On Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 12:37:13 PM UTC-8 Brian Cunningham wrote:
If the plan is to meet up at Allez LA, and the plan is also to be strictly road, I enjoy riding east on York until it becomes Monterey Road in South Pas east of the 110, jogging north a block to the bike lane on El Centro, taking it 'til it ends, hanging a quick left and then immediate right on Mission, which gives you another bike lane and one that passes another Riv-friendly bike shop The Cub House. If you were to head back south to Monterey after that and head east you get the sort of smoothly paved roads that only a tiny and rich city like San Marino can manage. And then from there you can nearly get to Sierra Madre Blvd, which if you head north on, it will curve past Pasadena High and eventually lead you into Sierra Madre with a decent but gradual elevation change. Once you get to Sierra Madre you've got a good cafe stop at Syndicate. From my place in Glendale this is about a 34 mile round trip with about 1100 ft elevation gain but from Allez I'd guess closer to 25 miles. This is my default ride when I want to get some road miles in and the weather is mild enough that the coastal breezes are not a factor. I can confirm most of that, as I ride a similar loop frequently. Several of the roads are on Chuck Schmidt's monthly Velo Retro Rose Bowl ride. From Sierra Madre that ride comes back to the Rose Bowl via Paloma and Mountain. >From the Rose Bowl, you can head south on Arroyo (a lovely ride!) and pick up Monterey/York back to Allez LA. I just did a quick RWGPS check and that route, including one lap of the Rose Bowl, is 43km/27mi, with a bit less than 1000' of climbing, none of it especially steep. In addition to Syndicate in Sierra Madre, there is excellent pizza and a cafe across the street from Cub House. I may be time limited, as it's my last day here and I shouldn't abandon my family entirely. I can cut it short, though, and not do the full loop. If the group wants some non-technical dirt there's always some Griffith Park fire roads we can do instead. Those turns I know better from visual memory than I could adequately describe here. I've only been there once, so can't help lay out a route. Anybody know the conditions of the roads after the rains? If the group wants to experience the LA River Bike Path, please be aware that it is closed north of Los Feliz Blvd this month for some repairs. I'm not so big a fan of the river bike paths, other than a way to get from one part of the city to another. No shade, not much scenery. And yesterday I got screwed by one of them being closed unexpectedly. Had to hop a fence to get out and avoid backtracking a few miles. Ted Durant -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fa008f0c-33b0-473a-8cba-afad00ed45cen%40googlegroups.com.
