Joined Pete and Jerry, who drove out together. I started late, but Pete was keeping company with Jerry, and I found them at Angeles Oaks. Pete then joined me in order to ride to Big Bear for lunch at BJ's, while Jerry was going to ride to Onyx Summit, and then 2-3 miles down the other side, then head back and stop for lunch at Angeles Oaks. Only, Jerry had already had another troublesome flat which took 25 minutes to fix before I caught them, and after we went ahead of Jerry in the Barton Flats area, Jerry evidently realized his tire still had a slow leak, and he eventually hitchhiked back down to Pete's truck and waited something like 3 hours for us. And, he was without his phone because he had accidentally left it at home this morning. Pete also got a flat on the climb to Onyx and, since he climbs faster than me these days, I gave him my backup tire just in case, and went on up to save time. Pete evidently took off after me to make good on my prediction that he should catch me right at the summit, but he faded from the exertion, a sore back and the altitude. On the way back from lunch, though, he had no such problems, and he left me in the dust and waited for me for a couple of minutes at Angeles Oaks where, of course, we did not find Jerry. I thought I descended back to the ranger station pretty fast, but Pete was very close behind me at the end. Sorry for Jerry, but Pete and I had a good ride, and BJ's has pretty good burgers, and glasses of tap beer are only $2.50, while Pepsi is $2!