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Old 10-25-06, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cyclezealot
Don't mind being mugged. Follow the LA River to Long Beach. Do they allow bikes on the Metro?Safest probably would be to go to Santa Monica and follow the coastal bike path. Decent. Little hairy going thru Long Beach.

I live in Long Beach and while the traffic can be ugly, I would not be afraid to bike anywhere in Long Beach during the day - no one is going to mug you in the day time. Most of the muggers sleep all day. There are plenty of places that I would avoid at night but that is true of any city.

I'll leave the directions to the others but I didn't want you to think you weren't going to get through Long Beach without some kind of problem. Tj may be another story. My recommendation would be to skirt through the north west corner of Tj and head down to Ensenada (another 60ish miles). The food is great, the people are nice and it's as safe as anywhere in Mexico - likely much safer than Tj
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