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Anyone know what's currently open and what's closed, in terms of good
places for a bike ride?

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Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:59 am

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Anyone know what's currently open and what's closed, in terms of good places for a bike ride? Thanks...
Laura C
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Jun 18, 2007
4:15 pm

Laura, Went around the golf course and traveltown area last weekend when the l.a. river ride was going on.. so there are things open, but didn't get a chance ...
Peter Lau
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Jun 18, 2007
11:36 pm

... From Redondo Beach to the northern-most part of Santa Monica Beach is a very nice ride. Better to ride on weekdays, or mornings and evenings on the...
shag112002
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Jun 18, 2007
11:37 pm

There's a great one right at the beach...I believe it is called "Ballona." I used to start at Venice Beach and ride to Santa Monica, turn around at Temescal...
Joanne Sullivan
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Jun 21, 2007
8:42 pm

yeah, ballona creek is the name of it. i ride it all the time. there's an entrance off of Jefferson and Duquesne. Mostly clean. Safe. Flat. Fast ride to...
Anthony So
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Jun 22, 2007
6:36 am

I'd double check the safety of the Ballona trail. I've heard that gang bangers hide on that trail and then come out running and jump bikers for thier money (so...
Dan Bridge
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Jun 22, 2007
6:36 am

I haven't ridden it since we moved two years ago. But I had heard the same. Yet I rode the entire length of it for two years with no incident at all. I...
Van Hohman
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Jun 22, 2007
3:56 pm

It's completely fine. I ride it all the time, even after dark. I suspect the "stories" about "gang bangers" are like the "stories" about "WMDs"....
Dan Mick
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Jun 22, 2007
11:49 pm

... about "WMDs". ... heard the ... incident ... that gang ... bikers ... that ... principal(retired in 1998) and used to ride the stretch of that trail that...
shag112002
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Jun 23, 2007
4:21 am

again, i've heard the same stories. but at the same time i've been riding that route (jefferson/duquesne to beach and back) at least two times a week. i...
Anthony So
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Jun 22, 2007
11:50 pm

I've ridden the length of the Bellona Creek trail and to end many times, with no problem other than dawdling pedestrians. There were some reports of problems a...
terry mcintyre
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Jun 22, 2007
11:49 pm

quick question concerning the ballona creek path: how far up (away from the beach) does it go? I've gotten in the habit of getting on at Duquesne and Jefferson...
Anthony So
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Jun 23, 2007
4:21 am

It pretty much stops at Syd Kronenthal park, which is just past the Jefferson overpass. The path looks like it continues, but there are big permanent barriers...
Dan Mick
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Jun 24, 2007
12:29 am

The other endpoint is just a few miles further along, near the Syd Kronenthal park on National. The closest cross street appears to be La Cienega. Terry...
terry mcintyre
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Jun 23, 2007
6:55 pm

There was a shooting last year where Centinela creek crosses under the Ballona bike trail. Centinela creek is the Eastern edge of the Mar Vista Gardens housing...
Don Hayashi
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Jun 24, 2007
12:29 am

... At that bikepath bridge today, I was screwed with: Wed, Aug 15th; approx 1:30pm; riding southbound, alone on Ballona Creek bike path just south of Mar...
Dan Mick
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Aug 17, 2007
1:09 am

Hi Dan, Thanks for the report. I ride thru there almost every weekday about the same time as your attack and will now be extra careful. Let us know of any...
Don Hayashi
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Aug 19, 2007
6:08 am

thank you all for such valuable information. I have been riding this path every Sunday for the past year with my another female. We are been lucky thus far,...
joanny alvarenga
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Aug 25, 2007
6:54 am

BTW, I was called in to look at photos; I didn't have much useful recollection, but I spent some time chatting with the detective (Bopp, in the anti-gang unit...
Dan Mick
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Aug 27, 2007
12:07 am

I ride fairly often. Fortunately, nobody messes with a 6'3" 240 lb rider. It may help that I don't wear an mp3 player. In any case, if anyone needs a partner...
terry mcintyre
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Aug 28, 2007
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