I rode up Planet of the Apes, down the dirt to the highway then north back through the new tunnel on Saturday. The stretch of road immediately before the tunnel is pretty dicey. No shoulder at all (not an exaggeration, none) and fast traffic taking the blind turns at speed. And once you're out, you have to merge into the car lane again, and they've picked up speed in the tunnel. That said, I survived! Once you're in the tunnel the bike lane is as wide as the car lane. Hope a motorist won't confuse it for a passing lane though. It's neat in there, with huge fans blowing. Two things made me not want to do it again though: the tunnel amplified a motorcycle exhaust ripping through there so loud it was.. unpleasant, and it had to be 100 degrees in there, despite being a cool Pacifica day.
The opposite is taking the PoftheApes. Quiet, secluded, maybe a bit challenging, cool, ocean views. The old condemned part of the highway did not appear to be open yet. It will be a neat loop if/when they do. On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:22:19 PM UTC-7, Way Rebb wrote: > > Hello, > > Has anyone been down around the devil's slide area since the tunnel > opened? I might be taking the Hillborne down to HMB or SC next week for a > few days. It'd be nice to see the old coast road with no traffic! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
