Mt Diablo intrigued me.manziman said:no, you can, and there are a lot of good trails on it. Along with riding in Oakland and all over the bay area....Mt. Tam, too.
Mt Diablo intrigued me.manziman said:no, you can, and there are a lot of good trails on it. Along with riding in Oakland and all over the bay area....Mt. Tam, too.
Mt Diablo is boring, its all firetrails, the singletrack is ALL illegal, I know I've been busted enough for riding them. If you go to San Luis Obispo, then drive another hour in a half and go to Santa Barbara. Trust me on this one..........it's paradise there.stosh said:Mt Diablo intrigued me.
If you're in the Bay Area agian we can hook up again for food.stosh said:Hey you're still the only one brave enough to actually meet me in person in Cali and you actually bought me a beer and dinner too......
-BB- said:...It all depends on WHEN yo come...summer... NorCal...winter, SoCal...
Ahh yes. I forgot that he comes from the east coast where they have no mountains. But then again, I hear that Stosh doesn't ride anyway.MikeD said:Um, he's coming from the east coast. The San Gabriel mountains are enormous compared to anything back east. They're over 10,000 feet in places... And even John Muir, as quoted in Southern California Mountain Biking Guide, was impressed... "I have never made the aquaintence of mountains more rigidly inaccessible."
-junior naturalist, Mike Diamond
But if he's actually going to ride xc, San Diego is horrible.Ciaran said:Ahh yes. I forgot that he comes from the east coast where they have no mountains. But then again, I hear that Stosh doesn't ride anyway.![]()
MD is spot on with his central coast suggestions, but if you do come to So Cal San Diego is a very cool place. And I get down there all the time since the future in laws live there in Ocean Beach where they have cool bars.
El Jefe said:The best area of the state is southern california...but since I live there, I suggest you visit NorCal. I hear NorCal is more tolerant of stoshisms.
Yeah. It's sort of a reverse Grand Canyon....stosh said:I was there this summer, It still feels un-real to me....
MikeD said:Um, what?? SB is not such a chic part of SoCal, man...
I recommend, if you want a laid-back vacation, travelling the whole central coast area from Monterey(ed: and Santa Cruz, right next door) to Santa Barbara, perhaps starting by flying in to San Fran or Oakland and doing a Napa or Sonoma wine tour, then heading south. Check out Big Sur. Stay some time in Pismo Beach. Cental Coast is a very laid-back part of Cali...wide-open, greenish...
I hear the DH stuff in SLO is wickedly treacherous.
Santa Barbara is gorgeous and has fantastic trails, too. As Land of the Independently Wealthy, it's widely-spaced and uncrowded; lots of neat inns and hotels. It's not terribly far from LA, so you could even fly out of there, or see LA for a day or two (Getty museum is worth a look) and head to San Diego for a stop and a flight home.
San Diego is a cool, fun, beach city, too, where you can take it slower or a little faster if you like. Not going to give you the big expansive travelling possibilities you'd get in the central coast, though. LA is pretty much all fast-paced, unless you're a trillionare with a mansion in Malibu or someplace. OC doesn't have much to see that's particularly unique IMHO.
MD
better that that the other way around...stosh said:you actually bought me a beer and dinner too......
Have they changed access to Mt. Tam? When I lived there you couldn't ride the singletrack. And the fire roads were.... well, fireroads. :mumble:manziman said:no, you can, and there are a lot of good trails on it. Along with riding in Oakland and all over the bay area....Mt. Tam, too.
Right. Less metrosexuals in the Bay Area.....dh girlie said:We're less cheesey here...and there are less metro-sexuals!![]()
you sound scrorned....Acadian said:better that that the other way around...
...you would still be paying that off, expecially if you take him out to eat sushi.![]()
no...but I've seen how he vacumes down sushistosh said:you sound scrorned....![]()
We just went to PF Changs. I didn't want him to spend a pile of money. I did get a few beers out of him thoughAcadian said:no...but I've seen how he vacumes down sushi![]()
SkaredShtles said:Right. Less metrosexuals in the Bay Area.....
Or were you trying to be funny....?
-S.S.-
you're gonna be there?TN said:forget about cali & just come to the southern monkeyfest in Pisgah.
Hey, I live in OB. You're marrying a dirty hippie, ain'tcha??Ciaran said:the future in laws live there in Ocean Beach where they have cool bars.
ET_SoCal said:
This say's it all.
You live in OB?!?! Holy crap! Man we're gonna have to hook up next time the GF (now fiancee) and I are down there. Shoot, I'll bring my bike, we'll ride! Yeah, she's a dirty hippie. Actually, I think her parents are the only republicans in OB. Of course to them we are commie pinkos. Since we don't vote republican.MikeD said:Hey, I live in OB. You're marrying a dirty hippie, ain'tcha??
MD
we hope so. gotta scope out my schedule when I start my new job.stosh said:you're gonna be there?