I'm going to be in LA in a month, and this time I was thinking about renting a bike. I will be staying in Hollywood, and I already found a spot to rent a bike in Hollywood.

Is there a dedicated bike path near Hollywood that goes to the ocean? I couldn't find anything when I searched google.

want to know something weird or mysterious
about L.A bike path signs well there are alot of bike path SIGNS
but there really is no bike path you seee them every were but no bike path
weird but their is bike paths in L.A or hollywood ( i think)

i always see people riding there bikes down the san gabriel drain. not sure were they get it. but they do it... not to close to hollywood though.

i would say just bike the residental streets of the hollywood hills. im sure that would be a plenty good work out. minus the land rovers

i always see people riding there bikes down the san gabriel drain. not sure were they get it. but they do it... not to close to hollywood though.

i would say just bike the residental streets of the hollywood hills. im sure that would be a plenty good work out. minus the land rovers

That's the thing, I don't really want to ride too much around traffic. I'd love to ride around in the Hollywood hills, but I don't want to get run over by Paris Hilton giving a hummer while driving her Mercedes SLR.

go to griffiht park that place is full of bike trails^^

What about biking ON the beach. Or maybe Palisades Park?

http://static.flickr.com/117/253407210_7cd99b7fc4.jpg?v=0

That's the thing, I don't really want to ride too much around traffic. I'd love to ride around in the Hollywood hills, but I don't want to get run over by Paris Hilton giving a hummer while driving her Mercedes SLR.





^^ Lindsay Lohan is who you should really worry about...... :rofl:

Beach Bike Path is the best one.
http://www.bicyclela.org/

Biking on the beach looks awesome.

What about riding the bus from the eastern part of Hollywood to the ocean? My friend who lives there says it takes two hours on the bus. Is he exaggerating?

^^ Your friend is exaggerating, he/she must be take the scenic route via Downtown, East LA, South LA, South Bay LA, LAX then down to the beach!

Biking on the beach looks awesome.

What about riding the bus from the eastern part of Hollywood to the ocean? My friend who lives there says it takes two hours on the bus. Is he exaggerating?

from the eastern part of hollywood to the beach is a pretty good distance, probably 15 miles or so. If you take into account that the bus may average 15 mph will stops every other block, theres a good chance that it could take atleast 2 hours.

In general, LA is a very bike-UNfriendly city, from personal experience. Larger expanses of suburban tracts tend to have more bike lanes, but even those are sparsely found.

i think the best place to go bike riding is the beach

Thanks for the replies. I think my plan is going to be riding the bus from Hollywood to the Santa Monica pier and renting a bike there.

I'm hoping for good weather, and I'm even going to bring my swim trunks to take a dip in the ocean. I know it will probably be cold, and I'll be the only one there swimming, but I've been in Lake Superior in May, and it won't be that bad.

prepare for clouds. and cold. not snow cold but... i dont know like 68 maybe 7o

prepare for clouds. and cold. not snow cold but... i dont know like 68 maybe 7o

I'm hoping for sunny and 75. I know it very well could be cloudy and cold, but I hope not. I'm still going to go in the ocean, no matter what. I'll be the crazy guy that's swimming during an El Nino storm with heavy surf, no wetsuit, no drysuit, just a pair of regular swim trunks. :)

I usually go out there in spring/summer, so I'm also hoping for some clear days where the mountains are visible.

Check this out for all the bike paths (MTA-owned and maintained, I assume) in the county:

http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bikes/images/la_bike_map.pdf

Pretty neat map Rico!

Thanks for the replies. I think my plan is going to be riding the bus from Hollywood to the Santa Monica pier and renting a bike there.

I'm hoping for good weather, and I'm even going to bring my swim trunks to take a dip in the ocean. I know it will probably be cold, and I'll be the only one there swimming, but I've been in Lake Superior in May, and it won't be that bad.


If you take the Red Rapid bus along Wilshire it won't take 2 hours. Most of these people who say everything takes 2 hours either don't know their way around the system or probably are car dependant.

going from k-town to the beech sure as hell feels like 2 hours

^^Hey, thanks for that map. It doesn't look like there are any paths near my friends house. It's near Santa Monica and Vine in Hollywood.

I checked LA's bus website, and it says that the trip takes an hour. I could see how it might take an hour and a half, and how it might feel like two hours. Whatever though, it's only an hour to the Pacific Ocean where I'm going to cruise on a bike along the beach. Right now, I'm 2000 miles from Santa Monica, the trees look dead, and it's 38 degrees. An hour ain't bad.

My friend who I'm visiting went without a car for a few years in LA, which I think is crazy. He used to joke that he was the only person on public transit with all of his teeth and not carrying a bag of cans. I'm going to try out having no car in LA for a week in less than a month.

you'll do fine without a car. santa monica and vine is close to a lot that la has to offer, including subway stops if you want to go downtown. and with your bike, youll be a fairly shortride from tons of stuff to do.

going from k-town to the beech sure as hell feels like 2 hours...

"feels".......

...well it was 2 years ago so i cant say exactly

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE OCEAN ON A BIKE!?

what is that... 16 hours?

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE OCEAN ON A BIKE!?

what is that... 16 hours?

If it was a continuous bike path separate from traffic like Minneapolis's midtown greenway, I most likely would beat someone in a car struggling through traffic while riding my bike. It's not that far.

This is the type of path I'm talking about. This is Minneapolis's midtown greenway, I thought LA would have something like this:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8770/1oy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1029/2qw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm going to be in LA in a month, and this time I was thinking about renting a bike. I will be staying in Hollywood, and I already found a spot to rent a bike in Hollywood.

Is there a dedicated bike path near Hollywood that goes to the ocean? I couldn't find anything when I searched google.

Take the bus (all buses in Los Angeles have bike racks now) to Culver City and ride on the Ballona Creek bike path, that ends at Marina Del Rey and you have the option of riding north to Santa Monica and Malibu, or south to Redondo Beach. If you need the exact directions and bus lines, send me a PM.

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE OCEAN ON A BIKE!?

what is that... 16 hours?


An hour and a half. I've done it myself.

My route:

Santa Monica Blvd west to Highland Ave.

Highland Ave. south where it ends at La Brea Ave.

La Brea Ave south to Venice Blvd.

Venice Blvd west to the beach.

In general, LA is a very bike-UNfriendly city, from personal experience. Larger expanses of suburban tracts tend to have more bike lanes, but even those are sparsely found.

It's changing, they added a bike path parelleling the Metro Orange Line busway in the Valley. They're actually gonna have a bike path from the Valley to Long Beach via the LA River one day. I personally see way more people riding bikes nowadays. The fact that every bus has bike racks really helps.

And besides, why do people assume SF is a bike-friendly city when they have all those nasty, steep hills???

If it was a continuous bike path separate from traffic like Minneapolis's midtown greenway, I most likely would beat someone in a car struggling through traffic while riding my bike. It's not that far.

This is the type of path I'm talking about. This is Minneapolis's midtown greenway, I thought LA would have something like this:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8770/1oy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1029/2qw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


They want to have something like that, along the Los Angeles River. A few miles of it exist already, but the city/county wants to see a continuous, 50-mile bike path one day.

Take the bus (all buses in Los Angeles have bike racks now) to Culver City and ride on the Ballona Creek bike path, that ends at Marina Del Rey and you have the option of riding north to Santa Monica and Malibu, or south to Redondo Beach. If you need the exact directions and bus lines, send me a PM.

I've decided that I'm going to take the bus from Hollywood to Santa Monica, and get a bike there.

My friend who I'll be visiting will be at work for the first two days that I'm there, so those are the days that I'll want to ride. My buddy's not really into bike riding, and offered to drive me around when he's not working, so I'm not going to get a bike for the whole time.

I'm looking for cheap things to do. So far, I purchased two tickets to the Kings/Wild game at the Staples Center from stubhub.com. I got them for $13 each!!! You could not get Wild tickets here in Minnesota for anywhere near that cheap. I also got on some sort of list for Jay Leno tickets, those are free, but not guaranteed.

Any suggestions for other cheap things to do?

Be sure to take the Red Line from Hollywood to DTLA!

If you're going to see Jay Leno, that will take up your whole day. Even if you have tickets, that doesnt gaurantee that you'll get in. The line starts forming real early too and they dont start shooting until the evening. the studio is in Burbank, but theres nothing to do around there, i would skip it. If you go to the Hollywood and Highland mall, theres usually people near the kodak and chinese theaters signing people up for free filimings for all kinds of different shows. I took some friends there from out of town one time and we ended up getting tickets for the Jay Mohr show before it was cancelled.

^^I've been on the Red Line before, the Hollywood/Vine station is closest to my friend's place. I've been to the Hollywood Highland and Hollywood Vine stations and I was impressed by both of them. Much cleaner and cooler looking that anything in Chicago or New York.

I also saw the Craig Kilborn show when he was still on the air. I hate how they do the ticketing for TV shows. Some people had tickets for that show too, and they didn't get in, after waiting for hours. I might skip Leno if that's the case.