Cycling Forums - View Single Post - Okay, *NOW* I'll do the "How Many Miles" Thread....

01-03-2007, 12:34 AM

pureheart@pacbell.net wrote:
> 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?

> 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.

That sounds like Soquel Ave between Capitola Dr and Branciforte.
If so, perhaps you could take East Cliff or Brommer from Capitola,
the paths around the yacht harbor back to East Cliff, and then paths
along the river. Well, that probably wouldn't help. You know better
than I do where you need to go and what the best way to get there is.

> 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.

01-03-2007, 12:34 AM	#25 (permalink)
qpliu Guest Posts: n/a	*Re: Okay, NOW* I'll do the "How Many Miles" Thread....** pureheart@pacbell.net wrote: > 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? > 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. That sounds like Soquel Ave between Capitola Dr and Branciforte. If so, perhaps you could take East Cliff or Brommer from Capitola, the paths around the yacht harbor back to East Cliff, and then paths along the river. Well, that probably wouldn't help. You know better than I do where you need to go and what the best way to get there is. > 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.