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Santa Cruz METRO considers bus service to Big Basin State Park & Waddell Creek

The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (“METRO”) board of directors will meet Friday, April 12 to decide on weekend bus service to Big Basin Redwoods State Park and Waddell Beach in Santa Cruz County.

Highway 1 to open April 16

A 40 foot stretch of Highway 1 collapsed north of Bixby Bridge last week and a two mile segment remains closed to all traffic between Bixby Bridge and Palo Colorado Road south of Carmel. Although Caltrans initially allowed foot and bicycle traffic through the closed portion of highway in Big Sur, the danger of further read more »

Monday morning report

I’ve lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California for almost four years now. When I ride from home, I usually hit the mountain roads and go straight up to the summit, or I shoot down to the Coast Highway and go north towards Half Moon Bay. Believe it or not, I’ve never gone south read more »

Stage 2: Rain and Shine

The Amgen Tour of California traveled down the California coast and through the Redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains in constant drenching rain that Levi Leipheimer likened to an all day cold shower. Tom Peterson on the left passes Levi Leipheimer in the final straightaway for the win. Fans lined the roads all through Santa read more »

2009 Amgen Tour of California route details

AEG revealed the route details for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California this morning. As was revealed in the Santa Rosa Democrat earlier this week, the race will start in Sacramento with a Prologue instead of a full blown stage as earlier planned. The stage from Davis to Santa Rosa becomes Stage 1. Stage 2 read more »

City Cycling UK

City Cycling UK issue 37 is now available for reading online. More below the cool bicyle t-shirt design by Julius Bulius. Here in the United State of America, Friday July 4 marks our Independence Day holiday. I thought about going up to San Francisco for the weekend to watch the Quake City Rumble messenger races read more »