DRLski

Can anyone think of a location that is great to ride at all year round? I'm looking to move in the next year and would like to go somewhere that I can ride all year round, doesn't snow in the winter or hardly snows, and heat isn't unberable during the summer. And rent costs aren't going to kill me. I was thinking California but what is an actual good part of california to live in that's away from the crime? I was also looking into Denver, CO because I hear they don't get much snow. Or perhaps somewhere along the CO and AZ border? Basically I'm just plain sick of this cold weather,I've grown up in new england and have always hated it.

Mo'Phat

Tahiti.


Any suburbs of San Diego. Denver gets snow.

Grasschopper

Take me with you.

RobRyb

I used to live on the North Carolina coast. I could easily have ridden year round. I used to swim in the ocean into mid-November. I think it snowed once in the 2 1/2 years that I lived there (about 1/4 inch). Pros sometimes train in the NC mountains; it would be cool to drop in on some of that!

Rob

umd

Santa Barbara, CA. Never snows, never extremely hot or cold, occasional rain, and very little crime, but very very expensive. So, um, rent could be a problem. What cost would you consider to be death by rent?

marqueemoon

Seattle is not too bad rent-wise. Buying is another story. Portland is a little cheaper and flatter with similar weather. Both are big cycling towns.

trekking_TW

San Diego, but the rent might be high.

I live in northern California and there are nice places around here. No snow but alot of rain during the winter months. I always refer to the SF bay area as having 2 seassons, not 4. Season 1 is April-Nov with almost no rain, mild temps along the coast. Season 2 is Nov-April, could rain everyday.

DRLski

both of which rain all the time right? I think I'd like to see "some" sunshine

Don Cook

Lubbock Texas deserves a look. Mild winters with liitle or no snow. It does get cold though. It can get hot in summer but I've spent a lot of time there and it is a very dry climate. The terrain is generally very flat, with very few rainy days. The cost of living is very reasonable. Population around 180,000 with a very low crime rate.

Don Cook

Oh, and I forgot to mention that Colorado and Arizona don't share a border.

DRLski

lol, guess my geography is off so much for high school lol

marqueemoon

Not all the time, but we're getting our share right now. It doesn't bother me that much. Full coverage fenders usually take care of the worst of it. The summers make it all worthwhile.

patentcad

NH has low taxes. You might miss it more than you think...

Machka 

Alberta!! It's been gorgeous here this winter!!

crtreedude 

Do you have to stay in the USA? Costa Rica has one of the best climates in the world.

I never wear long sleeves, and I am never particularly hot - we don't have heating, and we don't have an airconditioner.

You pick your elevation for your temperature. We live at 2,000 feet - which means the high is between 78 and 82 year round. Probably about 65 in the morning.

Extort

Both of the places that you mentioned are areas that I have experience with. I lived in Denver for over 25 years (grew up there) and now live in California (3.5 years).

Orange County, CA is great for year round cycling, never too cold or to hot, and it may rain 20 days per year. The downfall is the cost of living as rent starts at 1500/month for a decent area without crime and houses average 570000.

Denver, CO is also great for the cycling, but February can bring you back to reality quickly. Just because there is no snow does not mean that it is not COLD! I have memories of -4 farenheit for many days in a row. The cost of living is much better there as I know someone that had their rent decrease when the signed a new lease..

ImprezaDrvr

Denver's too crowded. You mentioned someplace along the AZ/CO border (hey, they're 4 corners states, so they share a tiny bit of border) and I just happen to live in such a place. What kind of town do you like? Durango has a ton of riders, but it's pricey. Still cool as hell. Flagstaff's a cool town too. People forget that AZ isn't just Phoenix heat. Farmington, NM is generally where the Durangoites go to ride when it's wet in Durango. Gallup, NM is small, but there's a pretty dedicated group of us that ride here. Huge singlespeed MTB crowd for the size of the town. It was really wet last winter, but that just meant a decent amount of mud here. In towns and small cities that wouldn't be as much of a problem.

But, we're probably moving to central Oklahoma in the summer. You can ride year-round there, no doubt, and rarely see temperatures below 10F even overnight. There are, surprisingly, a lot of riders in that part of the world. Norman, OK, is a pretty bike friendly college town. Cheap to live there, which is why we're going there and not Durango.
It definately gets cold here, though it's pretty mild right now. Riding out here is absolutely fantastic. It'll be a vacation destination after Wifey and I move to OK.

johnny99

"Could rain everyday" is a big exageration. For example, San Jose, California averages just 2-3 inches of rain per month during the winter (and near zero during the rest of the year). San Jose is often called the safest big city in the USA. There are lots of great cycling roads nearby, including the 4500' Mount Hamilton on the edge of town. The only downside is that housing is expensive if you don't have a good job (though salaries are above average).

crtreedude 

2 to 3 inches a month is a drizzle - we get between 8 to 10 inches of rain per month for about 8 months a year.

It is why it is called the rainy season. But it comes all at once, 1 to 2 hours and it is finished - usually in the afternoon, and it is warm.

2Rodies

Thousand Oaks CA. It's where we moved from. It's one of the safest city's in So Cal great schools and (for California) the property values are fair. The weather is great and the cycling is awesome. Ok so now you want to know why I'd leave such a paradise. I was sick of Cali. I grew up there but there are just too many people and I refuse to pay 800k for a 1800sqft home.

reneuend

10 day forecast for my area is nothing but rain and a little snow....its a repeat from the last 10 days. I guess that leaves the midwest out!

In the USA, it has to be California. I hear San Diego is nice.

trekking_TW

could is the most important word in that phrase. Yes, we have minimal amounts of rain when compared to Seattle or Oregon. I think we average 17" per year but all in the winter months, and it can be rather cold (40's)

If you don't like Mt. Hamilton then there is always Mt. Diablo or Mt. Tamalpais. wow, now that I think about it, this is a great cycling area!

DXchulo

Where in Costa Rica do you live? I spent 5 weeks in San Jose doing study abroad during the week and traveling around during the weekends. I absolutely loved Costa Rica, and I wish I could have had a bike with me at the time.

DXchulo

Technically it could rain every day anywhere, right? Isn't weather unpredictable? That's what the weathermen say when they screw up, at least.

ho hum

New Mexico, especially Las Cruces, Silver City or anywhere in some of the smaller towns in the south and west of the state.