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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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
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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