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This is all great intel to start with. Thanks to everyone who chimed in.
One thing I can't seem to get a clear read on - are bikes allowed on dirt in Griffith Park? Seems like there are some trails with no bikes allowed, but I also see people talking about riding there, so maybe some trails are okay, too? Any ideas? |
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Fact.
This is a great city to ride in. You're headed to a nice area. There's lots of cool places to ride both paved and dirt. As far as I know, Griffith Park is officially no bikes on the trails but I might just be out of the gravel-loop on that one. Still one of my favorite places to ride. |
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Take cgolvin up on his offer of ride suggestions. Route planner extraordinaire!
The riding in Los Angeles is incredible. I miss it every time I get on my bike because the riding where I live is nowhere near as good, despite being a very remote area. Santa Monica Mountains incredible. Some of the San Gabriel's incredible. Foothills in and around Pasadena incredible. 10/10. You won't find better riding this close to a major metro anywhere in the world. |
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If I were moving back to LA and needed to drive to work (or for work) 5 days a week I would give more weight to how that would be considering time/stress/expense than how near my home would be for bike rides. I would rather drive to a ride on a weekend at a time when traffic is probably lighter than face a grueling slog both ways in rush hour.
If a person could work from home or live very near his place of employment that was also near some great riding that would be a cyclist's dream! OTOH my job entailed a sales territory that included LA, Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, San Bernardino, and Riverside from my office in El Monte. That was a cyclist's nightmare! I envied pals who lived and worked in Pasadena. |
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Do you mean "lane splitting" on a motorcycle? Or do I have the terminology wrong?
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To the OP, get ready to learn just how bad at climbing you really are. Took me like 6 months of riding here to start to figure it out, but as the adage goes "it doesn't get easier, you just go faster." The climbing here is generally long, lots of elevation gain, and often very exposed to the sun. Don't underestimate how much sunscreen you need. Regardless of how much you wear, you WILL get tan (and also burnt). |
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I have very recently started wearing sun sleeves (I'm in arguably a place with worse UV than LA nowadays) and its been a real game changer for me. My arms stay so much cooler and I don't feel like I'm being cooked alive. Give 'em a go if you haven't already. I just got some cheap white ones from Amazon and they've been great.
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If it was me, I would freak over the traffic. I live in sleepy lil Victoria BC, and when I go to Vancouver (like this coming weekend) I cannot imagine living with all that traffoc, now that I am used to a small city. And I lived in Vancouver for a decade before moving to Europe and then to Victoria! |
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1) Make sure my wife's commute is under 10 minutes (I work from home) 2) Make sure I can ride a bicycle right out my front door and have a great time 3) Make sure we know some people so we have a social network from day one I chose the specific neighborhood, and even the block I live on, based on the above. And it's been one of the best damned decisions I've ever made. Of course, Richmond is nowhere near on the same scale as LA. But the above criteria have made life amazing here, and when we move again (maybe 1-2 years?) I will be absolutely 100% insistent on having the above 3 things in place! If I were moving to a place like LA, I would do whatever I had to do to make sure that I had a "short" commute and that I could ride right out the door. Hard to do, I'm sure! But I can't imagine otherwise. |
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The Verdugos do seem like my best bet from what people are saying. Found this route which looks cool: https://www.strava.com/activities/1580626980 If anyone has other and/or better Verdugos routes, would love to see them. Quote:
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