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Ok, we are going to be in LA starting in 1 week and I do want to download some possible routes onto my Garmin as I will likely NOT be taking my computer with me.
Any tips on finding/choosing a good route online? Reminder we are staying in West LA so my inclination is to head out to some of the gorges north of Malibu (eg Latigo/Gibraltar) but I am open to other options.
Any tips on finding/choosing a good route online? Reminder we are staying in West LA so my inclination is to head out to some of the gorges north of Malibu (eg Latigo/Gibraltar) but I am open to other options.
Gibraltar is much further, near Santa Barbara. A great ride for climbers but you need a car.
Consider the weather, too. It's coolling down this weekend but if it goes back up the climbs from the coast will be brutal, unless you start very early. It can be nice at the coast but the temperature will climb rapidly just a few miles inland. This may be ok depending on how acclimated you are and if you know where to get water.
If it's too hot you can stay at the shore and ride to Point Mugu or go the other way to Palos Verdes. That way (south) is where all the people are but still some good riding.
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Are you going to be limited to riding from your hotel or will you be using a car to get to ride starts? You can ride from West LA to Latigo Canyon, for example, but the traffic on that part of PCH is awful, imho. It would be fun to start at the bottom of Latigo or someplace in that area and go up one of the canyons and descend a different one.
Gibraltar is much further, near Santa Barbara. A great ride for climbers but you need a car.
Consider the weather, too. It's coolling down this weekend but if it goes back up the climbs from the coast will be brutal, unless you start very early. It can be nice at the coast but the temperature will climb rapidly just a few miles inland. This may be ok depending on how acclimated you are and if you know where to get water.
If it's too hot you can stay at the shore and ride to Point Mugu or go the other way to Palos Verdes. That way (south) is where all the people are but still some good riding.
Gibraltar is much further, near Santa Barbara. A great ride for climbers but you need a car.
Consider the weather, too. It's coolling down this weekend but if it goes back up the climbs from the coast will be brutal, unless you start very early. It can be nice at the coast but the temperature will climb rapidly just a few miles inland. This may be ok depending on how acclimated you are and if you know where to get water.
If it's too hot you can stay at the shore and ride to Point Mugu or go the other way to Palos Verdes. That way (south) is where all the people are but still some good riding.
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We have a peach tree. It produces juicy and super-sweet fruit, somewhere around 25 pounds or so. However it's only good fruit for about 1 week, and I am askeered that it will happen the week we are away in LA.
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First order of business is getting the bike, which is in Sherman Oaks. I will get an Uber or other mode to get there and ride the bike to where we are staying in West LA. Google says best way is via Sepulveda BLVD. Anything with a name like BLVD makes me wonder, is that bike-friendly?
WLA VA Hospital - Google Maps
You definitely want to avoid Sunset Blvd and Wilshire Blvd. If you take San Vicente to Ocean (the end of San Vicente) you can use Ocean to go south. It's busy but not fast and there is a bike lane.
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Yes, Sepulveda from the Sherman Oaks area south is fine. You climb over the pass and there is a tunnel at the top but it's not a problem tunnel. When you descend the other side eventually you come to Constitution Ave, @ the Veteran's Cemetery. There, you turn right which gets you away from traffic. The road takes you through the VA hospital and you end up on San Vicente, which is a bike friendly route to the beach. I don't know where you are staying but San Vicente is a good way to get West.
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You definitely want to avoid Sunset Blvd and Wilshire Blvd. If you take San Vicente to Ocean (the end of San Vicente) you can use Ocean to go south. It's busy but not fast and there is a bike lane.
WLA VA Hospital - Google Maps
You definitely want to avoid Sunset Blvd and Wilshire Blvd. If you take San Vicente to Ocean (the end of San Vicente) you can use Ocean to go south. It's busy but not fast and there is a bike lane.
We are staying in an Air BnB house that is near the intersection of Tennessee and Kelton. I am told it's a decent neighborhood. The house looks gorgeous, at least online.
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"Mmmmmmmummify yo ass."
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Oh, so you're east of the freeway. I was thinking you were west. Still, I would avoid Sepulveda past the VA/Wilshire Blvd area. I never ride that area but let me see if I can come up with a bike friendly way to get through those last few miles.
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Google Maps has me looping around the VA and then taking Santa Monica BLVD (just for a few blocks, then Veteran Ave). I am open to suggestions.
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We strolled through that area some time ago while on a vacation, and went into a well-known watch store. I asked to look at one that was in a stand alone case, and while they had it out the security guard stood about a foot behind me. As I was looking at it, I casually asked the price and was told $600. I told the sales person that it was very nice and that I appreciated her letting me have a look. As we left, my daughter (about 13 at the time) asked why I didn't buy it since it was so cool and only $300. The look on her face when I told her that it was $600,000 was priceless.
In another store not far from there, we were looking at watches again and my son started talking to the sales guy about tennis since he was playing a lot at the time. The guy asked him if he would like to see the watch Nadal was wearing then, and pulled one out of the case. He let my son (age 10) try it on, and told him it was only $250,000. I was astounded that he let my son even touch it.
Things are very different out there than what I'm used to.
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According to my orchard-owning friends here, peaches now run from late June to September, whereas they used to be just 2 weeks in August. More varieties.
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Some of those roads in West LA are big and busy but have room for bikes and are not intimidating. Some of them suck.
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Are you going to visit the Rodeo Drive shops? Not very practical by any means, but fun to gauke and see celebs if you're into that.
We strolled through that area some time ago while on a vacation, and went into a well-known watch store. I asked to look at one that was in a stand alone case, and while they had it out the security guard stood about a foot behind me. As I was looking at it, I casually asked the price and was told $600. I told the sales person that it was very nice and that I appreciated her letting me have a look. As we left, my daughter (about 13 at the time) asked why I didn't buy it since it was so cool and only $300. The look on her face when I told her that it was $600,000 was priceless.
In another store not far from there, we were looking at watches again and my son started talking to the sales guy about tennis since he was playing a lot at the time. The guy asked him if he would like to see the watch Nadal was wearing then, and pulled one out of the case. He let my son (age 10) try it on, and told him it was only $250,000. I was astounded that he let my son even touch it.
Things are very different out there than what I'm used to.
We strolled through that area some time ago while on a vacation, and went into a well-known watch store. I asked to look at one that was in a stand alone case, and while they had it out the security guard stood about a foot behind me. As I was looking at it, I casually asked the price and was told $600. I told the sales person that it was very nice and that I appreciated her letting me have a look. As we left, my daughter (about 13 at the time) asked why I didn't buy it since it was so cool and only $300. The look on her face when I told her that it was $600,000 was priceless.
In another store not far from there, we were looking at watches again and my son started talking to the sales guy about tennis since he was playing a lot at the time. The guy asked him if he would like to see the watch Nadal was wearing then, and pulled one out of the case. He let my son (age 10) try it on, and told him it was only $250,000. I was astounded that he let my son even touch it.
Things are very different out there than what I'm used to.
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