I'd suggest the coast too... but once you hit Venice Beach, maybe you would want to pick up the Ballona Creek bike path (along LA River "tributary") and take that 7 miles into Culver City - then there are lots of cool little parts of LA between West and Central LA.. to go cross-town that far south you prob want to head up Fairfax and then east on 8th - it becomes really nice tree shady neighborhoods there for a while. after that you can move up to 4th, if you want to get up towards hollywood / koreatown / griffith park.
best, andrew (los angeles) On May 25, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Jim M. wrote: > I'd stick to the coast. It's more pleasant than the inland route. > Also, if you go inland, you climb over the Santa Monica mountains > twice -- once to get to the valley and again to get over to W. > Hollywood. The coast mostly has a shoulder, but watch out for parked > cars opening doors. I'd do that route early in the morning on a > weekend if you can to avoid the beach traffic. If it's a weekday, wait > until after the commute rush. When you get to Santa Monica head inland > on Entrada to Ocean Ave, which will take you up to San Vicente Blvd. > San Vicente will take you into Westwood. I'd probably take Santa > Monica Blvd to West Hollywood from there but don't expect a fun ride. > It will be heavy traffic and you'll need to be alert. > > I haven't lived in LA for a long time, so maybe some current Angelenos > will chime in with alternatives. > > jim m > wc ca > > Once you get to Santa Monica > > On May 25, 10:36 am, Christine Masterson <crmaster...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hello... >> I have my bike trip planned as far as Ventura, CA. AS I will not be camping, >> and do not have $800 for a night's lodging (!), I am would like suggestions >> about biking into LA. Thanks. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
