http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/shocked-%e2%80%94%c2%a0shocked-%e2%80%94%c2%a0i-am-to-find-bikes-on-the-bike-path/ A two wheeled guide to the streets of Los Angeles Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/shocked-%e2%80%94%c2%a0shocked-%e2%80%94%c2%a0i-am-to-find-bikes-on-the-bike-path/#comment-280 John Howes Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:37:34 +0000 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-280 My experience was very much the same as yours. My brother-in-law and I set out from Pacific Palisades Dec. 29, 2008 to ride the Marvin Braude Bike Trail to the start and back (46 miles). We were visiting relatives in the Palisades, but we are from San Francisco and Sacramento. We found it to be a slow, but entertaining ride. The section through Santa Monica and Venice is brutal though. It is exhausting to deal with all the clueless pedestrians! I rode through that stretch last summer and it was even more crowded then. I'm not sure I have the fortitude to bike that stretch again! If you ever get up to Sacramento, try the bike path along the American River. It is great! Hardly a pedestrian in sight anywhere. Very refreshing. If you make it to San Francisco, we have some great rides here heading up across the Golden Gate Bridge. My experience was very much the same as yours. My brother-in-law and I set out from Pacific Palisades Dec. 29, 2008 to ride the Marvin Braude Bike Trail to the start and back (46 miles). We were visiting relatives in the Palisades, but we are from San Francisco and Sacramento. We found it to be a slow, but entertaining ride. The section through Santa Monica and Venice is brutal though. It is exhausting to deal with all the clueless pedestrians! I rode through that stretch last summer and it was even more crowded then. I’m not sure I have the fortitude to bike that stretch again! If you ever get up to Sacramento, try the bike path along the American River. It is great! Hardly a pedestrian in sight anywhere. Very refreshing. If you make it to San Francisco, we have some great rides here heading up across the Golden Gate Bridge.

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