cool routes from my house

[ocrider]

I live by pacific park and moulton in OC. I need to break in my new road bike anyone got any ideas on cool route around 20-50 miles from my house.

[mtnbikej]

That is the great thing about the road bike......you don't need to do a route.....just get on the bike and ride it......anywhere you want to. You will find that you ride places that you probably would never drive your car to.

Take PCH up to Seal Beach and back.

Go through Santiago Canyon.

Take PCH to Santa Ana River trail up to Green River and back.


Just go out and explore.

[ericfoltz]

Here's one I do occasionally: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=12001

[Rob]

Matt, check out www.routeslip.com

You can find routes other people have already mapped out and it will give you elevation charts, and mileages, etc.

http://www.routeslip.com/discover/USA/CA/

Just click on a city you would like to ride through/to and you might see some cool routes.

Another good site is www.bikemetro.com You can type in a starting and ending location and pick your hill tolerance level and it'll select a route for you suitable for biking. The maps also show you what roads have bike lanes or bike paths.

[Von-Skipp]

Heyy thats great you have a road bike. What kind of bike did you get.

When I come home for the summer in May we'll have to do some rides. I usually cruised South to Oceanside along the coast. Santiago Canyon is good too.


The best part of road riding is leaving from your front door and not touching your car.

[ocrider]

I got a Felt F55.
Ended up riding down to strands and then over to my aunts house at monarch beach for water and food. It was realy nice by the beach but freezing.

[emfc]

Originally Posted by Rob

Matt, check out www.routeslip.com

You can find routes other people have already mapped out and it will give you elevation charts, and mileages, etc.

http://www.routeslip.com/discover/USA/CA/

Just click on a city you would like to ride through/to and you might see some cool routes.

Another good site is www.bikemetro.com You can type in a starting and ending location and pick your hill tolerance level and it'll select a route for you suitable for biking. The maps also show you what roads have bike lanes or bike paths.

I can't get any map to load

[ocrider]

Originally Posted by Von-Skipp

Heyy thats great you have a road bike. What kind of bike did you get.

When I come home for the summer in May we'll have to do some rides. I usually cruised South to Oceanside along the coast. Santiago Canyon is good too.


The best part of road riding is leaving from your front door and not touching your car.

What street(s) did u take to oceanside? DId you cut through Pendleton?

[Rob]

I thought it might have just been my computer...I sent them a bug report.

The Bikemetro site works. Here's the direct link for the routing page.

http://www.bikemetro.com/route/routehome.asp

If it doesn't work, try refreshing the page.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by ocrider

What street(s) did u take to oceanside? DId you cut through Pendleton?

You have to go through Pendleton. Do this, go to Google Maps, put in the starting location somewhere in San Clemente and the ending location somewhere in Oceanside. Then click on the Avoid Highways tab and it'll show you the route you take.

Make sure you bring your id.

[deja vu]

Originally Posted by ocrider

I live by pacific park and moulton in OC. I need to break in my new road bike anyone got any ideas on cool route around 20-50 miles from my house.

go to geoladders and use the pulldown box in the upper right corner to select 'road biking', there are some good routes listed all around OC. Here is a classic http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=206

[Pain Freak]

I personally like riding the freeway and skipping Pendleton altogether. If you do ride Pendleton follow every traffic rule there is and then some. They don't take kindly to the smallest of infractions. The freeway will give you a tailwind, both ways, the only draw back is, if there are any cars in the emergency lane then you have to stop and wait till you can see a break in the traffic so you can get around them. It's a distance of 5 miles both south and north and if your legs aren't to worked you can fly through this section. Just be careful and keep an eye out for drivers not paying attention.

[ericfoltz]

Originally Posted by Rob

Matt, check out www.routeslip.com

You can find routes other people have already mapped out and it will give you elevation charts, and mileages, etc.

http://www.routeslip.com/discover/USA/CA/

Just click on a city you would like to ride through/to and you might see some cool routes.

Another good site is www.bikemetro.com You can type in a starting and ending location and pick your hill tolerance level and it'll select a route for you suitable for biking. The maps also show you what roads have bike lanes or bike paths.

Routeslip was bought by mapmyride.

Try: http://www.mapmyride.com

[ocrider]

On Sat. I rode down to the gate to Pendleton after you under the 5. It ended up being a total of 60 miles. It was fun. I rode with Nicky a 72 year old that does iron mans all the time. And Sarah, also an amazing rider. She was the first amputee to finish Kona.

[deja vu]

Originally Posted by ocrider

On Sat. I rode down to the gate to Pendleton after you under the 5. It ended up being a total of 60 miles. It was fun. I rode with Nicky a 72 year old that does iron mans all the time. And Sarah, also an amazing rider. She was the first amputee to finish Kona.

sounds like some characters! Hoping to do Ironman's when I'm 72, that's cool. I am always blown away by the challenged athletes, pretty mind boggling. If you're hanging with those guys, sounds like your Felt might find itself at an Ironman start line sometime!

[ocrider]

Ya I totaly wanna do an Iron Man now! I was riding down moulton from my house and saw some roadies going the other direction so I crossed and caught them and I was like can I ride with you guys. And it ended they were going to Pendleton so I was stoked cuz Thats where I wanted to ride but I didnt know the route well enough.

[Bert]

I am in the same boat!
I have a road bike, but have no idea about cool routes. Anyway, I live pretty close to you if you are riding hit me up I would be up for some road miles.

bert

[ericfoltz]

Originally Posted by Bert

I am in the same boat!
I have a road bike, but have no idea about cool routes. Anyway, I live pretty close to you if you are riding hit me up I would be up for some road miles.

bert

Try here: http://www.geoladders.com/routes.php...range%20County

Lots of good road routes.