[wydopen]

Im heading down to LA tomorrow on short notice to pick up something for work and was thinking of getting a quick shred in..

The place I'm going is close to downtown LA...would I be better off hitting up something in Simi or Agora or that zone behind the Getty?? High speed/tech, I'm good with whatever...going to be pedaling up so shuttling isnt a necessity..

Any advise on trails would be nice...Ive scoped some stuff on strava but it's hard to tell what's descent..I've ridden all over the US and Canada but have never ridden anything in the LA area..

Sorry for not posting in the regional section but it doesn't appear many people look at that anymore..

Thanks

 

[W4S]

Some good riding at all those locations you mentioned, depends on what you want to ride, how much time you, and how much traffic you want to avoid. Santa Monica has some great trails if you know where to look, easy access to them but getting over the sepulveda pass after 3pm will take hours so i ride from the encino side (caballero FR climb). Rocky Peak in Simi has a few really good loops and is an easier drive back to SB, same with Sui in Agoura but it's farther off the fwy and a longer loop, 2 hours to do my loop out there. Space mountain in TO is really fun if you don't need super steep or gnar, i have a good ~1.25 hour loop out there that's a blast. I will PM you my strava page and you can see those loops, let me know if you have any other questions.

 

[blackohio]

The only difference between climbing and ascending space mountain in Simi is breaking every 5 seconds for the 180º switchbacks

 

[WestCoastHucker]

well, that and the fact that space mountain isn't in simi...

 

[wydopen]

Thanks for the link...rode samurai or whatever it's called behind the Getty off sunset..pretty fun..only had time for two laps...would have liked to do more..kinda sketchy going blind but my second run was descent..roosted myself with dog shit though which kinda sucked

 

[Kanye West]

roosted myself with dog shit though

Now that's pretty fuckin' enduro right there.

 

[MikeD]

If you can get to Pasadena, ride Mount Wilson. One of So Cal's most epic trails. Best shuttled if you're short on time or aren't a really strong climber. You'll need lots of time, either way.

Edit: Er, or do that next time you're in LA.

 

[blackohio]

well, that and the fact that space mountain isn't in simi...

err whereever it is. sorry agora hills, or thousand oaks or whatever other god awful place.

 

[RayB]

err whereever it is. sorry agora hills, or thousand oaks or whatever other god awful place.

LOL
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/10/14/thousand-oaks-ranks-as-4th-safest-city-in-u-s/

But yea, if you're definition of "god awful" ='s nothing to do for anybody between 21-30 and a planned city of affluent middle-upper class White & Asian people... then yes, you are spot-on.

Source: I grew up in Oak Park/Agoura, and my parents live in TO.

 

[blackohio]

i'll trade security for some bit of culture. Im not 55 with 3 kids so I have no interest in living in a never ending sea of suburbs, strip malls even if its at the base of a mountain.

 

[W4S]

i'll trade security for some bit of culture. Im not 55 with 3 kids so I have no interest in living in a never ending sea of suburbs, strip malls even if its at the base of a mountain.

Oh yes, camarillo, the bastion of culture. seizure world and tweaker culture, but it's still culture.

 

[gemini2k]

But yea, if you're definition of "god awful" ='s nothing to do for anybody between 21-30

You're 30 minutes from one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Granted, I hate LA, but if you can't find something to do...you suck.

 

[blackohio]

Oh yes, camarillo, the bastion of culture. seizure world and tweaker culture, but it's still culture.

I live in Long Beach, at least now and living in Camarillo was bullshit trust me that place sucked almost as much as the job I left Portland for.

 

[blackohio]

You're 30 minutes from one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Granted, I hate LA, but if you can't find something to do...you suck.

If you can make TO to LA in 30 minutes you're a fucking ninja. I should say if you can make it in 30 minutes in anytime you'd want to go. Sure you can do it at 3:23AM. But report back on any evening or weekend for me.

To be clear I wasnt talking about driving to other cities to find something to do. I said TO sucked. I could just as easily drive to fucking santa barbara, but that wasnt the point.

Thousand oaks, safe yes. Sucks? yes. Long beach, safe? no. sucks? no.

 

[jstuhlman]

 

[RayB]

LOL y'all are acting like you think I'm offended by talking shit on Thousand Oaks when I don't even live there... (I'm down in the OC with the other super rich Asian people)

I only linked that "Safest City" article, because I've lived in some truly awful places (e.g. EAST OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA) and didn't quite feel that boredom ='s god-forsakenly-horrible.

Also, my family lives [in TO] two doors down from Amanda Bynes--and she throws pretty bangin' parties. If you ever wanna rail lines of coke off the boobs of a washed-up Nickelodeon superstar, just lemme know....

 

[bdamschen]

If you ever wanna rail lines of coke off the boobs of a washed-up Nickelodeon superstar, just lemme know....

I'm surprised you haven't got more of a response for this. Ridemonkey is getting soft.

 

[blackohio]

my days of tittie coke are long over.