Southern California is a funny place for cycling. It should be great. It absolutely should at least be good, if for no reason other than the weather. You know what? It sucks.

There is too much vehicular traffic and the drivers disrespect cyclists BIG TIME! It is actually dangerous to ride in the streets along side the cars.

I live near the beach with the famous Marina Del Rey-to-Palos Verdes "bike path". It is over-run with pedestrians, skaters and skateboarders. In Hermosa Beach, they actually have a place where they periodically outlaw biking - signs and flashing red lights, included. I contrast this with other cities where they close the streets to cars to allow cycling. Here they close the bike path to allow everything else. There are so many places to walk, why wouldn't they reserve just this one venue for cycling? Disrepect for cycling is the answer.