When I was about 24 years old, I rented a bike in Santa Monica, rode to the end of Santa Monica bike path, turned around and headed south. When I got to Torrance Beach, that was the end. I turned around and headed north. I am not a professional bike rider and the bike I had was not pro at all. In the early 90's, we did not have GoPro, wish we did. I took me six hours to do a round trip between Santa Monica Beach and Torrance Beach. The thing on my mind that kept me going, I had to return the rental. I was enormously proud of myself for doing this. It is a flat path, at sea level of course, and it was fun. The six hours is also because I stopped along the way, got food, talked to different people, and restroom breaks. I had a water backpack that kept me hydrated. I do not know what made me do this, it was spontaneous, and I was like, do it. The only sad thing was that I had to pay $5 for all day parking in some parking lot there. That was in the early 90's so that was a lot of money for the time. Today, I will take the Metro there instead. I think I still have it in me to do it again, even though I am 51 years old and still not a bike pro, only this time, I will be wearing a GoPro. The best memory is when I got to edge of LAX, I did stop to watch the planes fly over as they flew over the water to their destinations. That was fun and memorable. I also did the entire Long Beach bike path, much shorter, but very scenic and smooth. Love the video. I am going to do this again with my own bike. Cannot wait.
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When I was about 24 years old, I rented a bike in Santa Monica, rode to the end of Santa Monica bike path, turned around and headed south. When I got to Torrance Beach, that was the end. I turned around and headed north. I am not a professional bike rider and the bike I had was not pro at all. In the early 90's, we did not have GoPro, wish we did. I took me six hours to do a round trip between Santa Monica Beach and Torrance Beach. The thing on my mind that kept me going, I had to return the rental. I was enormously proud of myself for doing this. It is a flat path, at sea level of course, and it was fun. The six hours is also because I stopped along the way, got food, talked to different people, and restroom breaks. I had a water backpack that kept me hydrated. I do not know what made me do this, it was spontaneous, and I was like, do it. The only sad thing was that I had to pay $5 for all day parking in some parking lot there. That was in the early 90's so that was a lot of money for the time. Today, I will take the Metro there instead. I think I still have it in me to do it again, even though I am 51 years old and still not a bike pro, only this time, I will be wearing a GoPro. The best memory is when I got to edge of LAX, I did stop to watch the planes fly over as they flew over the water to their destinations. That was fun and memorable.
I also did the entire Long Beach bike path, much shorter, but very scenic and smooth.
Love the video. I am going to do this again with my own bike. Cannot wait.
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