. Ocean become Seal Beach Blvd as it swings north. Turn right on Pacific Coast Hwy and continue to Sunset Beach. Turn toward the beach on Anderson St and left on South Pacific Ave. Where it ends at a cul-de-sac continue parallel to the beach on the Bolsa Chica asphalt "boardwalk". Take this "boardwalk" through Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington City Beach, and Huntington State Beach. When you get to the Santa Ana River Trail (about 12.6 mi from Seal Beach) turn inland on it and ride 13 mi to the Anaheim train station. From Anaheim take Metrolink or Amtrak back to Oceanside or San Diego. Of course the Metrolink or Amtrak schedules are key. A related fun bike trip is to start in Seal Beach, ride parallel to the coast to Long Beach and then ride north on the Los Angeles River Trail (LART) to Union Station (31 m). Take Metro Rail A Line to Azusa, and ride back to Seal Beach (38 mi). Of course you could also start in Azusa or anywhere along the loop route. The difficulty is that the LART ends at S Atlantic Blvd and doesn't start up again until near Elysian Park. City streets must be used to get from S Atlantic Blvd to Union Station. I know a route that is safe (IMO) for an experienced cyclist. I can write it out if anyone is interested. You can also make the loop smaller by connecting the LART to the SGRT via Gardendale St/Foster Road or via the Rio Hondo Bikeway between Imperial Blvd (@ the LART) and Whittier Narrows (@ the SGRT).
Awesome video!
@@israelfranco143 Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and commenting
Heavenly Bicycle Bliss !
The perfect trail clear your head and zone out on the pedals. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video. I think this is something my wife might like to ride. I'll have to take her there, but we will start from Seal Beach.
@@brucewarren5248 Definitely take your wife, I took mine, she loved it. We ended in seal Beach, and had a good lunch at the Hangout restaurant. Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ll be posting another video in the next couple of days from the Katy Trail in Missouri. Check it out.
One correction @ 7:08. The A Line is Metro Rail not Metrolink. These are two different rail systems run by two different agencies serving two different sets of stations and have two different ways of paying fares. Metro Rail is light rail and Metrolink is full sized trains running on the same tracks as Amtrak. They could have selected less confusing names.
@@scotth5132 I agree, too confusing with two similar of names. Thanks for the clarification though.
Very cool to see this ride from Azusa to Seal as I've ridden the trail a few times, so it was fun to see the familiar sights including the Hang Out Restaurant, Thanks & maybe see you on the trail someday.
Glad it brought back good memories for you. Thanks for watching the channel, commenting, and subscribing. See you on the trial.
Las Vegas has many of these dedicated bike roads. The one called the River Mountain trail along Lake Mead goes 36 miles but it’s very challenging with many serious inclines.
Good to know, I'll check it out and try to make plans to ride it. Thanks for watching and the trail info.
Great video. I've ridden the San Gabriel River bike path for nearly 40 years. FYI, the second street crossing, which is crosses Whittier Boulevard, can be avoided be using the tunnel adjacent to the bike path.
@@socalhomies I never noticed the tunnel. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll look for it the next time I ride it. Thanks for watching my channel, and your comments.
You guys are lucky to have that trail it’s rare to have a dedicated bike trail from the clayey to to ocean I live in Ventura Ca. & we have a 30 + miles trail going from Ventura to Ojai Valley
i agree. I've done the ride from Ventura to Ojai before I started this channel. Its a great trail as well. Thanks for watching my channel and commenting.
Love the video. Thanks for sharing. I work at Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park and I feel like I’ve seen this trail on my daily commute home…off the 605 before I get on the 210 West to Santa Clarita where I live. But is it 38 miles one way? I’d love to try a round trip 80-miler one day.
@@doctor-d-rose69 You’ve definitely seen the trail when you’re driving the 605. It is a good round-trip ride, particularly if you start in Azusa first. That way when you make the turn at seal Beach, you get a little wind aided ride back home. Thanks for watching my channel and commenting on the video. Let me know when you make the ride.
@beyondthedriveway1839 I always wondered what was beyond that gravel hill and beyond. I see many cyclists and joggers on that path on my way home. I'll try it one day when work isn't so crazy! Thanks for replying!
I have always wanted to make the ride on the San Gabriel River Trail to Seal Beach but I have always been intimidated of not knowing what to expect on the trail. Your video inspires me to make that ride happen soon. Thank you ! subscribed by the way :D
Thanks for reaching out. That is exactly why I make these videos, I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know how the ride went for you after you've completed it. Good luck, have fun, and thanks for subscribing.
So nice to have nice weather right now
Yes, time to ride!!
In OC we have a couple of trails to the beach. The most notable is Santa Ana River Trail (SART), the others are the Mountain to Sea Bike Trail from Peter's Canyon all the way to Newport Backbay; you can also take the San Diego Creek Trail that can give you a road to Laguna Beach. If you head towards Irvine, there is a highway full of trail but another major one is in Portola Hills north of Lake Forest and it's the Aliso Creek Bike Trail which will take you all the way to Dana Point and you can connect it to go to San Clemente. I've been wanting to the San Gabriel ride and after watching your video, I think it will be soon, thanks!
@@Kicsa Thanks for all the great info, and watching my video. I will definitely check out some of the trails you mentioned. Let me know how your ride of the San Gabriel River Trail goes.
5:05 At mile 18.8, the second street crossing, what street is that? Is that where you also have the option of going down and through the tunnel?
Sorry for the slow reply. That is Whittier Boulevard, and yes, you can avoided that street crossing by using the tunnel adjacent to the bike path. Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy the ride.
great video. However, be sure to check your panning(audio.)
Thanks for watching and commenting. I switched for Premier Pro to DaVinci Resolve at about the time, still learning the new program. I hope you are enjoying your rides.
@@beyondthedriveway1839 DR is great and has a mature audio tab based on Fairlight. Personaly I wouldn't miss Premier much with the savings you are getting
They need to resurface the San Gabriel bike path. They also need to remove all the nonsense that is around it as well. Could be such a beautiful bike path if it was kept up with.
There is still a lot of beauty left on it. If we can solve some of the bigger societal problems it would help. I ride a gravel bike with 43mm tires, that eats up the bumps. Thank for watching and commenting.
How long does a Metro line take to get up from Long Beach back up to the mountains?
A solid 2 hours. Thanks for watching and reaching out.
Coming home must suck.
@@Tedroy There are times when it has. Thanks for watching, and commenting.
great video, i think i will give it a try. can you tell where is the second street crossing or the name? thanks
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. The second street crossing is Whittier Blvd, just off the Whittier exit of the 605 Freeway. At about the 18 mile mark before the end of the train in Seal Beach. Enjoy the trail, let me know how it goes for you.
Santa Ana River Trail from San Bernardino to Huntington Beach
I rode before I started this channel, I'll have to ride it again and post a video. Thanks.
What’s the time table for such a ride ?
3 hours at 10 mph but cut that in half if you do 20 mph on an ebike.
The train ride back is 2 hours.
If you start early in the morning, you can make it easily in 2 to 2 1/2 hours. But if you start later, say after 10 or 11 o’clock, you’ll be facing headwinds pretty much all the way down so that adds a lot of time. On the flipside, if you leave from seal Beach and head north to Azusa, sometimes you can get a pretty good push the whole way.
Well, that’s no fun. You supposed to turn around and ride back not take the train.
Ordinarily I would agree with that, I love that tail wind pushing me all the way home. But I needed the footage in to Long Beach and of the Blue Line. I've made the roundtrip ride since I shot that video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
For someone without a car how can you get to the start of the San Gabriel River Trail? You mentioned MetroLink on the end, but how about Amtrak? I live in San Diego and would love to do this ride.
Thanks for watching, and subscribing. Yes, for you this would be very easy to do. Just take the Amtrak to Grand Central Station in Los Angeles, then jump on the metro line (L/Gold Line) and take it to the Duarte/City of Hope exit. Then use Google maps to get you to Encanto Park, which is about a mile away from that metro line stop. I’m not sure the easiest way to get home from seal Beach, but I would imagine you could pick something up at a Long Beach. Enjoy, let me know how it works out for you.
Yes. You can take Metrolink from Oceanside or Amtrak from San Diego (more expensive) to Los Angeles Union Station. From Union Station take the Metro Rail A Line to Azusa/Downtown. Get on your bike and ride north on N Azusa Ave (Hwy 39). Turn off to the right on Ranch Rd and continue north. When Ranch Rd comes back into Hwy 39 cross the highway and get onto the San Gabriel River Trail (SGRT). Ride north on the SGRT to the "end" of the trail. Distance from the train station is only 2.6 mi.
Ride the 38 mi to the "beginning" of the SGRT at Seal Beach. To get to a Metrolink/Amtrak station by a scenic route on bike paths and roads mostly with bike lanes you can ride 26 mi to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. From the SGRT at Seal Beach go east on Ocean Ave. Ocean become Seal Beach Blvd as it swings north. Turn right on Pacific Coast Hwy and continue to Sunset Beach. Turn toward the beach on Anderson St and left on South Pacific Ave. Where it ends at a cul-de-sac continue parallel to the beach on the Bolsa Chica asphalt "boardwalk". Take this "boardwalk" through Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington City Beach, and Huntington State Beach. When you get to the Santa Ana River Trail (about 12.6 mi from Seal Beach) turn inland on it and ride 13 mi to the Anaheim train station. From Anaheim take Metrolink or Amtrak back to Oceanside or San Diego. Of course the Metrolink or Amtrak schedules are key.
A related fun bike trip is to start in Seal Beach, ride parallel to the coast to Long Beach and then ride north on the Los Angeles River Trail (LART) to Union Station (31 m). Take Metro Rail A Line to Azusa, and ride back to Seal Beach (38 mi). Of course you could also start in Azusa or anywhere along the loop route. The difficulty is that the LART ends at S Atlantic Blvd and doesn't start up again until near Elysian Park. City streets must be used to get from S Atlantic Blvd to Union Station. I know a route that is safe (IMO) for an experienced cyclist. I can write it out if anyone is interested. You can also make the loop smaller by connecting the LART to the SGRT via Gardendale St/Foster Road or via the Rio Hondo Bikeway between Imperial Blvd (@ the LART) and Whittier Narrows (@ the SGRT).
@@scotth5132 Great detail, thanks for adding it. Thanks for watching my channel as well.
This amazing and great info for anyone wanting to spice up there SGRT route
@@CantComply Glad you liked it, I look forward to hearing about your ride on the trail. Thanks for watching, and commenting.