Cycling in Anaheim?
Lietuvis
own bike. Please suggest places to rent bike also routes, clubs, rides in that
unfamiliar area.
Thanks!
JD
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Panitzmark
(orange county) where all the buses
(OCTA) have buses equipped with bike racks on all their buses, and a great
pass system (you can get a one day
pass for around $2.50) and its good
all day..
also go to
http://www.octa.net
(yep same agency) on their website
OCTA is also in charge of bike routes
and there is agreat bike map on their site
Stephen Yang
little van-conversion busses don't take bikes.
"Panitzmark" <panit...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Panitzmark
>Er.. not all of the buses. Just the main line buses have bike racks. The
>little van-conversion busses don't take bikes.
sorry thats what i meant-
I didnt see need to meantion the
minivan buses.. -perhaps I should
the majority of their buses are racked
equipped..
David Cook
bit especially in South County. Generally, from Irvine south there are
numerous large streets with bike lanes and some dedicated bike/run trails.
Generally, South County is hilly with a quite a few canyons, while the north
is flat. Here are some suggestions:
From Crystal Cove State Park:
Crystal Cove State Park: This oceanfront park is between Corona del Mar and
Laguna Beach. It has beautiful bluffs, a few swimming beaches and plenty of
tide pools. PCH is wide with good shoulders through almost all of it and
there is a paved trail that runs along the top of the bluffs down most the
length. Road is slightly rolling, trail is relatively flat. Suggest either
an early morning or sundown ride.
PCH: If you want more distance, just continue north on PCH. Traffic can be a
little heavy at times but the ride is flat and generally comfortable with
ocean breezes. If you get too hot you can always stop at the next beach and
cool off. A round trip from Laguna Beach to Bolsa Chica SP is probably 30
miles or so(?).
Circle Route: Go north up PCH to Jamboree. Follow it to the bike trail
(which eventually goes up to Barranca and follows it). At it's end stay on
Alton and then either turn onto Old Laguna Canyon Rd (narrow and poor
shoulders) or turn south onto Irvine Center and then again onto El Toro.
Either route takes you to Laguna Canyon and down into Laguna Beach where you
can head back up to Crystal Cove.
For good hill work, go to Cook's Corners (a bar at El Toro/Trabuco Canyon
corner). Ride through the hilly Santiago Canyon all the way to Jamboree.
Turn onto Jamboree and then onto Irvine Blvd (This part is flat). Take that
to El Toro (and head back up). There's a bike trail that runs alongside El
Toro that will take you all the way back up to Cook's Corners (where you can
reward yourself with a beer.).
David Cook
"Lietuvis" <liet...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Matt O'Toole
slimy motels, auto repair shops, and these days, torn-up streets and
horrible traffic!
David has some good ideas. I think a ride through Newport and Laguna is
well worth it, and even Huntington is nice, though flat. Also, Santiago
Cyn. road is particularly nice, and popular with cyclists.
Depending on where you are in Anaheim, you may be able to ride to either of
these areas. You can take the Santa Ana River trail to the beach. It's a
world away, but not really that far (~10 miles?). That will put you on the
border of Newport and Huntington Beaches, and you can ride PCH north or
south from there. I think riding south to Laguna is more interesting, but
north toward Long Beach is flatter, easier, closer, and downwind on the way
home.
Another thing to consider is taking your bike on the train from Anaheim or
Fullerton. You can go north to LA to ride through the Hollywood Hills, or
south to Irvine or Dana Point. You can also go all the way south to San
Diego! You can do a loop through the Santa Ana Mts. (Santiago Cyn. Road)
from the Irvine station, without having to ride though endless yucky flat
suburbs and industrial areas to get there; or deal with the slow, circuitous
buses. Dana Point is just south of Laguna Beach, and a good jumping off
point for a PCH ride. Check train times ahead of time, as they can be
sparse, but they do run every day.
I also recommend checking out that map, as well as Metrolink
(www.metrolinktrains.com).
Good luck and have fun,
Matt O.
"David Cook" <z...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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Mike Iglesias
Matt O'Toole <ma...@deltanet.com> wrote:
>Another thing to consider is taking your bike on the train from Anaheim or
>Fullerton. You can go north to LA to ride through the Hollywood Hills, or
>south to Irvine or Dana Point. You can also go all the way south to San
>Diego! You can do a loop through the Santa Ana Mts. (Santiago Cyn. Road)
>from the Irvine station, without having to ride though endless yucky flat
>suburbs and industrial areas to get there; or deal with the slow, circuitous
>buses. Dana Point is just south of Laguna Beach, and a good jumping off
>point for a PCH ride. Check train times ahead of time, as they can be
>sparse, but they do run every day.
>
>I also recommend checking out that map, as well as Metrolink
>(www.metrolinktrains.com).
You can't take an Amtrak train to the Irvine station - they don't allow
bikes to be loaded/unloaded from there. Metrolink does allow bikes, I
believe. The Santa Ana station will allow bikes to be loaded/unloaded
from Amtrak trains if I remember correctly.
If you're going to start your ride in Anaheim, take the Santa Ana
River trail to the beach. As was mentioned before, you can go north
or south on PCH from there. You probably won't want to ride thru Laguna
on a weekend - PCH can get tight in places with cars parked along the
curb. The routes David and Matt mentioned are good too; If you want to
ride Santiago Canyon do it early in the day in case it gets hot.
Here are two bike clubs in the area: Bicycle Club of Irvine
(www.bikeirvine.org) and Orange County Wheelmen (www.ocw.org). BCI
has rides on Saturday and Sunday, from 14 to over 50 miles.
--
Mike Iglesias Internet: igle...@draco.acs.uci.edu
University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926
Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069
Matt O'Toole
"Mike Iglesias" <igle...@draco.acs.uci.edu> wrote in message
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> You can't take an Amtrak train to the Irvine station - they don't allow
> bikes to be loaded/unloaded from there. Metrolink does allow bikes, I
> believe. The Santa Ana station will allow bikes to be loaded/unloaded
> from Amtrak trains if I remember correctly.
You are correct sir. It was the Metrolink I was talking about, but I've
since found out they don't run on weekends on the Orange County line. I've
taken the San Bernadino line on the weekends, and I assumed the OC line was
the same. Also, the station is at San Juan Capistrano, not Dana Point
(though they're really the same place).
Anyway, that's for anyone's future reference.
Have fun, and stay cool (it's hot in Anaheim, too).
Matt O.