plenty of flats to be had. best scenery in socal, imho, once you dispense with pch/the coast is in the mountains however. do some nibbling where and when you can.
i love climbing but i'm horrible at it. hasn't stopped me from doing nearly all the major climbs in socal. i love rolling pch in san diego county, orange county and ventura county
(la county not so much) but there's something primal about hitting glendora mountain road/glendora ridge road (gmr/grr), hwy 18 along the rim of the world in the san bernardino mtns
or sunrise highway in the laguna mountains...even if you're doing it slowly.
Last edited by diphthong; 05-23-20 at 10:17 PM.