# LA-Area Cyclist Dopers: Route Advice Please!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-area-cyclist-dopers-route-advice-please/574216>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 10, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-area-cyclist-dopers-route-advice-please/574216 "2011-03-10T20:02:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![UTejas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UTejas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UTejas)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-area-cyclist-dopers-route-advice-please/574216/1 "2011-03-10T20:02:51Z")

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I will be in LA, specifically Venice, for the next several months for work. I am looking for some advice about various weekend bike routes and getting around. I have a Specialized hybrid, so I am fine with paved roads and reasonably well-maintained gravel-type paths. I also have a car with a bike rack, so I am not particularly concerned about getting around to starting points for fun weekend rides.

I am looking for any and all suggestions on fun rides in the range of 5-50 miles. During the week I’ll be commuting around 8 miles from the coast to UCLA and then back each day, so I suppose rides on the shorter side might be preferable on the weekend!

I do have a few questions:

1. Is going to Catalina Island worth it for biking? I don’t want to pay for the permit to ride in the interior of the island and I doubt my bike could handle the interior. Is there enough in Avalon to be worth my time?

2. I am planning to make an afternoon Kings game. Is riding Venice Blvd from the coast straight to the Staples Center reasonable? There are bike racks at the Staples Center.

3. I gather that it is truly impossible to ride a bike to Dodger Stadium. Is my best bet riding to the metro station at Western/Wilshire and taking the metro/trolley to the stadium?

Thanks!