The Pacific Electric Trail (PET) is my trail of choice since I live only a block away from it in Upland. Now that the bridge over foothill is finished one can go from Claremont all the way to Fontana although the trail ends (dirt) at Cherry Ave. Fontana needs to get their act together and finish this portion but it goes thru established commerical property that infringes on the trail so that might be an issue. My only problem is with the city of Upland and their lack of doing it right. They saved a few pennies by paving the trail in asphalt and not concrete. Asphalt breaks down over time and is terribly bumpy. There are no red curbs by the street crossings nor painted crosswalks or posted bike crossing signs so it is a risk crossing the streets due to cars parking right up to the entrances and exits thus creating blind spots. Euclid Ave crossing is a joke and waste of time because you have to go north a block and cross against moving traffic with no crosswalk nor traffic light. Extremely poor design on the city's part. One day someone is going to get hit and then let's see if the money they saved by short cutting the process gets wasted from lawsuits. They should have taken the design example from Rancho Cucamonga who did all the right things when creating their portion ( smooth lasting concrete, easily seen exits & entrances, cross-walk buttons low and next to trail for bikers). I highly recommend this trail from grove all the way to fontana. Skip Upland and the risks from dangerous breaks.

This is a great trial to ride, however, you have to make alot of stops, especially if you start your ride on the west end of the trail in Claremont (This is where the trial ends, near Claremont Blvd. and Huntington, just north of Arrow Hwy). There are also a few spots of the trial where you have to travel north and south on busy main streets to regain access to the trail. Not much of a big deal, but it would be convenient if you didn't have to stop every few tenths of a mile and wait for crossing signals to activate. All in all, like I said this is a great trail and I would definitely recommend it to my family and friends.

Great for running, cycling (though I would rather biking on the road), among others. Though the sections within Fontana is still lacking basic facilities or accessing to facilities. Even though there are parks near the trail in Fontana, but you cannot find any water fountain or restrooms. If you are running the long run during the summer, you'd better run the west sections in Rancho, Upland. There is no water fountain in Claremont, but given the nearest water fountain in upland is only 3 miles away, it's not a problem.

Anyway, to take full advantage of the trail, you'd better center your running at Rancho, the best spot would be the senior center.

I always envy the beach trails or the river trails in OC or LA county, where you have miles of uninterrupted trails, but I am glad that we have PET now, no need to move out of inland empire :)

The PET is now completely open from it's westerly start in Claremont to it's easterly end on Maple in Fontana near Rialto. The trail offers a safe and inviting trail for bicyclists, runners, and walkers. While amenities along the trail, like the new park on Foothill in Rancho Cucamonga are still being completed, the existing parks and businesses along the trail provide adequate amenities.

Amenities near the trail include: Downtown Fontana; Heritage Park in Fontana; Exit south on Day Creek and follow the bike lane to Victoria Gardens (Rancho Cucamonga's downtown); Several parks and trail amenities like drinking fountains in Rancho; Upland's Downtown; and if you follow the bike path for a short distance from the west end of the trail you will be in Claremont's Downtown.

We have been riding the PET, starting in various locations along the trail, since July.
AT first, the portion on Foothill and Baker that was under construciion was indeed a bit confusing
Now complete..It is a very nicely done addition to the trail.
Today we rode from Heritage park to just east of East Ave. The Border of Fontana and Rialto.
The Park was an excellent choice for starting the trail Eastbound.
Although we were impressed with the trail up to then, the end was very disappointing.
There was no signage telling us where to go next..
We proceeded to look for a street to continue Eastbound.
We found Rialto Ave..again to be disappointed. There were few sidewalks and absolutely no Bike Lane.
We turned around and returned to Heritage Park..
Downtown Fontana was very pleasant..They did a very nice job on their portion of the trail.

I was very disappointed to ride east on the trail and have a fence block the train past Grove. The sign said it would be open in November 2011 (which means Spring 2012). There we no signs providing a detour. I could see that new trail had been completed but since it was block, it did not do me any good.

The Upland area of the trail is not well done; too many bumps in the road as you go from street to trail. All areas of the trail have the buttons you push for crossing put in places that are out of the way for bike riders.

Overall, the trail is nice. The problem, in general, is that the designers were not bike riders.

When you can actually ride 21 miles, it will be a good way to get across town.

A local Rancho Cucamonga Bike Club (Cycling Connection) has a supported free monthly (1st Sundays at 1PM) Fun Ride for all ages along the trail offering bike skills and safety assistance to anyone who shows up. They meet at It's a Grind Coffee Shop corner Baseline and Day Creek Sts. and bike the short distance to the trail. Next scheduled dates are Nov. 7th, Dec. 5th and Jan. 2nd.

Parking at Central Park (BaseLine & Milliken) Heading west to Claremont is roughly 12 miles via back. From Central Park heading east trail ends under 15 fwy just past East Street. That is 4 miles. Total round trip is 32 miles approx.

The established trail runs east from Claremont to Grove Ave., which is the border between Upland and Rancho Cucamonga. A bike crossing at Grove is not yet functional. The newer paved trail begins at Grove and heads in a northeasterly direction. There is a short unpaved section (dirt trail) which crosses over Foothill Blvd. (This old railroad bridge may be replaced in the future). The paved section picks up on the other side of Foothill Blvd. and continues to the NE. It crosses over Vineyard Ave. and continues with a slight uphill grade through Rancho Cucamonga. More later.

Presently the trail begins at Amethyst just north of Base Line Road. There is parking at the trail head. It goes east-west through Rancho Cucamonga and ends under the 15 freeway at the boundary with Fontana - a distance of 5 miles. It can be accessed from any of the cross streets. The remaining two miles toward Foothill and Grove are under construction and should be open for use by the summer of 2010. The trail will temporarily end at Grove until the Foothill widening project is finished and the trail bridge is replaced and then it will tie into Upland's portion at Grove and continue towards Claremont. There is planned to be a trailhead at Foothill and the bridge where there is actually some remaining pavement from the original Route 66. There will be parking and restrooms as well as parking and tie-ups for equestrians as the trail through Rancho Cucamonga is paved on one side and decomposed granite on the other side for equestrian use. The trail is lighted and each intersection is signalized so it is a very safe and pleasant ride, walk or run. There is an annual bike-run; the Cucamonga Challenge, by the Friends of the PE Trail and the city held the Saturday before Mother's Day at the Central Park trailhead. Information is on Active.com.

This is an excellent bike trail. My regular one. The trail currently starts at claremont (west) at Claremont Blvd. and continues to about Arrow and Grove in Upland with a break in the trail at Euclid in Upland. At Euclid you have to go around the median then the trail continues to Arrow and Grove. The trail does not start again until Milliken in Rancho Cucamonga then continues to about East Ave in Etiwanda. The two portions of trail are well worth the ride and probably about 8 miles each (?). I recently broke my wrist in a biking accident (not on the trail) so I haven't been on the trail since about March 2009 and it is now May 2009. The trail may have extended in my absence and I will update this if I find it different when I get back on this weekend.
Cheers!


It not the speed that's dangerous, it's the sudden stop.

I will love to get into the sport more so any information greatly apprieciated