Our office just got moved 2 weeks ago to Culver City. I used to ride the nice smooth bike lane on Santa Monica blvd, but those days are over. Now I'm trying to find the best route from the Hollywood area down to Culver City.

I've got a decent route that i'm trying now as far as traffic goes, roughly LaBrea, over to Martel, down to Venice to the bike path which takes me to work, but that whole area from Hollywood to Venice is so horrible, it seems no matter which road I take is full of cracks, potholes, bumps, etc. It's killing my bike.. and my car too. I drove one day last week and a side marker light got knocked off, just from huge bumps. This morning it looks like one of my bar end caps fell off my bike, not to mention the beating my body takes. It's pretty annoying.

So... anybody know a better way? Should I just get a full suspension mtb?