I grew up in Navy Housing off of Mt. Soledad road. I can remember commuting around PB and not seeing other road cyclists in the late 70's early 80's. I worked at Sluggo's in La Jolla right by Wind -n- Sea. Used to ride to work, get off of work and go body-womping, then ride home.
I grew up a couple of blocks north of the intersection of Turquoise Street and La Jolla Mesa Drive just across the P.B./La Jolla border. Later near Reed and Jewell St. in Crown Point. Then a condo in Mission Valley, a small house in Mira Mesa and for the last decade in Rancho Penasquitos. I hope to get nearer the beach again someday. At least I can still ride there.
I was crushed when Sluggo's closed. That was in 1994, at least the one in UTC. I used to go to Mr. Frosty as a kid. I think they were about 20 cents. They still exist and look the same. Garnet Avenue is now home to mostly bars and tattoo parlors, to me that is sad. In the 60's and 70's it was still a pretty self sufficient community. Now you have to leave to get most anything other than drinks and tats.