Originally Posted by
merlin55
San Diego has incredible weather, rides along the ocean, or climbs to 6000 feet above sea level such as the Mount Palomar stage of the recent TOC, an 333m outdoor velodrome, bike lanes, and about a zillion triathletes live around here. Even some decent mountain bike riding locations. I've ridden here for almost 30 years.
While yes! yes! yes! to all the above, we also have a lot of car culture here in So Cal, and sometimes it gets pretty darn extreme.
For the wonderful weather we have, this should be the bike capitol of the US... but the 50MPH+ arterial roads mean that you better be darned skilled for some locations.
Personally I love the back country roads and climbs. I am just not too thrilled by certain commuting aspects. And yeah, I've been "doing it" here since the early '70s.