Hey let's see a pic of your favorite ride!

[CyclChyk]

Wow Popoki. Thats gorgeous.

[Tri Girl]

Wow- these pics are just amazing! If it weren't for the blasted winter, I'd love to live in the mountains. Just breathtaking...
Here are two from my little square of the world. The first one is at the lake I ride around a lot. The second one is from the countryside where I also ride a lot. It's Oklahoma- flat and barren, but pretty and peaceful to me.

[Bluetree]

Here's my So Calif scene. Apologies, as it was a foggy, ugly morning when I took these pictures.

The first shot is my home town and starting point (Torrance Beach).
If you look South, you are looking at some hill climbing on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. If you look North, the beach bike path runs about 20 miles to Santa Monica. This path parallels a second bike path on a segment called The Esplanade, which is located right next to the bern (you can kinda see it). The Esplanade was used as the final stage in the Amgen Tour of California. Both the beach bike path and the Esplanade are very crowded on weekends, but during the mornings you can reach a pretty high speed without problems. You go through many different kinds of neighborhoods on the beach bike path, some very urban (like Venice Beach), some suburban (like this one) and some very isolated stretches where there is nothing except you, the sand, and the seagulls.

The second shot is a side view of part of the ascent of the "PV Hill", which will give you an idea of the grade. (This ascent is easier than the east, which is steeper and contain some wicked switchbacks.) There is also hiking and MTBing trails, as you can see.

The third shot is going up and when you reach the top, you are rewarded by lush, rolling hills and well-kept bike lanes. There are plenty of horse paths and runner paths which are kept away from the bikes, which is nice. Cyclists kinda "rule" this area on weekends, so most motorists are pretty good about being courteous. There are plenty of places to stop and admire the view of the Catalina islands (if it weren't so darn foggy) and the sheer vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Definitely a nice place to ride!

[Trekhawk]

Wow what beautiful places. Keep the pics coming - its great to see where everyone lives and rides. Now I need to go take a few shots.

[extra-vert]

excellent pics everyone wow! I want to go to Alaska.

[Bikingmomof3]

Great photos Lauren. I would like to live is a very sparcly populated area. Love you socks!

[BeeLady]

Thanks. I enjoy riding out here much more than in town. I'd love to start a cycling bed and breakfast out here -- except you fix your own breakfast, do your own laundry and you stay for free! In other words, I'd love to share this place with other cyclists and enjoy some company, but actually having a B & B sounds like real work to me.

[tprevost]

Okay, here are a few from my area....





These are all in the hilly area where I am attempting to make my legs stronger... not working yet though

[salsabike]

These are from the 50-mile loop around the northern half of Lake Washington. The first is looking at Mt. Rainier from a park on Lake Washington, and the second is looking back at Mercer Island over the I-90 Bridge (same bridge that the Seattle Danskin tri people ride across). It's a gorgeous ride.

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[CyclChyk]

WOW - Salsa you have FALL. I miss fall. Here we have 3 colors, green, tan and dead.

Those pics are beautiful. I'm thinking I want to go to Washington.

[Triskeliongirl]

I am on vacation. Here is todays ride. The first pix was taken on the Coastal Bike Path between my hotel in Monteceito and Santa Barbara (BikePath). The second pix was taken from the Santa Barbara Harbor. The last two were taken at Arroyo Burro Beach, one facing the beach and the other facing the mountains. As you can see it was an overcast day, but I still had a great ride, georgeous scenery. (I can't figure out how to past the pic in the message so I attached them instead).

[gnarwhal]

Wow! you all live in such wonderful places, i'd be itching to get out and ride (even more than normal) if i lived where you all live.

Maybe i'll take some pictures of my "scenic" route, some pigs and a scrapyard!

[ClockworkOrange]

There are some really great pics that have been posted here.

Well, here's my contribution.

A short distance away from where I live in England, there's the Isle of Wight, it's famous for Cowes week (international yachting), infamous pop concerts back in 1968 and 1969.......I was at one of of them. Also, the famous Needles (which is a rock formation).

Anyway, went for a weekend of bike riding a couple of years ago, riding along the top, it was fantastic but scared the cr*p out of me!



The second pic really was blood sweat and tears for me!



I'm not too brave at the downhill stuff, it's good looking back at the photos though.

I guess that is why I enjoy this site, reading about all the rides you guys manage to do.

Sally

[Geonz]

[silver]

This is a pic from my favorite ride down to the river.