After a long hiatus from cycling (during high school was 1970's) I've rediscovered it. Tucson is very bicycle friendly - just hot here in the summer so you have to get out really early in the morning.

Do you ever ride out in Live Oak or San Timoteo Canyons? They were pretty rural when I lived there. I used to ride past the Redlands cemetery, into San Timoteo Canyon and over a hill that took me to roads between Hemet/San Jacinto and Moreno Valley, then back via Riverside. But Moreno Valley was a sleepy little town then... and I know it's a city now. I used to ride up Mill Creek Canyon occasionally, and once to Oak Glen.

Is there a bike shop in Redlands or Yucaipa where you could ask about other riders? Good luck. Let me know how it goes- I have lots of good memories of riding there that have been bubbling up to the surface as I'm riding again.
(post here or PM me).

Sharon