The California coastline between San Francisco and Santa Barbara is a beautiful sight to behold. Save for communities like Santa Cruz, Monterey and Big Sur, rugged mountains and cliffs edge the Pacific most of the 400 or so miles, making the coast highway anything but straight and level.



Although driving this scenic roadway may take just a day, bicycling it in a few days is a grueling challenge even for experienced long distance cyclists. Look at Jason Womack's experience (the cyclist that posted this California coast bike tour video). Last summer, Jason rode 500+ miles across the Rocky Mountains; yet, he met his match somewhere along Highway 1. Cycling horror stories about pedaling this route abound so I'm not surprised by Jason's tale.

I applaud Jason for testing his limits; it's something we all need to do sometime. Frankly, riding 250 miles of flat land would tucker out just about anyone and flat is not a word that comes to mind when describing this coastline...

Read more about Jason Womack's bike tour. For a more detailed description of bicycling this route, visit Thomas Driemeyer's San Francisco to Los Angeles bike tour page.

Larry

Labels: bicycling California, bike tour, bike tour video, California coast, Marin County, Santa Barbara