Cycling Orange County: 58 Rides With Detailed Maps & Elevation Contours - Softcover

Brundige, Don; Brundige, Sharron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0932653804 ISBN 13: 9780932653802

Publisher: Sunbelt Pubns, 2006

Synopsis

Cycling Orange County takes you from the boardwalks and streets of the coastal areas, to the winding highways and country roads of Orange County's inland sections, with plenty of parks, canyons, mountains, rivers and lakes along the way. Don and Sharron Brundige have been writing bicycling guides for 20 years, and their guide to biking Orange County is now available in a handy-to-carry 6 x 9 inch format. This popular guide has on-road descriptions to 58 rides, from short family trips on separated bike paths to a few "gut-buster" tours for the most physically fit bikers. Also included are the Orange County "Grandaddy" and a county century ride. Detailed maps make it easy to find every route, and tour listings shows the distance and elevation, level of difficulty, road and traffic conditions, and estimated time to complete each ride. Plenty of photos make the book fun and easy-to-use and the authors note the location of water sources, landmarks, sightseeing attractions and campsites among other points of interest.

About this title

About the Author

Don and Sharron Brundige wrote their first on-road cycling book, "Bicycle Rides: Los Angeles and Orange Counties," in 1987, after cycling the two counties for fifteen years. Then they set out to cover the entire Southern California on-road area. The "Bicycle Rides:" series included San Fernando Valley and Ventura County, the Inland Empire, San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Other books include: "Mountain Biking L.A. County" and "Outdoor Recreation Checklists."

From the Back Cover

Cycling Orange County takes you from the boardwalks and streets of the coastal areas, to the winding highways and country roads of Orange County's inland sections, with plenty of parks, canyons, mountains, rivers and lakes along the way.

The book contains on-road descriptions to 58 rides, from short family trips on separated bike paths all the way to a few "gut-buster" tours for the most physically fit bikers. Also included are the Orange County "Grandaddy" and a county century ride.

Detailed maps make it easy to find every route, and tour listings shows the distance and elevation, level of difficulty, road conditions, and estimated time to complete each ride. There are plenty of photos and notes on landmarks, attractions, campsites and other points of interest.

Don and Sharron Brundige wrote their first on-road cycling book, "Bicycle Rides: Los Angeles and Orange Counties," in 1987, after cycling the two counties for fifteen years. Then they set out to cover the entire Southern California on-road area. The "Bicycle Rides:" series included San Fernando Valley and Ventura County, the Inland Empire, San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Other books include: Mountain Biking L.A. County and Outdoor Recreation Checklists.

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TRIP #1 - SEAL BEACH/SUNSET BEACH TOUR GENERAL LOCATION: Seal Beach, Sunset Beach LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Up and back - easy

Distance - 4.3 miles (one way)

Elevation gain - essentially flat

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunbelt Pubns
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0932653804
• ISBN 13: 9780932653802
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224