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Where to ride in California
xzzy wrote:
My wife's work may be moving her to California for 6 months October 07 thru March 08. She can chose the location in California and she can change to a different location at the end of December. I could use some help determining; where are the good roads, and what location(s) is/are centrally located to races. Thank you! For the other six months, I'd say San Francisco, but for the winter, there's less rain in SoCal. San Diego is probably ideal... for riding, anyway. Dan |
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Where to ride in California
Go to Davis, California. It's bike rider central.
"xzzy" wrote in message . .. My wife's work may be moving her to California for 6 months October 07 thru March 08. She can chose the location in California and she can change to a different location at the end of December. I could use some help determining; where are the good roads, and what location(s) is/are centrally located to races. Thank you! |
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Where to ride in California
Carmine Clamenza wrote:
Go to Davis, California. It's bike rider central. I've lived in Northern California for a total of 28 years, and lived in Southern California for a total of 16 years. The months of October through March will not be as wet in Southern California; since I was not bicycling much when I lived in SoCal, I'll defer to the judgement of others for specific towns to live in. As for Northern California, I'd suggest the East SF Bay, but that may just be because I'm from that area. Davis, in particular, is popular as a bicycling city, but it's really a bit isolated from everywhere else. But I suppose it does have a lot of long, flat roads around it. Dana (who enjoyed the "record low" heat on Sunday on the American River Parkway). "xzzy" wrote in message . .. My wife's work may be moving her to California for 6 months October 07 thru March 08. She can chose the location in California and she can change to a different location at the end of December. I could use some help determining; where are the good roads, and what location(s) is/are centrally located to races. |
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Where to ride in California
Carmine Clamenza wrote:
Go to Davis, California. It's bike rider central. Climate data are available he http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/Climsmsca.html For example, precipitation for Davis and San Diego: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStP.pl?cadavi http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStP.pl?ca7740 Davis gets around 18 days of 0.1 in precipitation in winter, compared to 11 days for San Diego. Plus, San Diego has Palomar, while Davis is relatively far from the hills. There's good group rides in each location. Sprawl is bad enough in Davis, but worse in San Diego. It's mid-60F's in San Diego, mid-50F's in Davis, in winter. Dan |
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Where to ride in California
Carmine Clamenza wrote:
Check this out... http://www.runmuki.com/paul/writing/davis.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis,_California (Read the part on CYCLING) http://www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/davis1.htm http://www.city.davis.ca.us/bicycles/ Davis is great for bike commuting, it's true. This is a racing group, however. Davis is close to Sacramento's airport. Davis is about 80 miles from the Bay Area. It's close to Lake Berryesa to the west and Rocklin to the east. Rocklin, California is where Max Testa and Eric Heidin are located. Here's their website: http://www.athleticamps.com/ They're in Utah, now. Dan |
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Where to ride in California
On Aug 8, 12:09 pm, "xzzy" wrote:
My wife's work may be moving her to California for 6 months October 07 thru March 08. She can chose the location in California and she can change to a different location at the end of December. I could use some help determining; where are the good roads, and what location(s) is/are centrally located to races. Thank you! Santa Rosa has good access to the wine country, SF and good coastal riding. They had a nice Tuesday night training crit when I was there years ago. Bret |
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Where to ride in California
Carmine Clamenza wrote:
This is a racing group, however. So please refrain from talking about bike commuting in this racing group. Thank you. RBR Moderator My point, in case I wasn't clear, was that she was interested in training and racing, or she wouldn't have posted here, not necessarily the characteristics which contribute to a LAB Pt designation. By those criteria Davis might not be optimal. Dan |
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Where to ride in California
Check this out...
http://www.runmuki.com/paul/writing/davis.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis,_California (Read the part on CYCLING) http://www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/davis1.htm http://www.city.davis.ca.us/bicycles/ Davis is close to Sacramento's airport. Davis is about 80 miles from the Bay Area. It's close to Lake Berryesa to the west and Rocklin to the east. Rocklin, California is where Max Testa and Eric Heidin are located. Here's their website: http://www.athleticamps.com/ "xzzy" wrote in message . .. My wife's work may be moving her to California for 6 months October 07 thru March 08. She can chose the location in California and she can change to a different location at the end of December. I could use some help determining; where are the good roads, and what location(s) is/are centrally located to races. Thank you! |
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Where to ride in California
On Aug 7, 9:12 pm, Bret wrote:
On Aug 8, 12:09 pm, "xzzy" wrote: My wife's work may be moving her to California for 6 months October 07 thru March 08. She can chose the location in California and she can change to a different location at the end of December. I could use some help determining; where are the good roads, and what location(s) is/are centrally located to races. Thank you! Santa Rosa has good access to the wine country, SF and good coastal riding. They had a nice Tuesday night training crit when I was there years ago. Bret move to pebble beach |
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Where to ride in California
Dan:
For the other six months, I'd say San Francisco, but for the winter, there's less rain in SoCal. San Diego is probably ideal... for riding, anyway. Oh yeah, one more thing, San Diego is great for bike commuting, it's true. This is a racing group, however. So please refrain from talking about bike commuting in this racing group. Thank you. RBR Moderator "Dan Connelly" wrote in message ... Carmine Clamenza wrote: Check this out... http://www.runmuki.com/paul/writing/davis.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis,_California (Read the part on CYCLING) http://www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/davis1.htm http://www.city.davis.ca.us/bicycles/ Davis is great for bike commuting, it's true. This is a racing group, however. Davis is close to Sacramento's airport. Davis is about 80 miles from the Bay Area. It's close to Lake Berryesa to the west and Rocklin to the east. Rocklin, California is where Max Testa and Eric Heidin are located. Here's their website: http://www.athleticamps.com/ They're in Utah, now. Dan |
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