We heard a lot of bad things about riding through LA so I was really dreading it and stressing about it unnecessarily. Most of it was actually really fun.
To get through all of the LA area is about 100 miles. There are miles and miles of bike bath on the beach, literally winding through the massive sandy beaches for probably 40 miles. I expect in the summer they are packed but today the paths and the beaches we eerily deserted. Made for easy biking. There were about 20 miles of ok road riding in Malibu, we were lucky to go through here on a Monday morning. Hitting this area on a weekend or probably any summer afternoon would probably be a nightmare, the shoulders are for parking, not biking. There was about 10 miles of super crappy high traffic riding in long beach. Clay spotted a new bike path that left the industrial harbor area we were in and went along the "river" to a really nice area with all new paths along the shore in long beach. We rode as far as we could until it started getting dark and found a hotel for the night.
We have about 30 miles more to get out of the LA area tomorrow that should be bike paths and more relaxed riding on highway 1. I really don't know what to expect after that. Only 2 more days of riding until we reach San Diego!
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| Miles and miles of giant empty bike paths on giant empty LA beaches |
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