Moving up...thoughts?
 

I've been thinking about moving somewhere with lots of mountains to satisfy my climbing urges. Ideas?

Colorado. /end thread

Norcal or Socal > Colorado for the year-round riding, even in the mountains.

Yes, but then you have to put up with Californians :)

Nepal

SoCal. I used to live in SoCal but took a job in Washington state. The climbing is good, but the weather in the winter is not... If you have a choice, SoCal gives you a variety of terrain with weather good enough to enjoy it all year long.

Just move down so you'll always have to climb up!

Europe, thats where im going for spring break and I'm pumped

Big +1

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Try to get that in CA!

I see.

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I started cycling in Colorado Springs, and I have to say the climbing there is great. There are enough great climbs to integrate into your daily training rides to really get you strong. And if you want to do some longer climbs, Deer Creek and the Boulder canyon areas are only 1 hour away. AND there are plenty of summertime tours through the Rockies (i.e., Copper Triangle, Deer Creek Challenge, etc.) if you want to climb 7,500 to 12,000 feet in a day.

I recently moved to NorCal and so far I haven't found climbing that really compares to that on the front range in Colorado. I've heard Santa Barbara has some pretty long climbs though. San Diego is also supposed to be nice as well as Baldy near LA.

The Los Angeles basin. There's easy access to the Santa Monica Mountains, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and the San Gabriel Mountains (Mt. Wilson, Mt. Baldy). Reasonably easy access: the San Bernardino Mountains, the Tehachapi Mountains, the San Emigdio Mountains (Mt. Pinos) and the Santa Inez Mountains above Santa Barbara. The Coast Range Mountains, where Armstrong trained, are a few hours north, as are the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Palomar Mountain, Mt. Laguna, etc., are found south of L.A.

Back in Los Angeles, everything else you'll ever need is ready and waiting for you. Like the beach and riding up and down the coast, and innumerable bike shops.

On the other hand, if you'd like a more remote place to live, a quieter, more peaceful place, with as many opportunities for riding into the mountains, there's.....um. No, L.A. is it.

Tragic
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Georgia?

Moderate winters and North Georgia Mountains:

http://www.cyclenorthgeorgia.com/ind...d=14&Itemid=35

Reno, Carson City, Minden, Gardnerville, NV

I hear Mahattan's nice.

Colorado is indeed awesome, BUT they do have winters there bad enough to mean months of no riding. San Diego has Palomar, Mount Laguna, and a few other smaller, but still significant climbs. Plus, we're only a few hours' drive from Idyllwild, GMR, Big Bear.

I lived & rode in Colorado. About the only place that comes close to SoCal for me is perhaps Northern Cal, but then you must put up with months of rain.

I think I'm in .... :love::love::love:

I never would have gotten into cycling had I not moved to Colorado. The summers are beautiful, and the winters aren't too bad. I was riding in the mountains in shorts and a jersey until late December. I went for a 3AM night ride in late December at 55 degrees. It's snowy now though.

That said, I'd still live in California if I was ok with overcrowding, natural disasters, and paying extraordinarily stupid politicians even more money to rob me of my rights and spend my money on extraordinarily stupid things.

I lived in Boulder, Colorado for 15 years, never went more than a couple days without riding, and was actually car free for a few years without missing work.

It doesn't snow much in Colorado's alpine deserts, it's sunny most of the time, and the snow at lower elevations in the foothills quickly melts and/or sublimates. The low humidity means 40 feels better than 50 in places like the Pacific Northwest (when not raining).

You might need to postpone your morning ride for after lunch to wait for the snow to disappear or dress more like a cross-country skier than a cyclist .

The Pacific Northwest has months of rain (I think we hit a record 28 consecutive days when I was around Seattle). The Bay Area has a "rainy" season where it can be cloudy part of the day fairly often (300 days are at least partially sunny in San Jose) with a chance of rain but not too many days in which you actually get wet (50 days with measurable rain, 14.4 inches a year in San Jose versus 35 and 15.1 inches in LA).

Do not move to Colorado. Horrible riding. You should go elsewhere.

Colorado sucks. Too cold and snowy. Five degrees with 10 inches on the ground right now.

I won't be able to ride until mid week.

+1 on location but everyone already here seems to be from somewhere else!

Reno and Carson have a nice proximity to some of the most beautiful and fun riding in the country (Lake Tahoe, CA and South Lake Tahoe, NV), Gardnerville puts you somewhat close to Mammoth = more good riding. All those places are cheaper than the mountain regions they surround and not terribly far from 'the city' (Reno, itself). However, I really hated living there. Employment is very difficult because of huge distances between large cities, and you are likely to get stuck commuting 75mi, one way, for $10/hr. Also, the city tends to attract transients and people trying to keep a low profile, in the worst way. One thing I can say for it though, There is a lot of natural beauty and places to explore in that part of the state.

I live in Chattanooga and the riding here has plenty of climbing for my amateur riding skills. Lookout Mountain, Suck Creek Mountain, Signal Mountain, Raccoon Mountain, Elder Mountain... but none of these compare to those mentioned in CA and CO. But, the Tour of Georgia used to always have their biggest climbing challenges in North Georgia and Chattanooga. The climate is wonderful most of the year and the economy and cost of living are pretty good too.