Leah: This is February. Imagine that bike path in the summer. Add in kids out of school, headed to the water with surfboards, boogie boards, coolers, etc. On weekends families use the bike path as a "staging area" for their beach camping gear. Giant coolers, easy ups, tent things, grills, etc. They like to unload the car onto the bike path, then schlepp everything down to the sand. :You had a great day, considering we've all been cooped up it-seems-forever by cold & rain. Let the sun peak out for a few hours & we're out the door.
BTW, if you do an Orange County trip in the future, Pedego has stores in Irvine & Newport. The Irvine one is conveniently located on the San Diego Creek bike trail, which will take you down to the Newport Back Bay. dougP On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 1:23:41 PM UTC-8, REC (Roberta) wrote: > > For some reason, I got Leah's full and exciting and happy report on my >> phone, but I only see the partial one here. Leah--how lucky you can be if >> J is willing to ride with you, albeit on an ebike. At least you'll be with >> you sweetie. And, it sounds like it was such a great weekend for everyone, >> perhaps every three day weekend could be exploring a different area on two >> wheels! >> > > Roberta > > Here is her full report: > > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 5:38 PM Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We had the best time biking the Marvin Braude bike path on Saturday! The >> rains hammered Los Angeles on Friday night, but by morning it was clear >> skies and sunny, perfect for our purposes. >> >> I brought my 55 cm Betty Foy and my 12 year old boy brought his 45 Clem >> H. My husband loves a motorcycle and not so much a bicycle, so we rented >> him an e-bike, and because my other son is little and wouldn’t make the >> length of the trail, we got the TANDEM E-BIKE. Yes, I said tandem. We >> rented it from Pedego in Marina del Rey, and the owners would only charge >> us $50 instead of their normal $100 - such nice folks. >> >> We had the absolute best time. We pedaled through beach after beach, >> soaking up sun and smiling like idiots. We stopped to collect sea shells >> and watch the boys play in the waves. You couldn’t ask for prettier >> scenery, and the weather was nearly perfect. I refused to be parted from >> our Riv bikes, and though I had brought 4 u-locks for 2 bikes, I still >> pushed them through ankle-deep sand to the beach so I could keep them in >> sight. I’ve been told I’m embarrassing. Whatever. >> >> The path is supposed to be exclusively for cyclers (though there are some >> sections of it that are shared use), but we ended up sharing the bike path >> with e-scooters and runners and the occasional walker. I gotta say THAT was >> annoying. Finally a place for bikes, but we had interlopers to contend >> with. If you were going to break the rules and use the bike path as your >> jogging/walking/e-scootering path, wouldn’t you at least hug the edge and >> leave room for the bikes to go by? An astounding number of these folks >> couldn’t be bothered to let the bikes pass, and I watched cyclers ring >> their bells and sometimes it had no effect on the people using the bike >> lane illegally. They held their ground and the bikes were forced to wait >> until they could safely pass the pedestrians. Ugh. One or two did this to >> me, so I blasted both my bells at them. It was a small victory. We were >> wondering how many wrecks there are on the Marvin Braude - it’s wild out >> there. Add dogs and kids to the mix and you really have to have your wits >> about you. We had one skateboarder who kicked out too far and hit the rear >> wheel of the tandem, but she was fine. The Clem Rider and I had no trouble >> at all; the path was flat and made for easy biking - such a treat after the >> hills we are used to battling at home. >> >> I had a bad attitude about the e-bike initially. I wanted the Rivendell >> bikes in the photos, I’m a purist, and thus I was heavily prejudiced. But I >> kept it to myself. I will eat humble pie here, though, because that e-bike >> was really a good time. It kept my family going and there was no >> complaining about “HOW many more miles?” because it was such a fun ride. In >> a surprising turn of events, my husband returned his bike and then >> immediately started looking online for e-bikes. It’s what he did when we >> were back at the hotel for the night. It was what he was doing while I was >> getting ready this morning. It was what he did all 4.5 hours from the >> passenger seat of our drive home. It’s what he is STILL doing even as I >> type this. He’s got it narrowed down to a few models, and none of them is >> his Clem. He wants a bike dedicated to being electric; he won’t consider >> rigging up his Clem. I don’t know what he plans to do with the Clem yet; I >> was hoping to keep it for when my boys get big, but he may sell it. I’m >> warming up to the e-bike because it means I’m going to get a riding >> partner. Sure I’ll miss our matching bikes and looking lovingly at that >> big, blue bike on our evening constitutionals. But we can cover some real >> ground if he’s got an e-bike because it will actually be fun for him to go. >> My consolation prize will be companionship and better quads than his, so >> there. >> >> Thanks to all of you for the information you shared with me - this was >> one of our best CA weekends in living memory. You guys and gals are THE >> best. >> >> Leah > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
