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01-02-2007, 08:11 PM

qpliu wrote:
> pureheart@pacbell.net wrote:
> > Off topic: I'll bet anyone a zillion nothings that Santa Cruz County
> > has the absolute
> > worst roads in the entire country. Whew! ('Cept maybe Buffao, New
> > York).
>
> What makes you say that?
>
> (About 4500 miles for me in 2006, mostly in Santa Cruz County.)

First: Kudos to all you high-mileage guys, especially Ron Wallenfang
who has ridden to the moon!

Santa Cruz roads? Well Larkin Valley Road from Aptos to Watsonville
was a dreamy commute, great road quality.
My current ride to Santa Cruz from Aptos is a series of road-shock
minimizing maneuvers as I dodge all the myriad road repairs, poorly
filled trenches, fiber-optic filled trenches, alligatored pavement,
etc. Just visit Monterey sometime to see how nice their streets are.

I mentioned Buffalo, NY since that was the only place that the roads
were so unavoidably bad--trying to get across to Canada--the my front
panniers were actually flung from my machine.

Pureheart

01-02-2007, 08:11 PM	#23 (permalink)
pureheart@pacbell.net Posts: n/a	*Re: Okay, NOW* I'll do the "How Many Miles" Thread....** qpliu wrote: > pureheart@pacbell.net wrote: > > Off topic: I'll bet anyone a zillion nothings that Santa Cruz County > > has the absolute > > worst roads in the entire country. Whew! ('Cept maybe Buffao, New > > York). > > What makes you say that? > > (About 4500 miles for me in 2006, mostly in Santa Cruz County.) First: Kudos to all you high-mileage guys, especially Ron Wallenfang who has ridden to the moon! Santa Cruz roads? Well Larkin Valley Road from Aptos to Watsonville was a dreamy commute, great road quality. My current ride to Santa Cruz from Aptos is a series of road-shock minimizing maneuvers as I dodge all the myriad road repairs, poorly filled trenches, fiber-optic filled trenches, alligatored pavement, etc. Just visit Monterey sometime to see how nice their streets are. I mentioned Buffalo, NY since that was the only place that the roads were so unavoidably bad--trying to get across to Canada--the my front panniers were actually flung from my machine. Pureheart