Moving to LA. What do I need to know?

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by JasonF

A great summary was told to me by someone who lived extensively in both places: "Northern Californians hate Southern Californians and Southern Californians don't care."

I'm pretty sure that originally that had "Giants fans" and "Dodger fans" in place of Northern and Southern Californians, respectively.

Originally Posted by tctyres

Where is he, Redondo Beach? That place sux in a different sort of way.

So white and tight.

[Spaghetti Legs]

Originally Posted by tctyres

Where is he, Redondo Beach? That place sux in a different sort of way.

Santa Monica

[PurpleBikeChick]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

...
So white and tight.

That is not Redondo Beach, but Manhattan Beach, which is, none the less, a great place to live and police leave cyclists alone unlike the other cities.

For riding in the Beach Cities, the place to go is Palos Verdes.

If you like to climb (once PVD South is fixed (unless you want to ride the "ski jump" at Portuguese Bend and get air on your road bike)) do a loop from Malaga Cove consisting of
La Cuesta
Eastvale + Sunnyridge
Crownview
Domes
Forestal Ganado Domes ("the Big One" on Strava)
Via Victoria to top
Zumaya Coronel to Del Cero
and Whitley Collins both ways.

[tctyres]

Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

Santa Monica

That's not too far. I used to live near the VA on Wilshire

Originally Posted by PurpleBikeChick

That is not Redondo Beach, but Manhattan Beach, which is, none the less, a great place to live and police leave cyclists alone unlike the other cities.

Manhattan Beach/Redondo Beach ... same thing.

Relative to NYC, the cops in LA County are much more tolerant of bikes. I was only ever stopped when there was a car flipped on PCH or a fire on PCH, so a real safety reason. In NYC, they do "random" bell checks to issue tickets to cyclists to fill out the budget. It's a major waste of time.