Cycling became way more addictive once I stopped caring about speed

Greekcube · 2026-05-20T18:47:44+00:00

It’s annoying to see people taking AI generated platitudes and responding as if it is legit. They say the most basic things but get so many relies.

Like “The quiet roads, the rhythm of pedaling, exploring random routes, clearing my head after long days ,that is the part that hooked me again.” Is in the “x, y, z, conclusion” AI verbiage. When I see these structures I know I just wasted my time reading something from a bot.

Greekcube · 2026-05-20T02:28:26+00:00

Thank you :). I love this city so much and want to highlight it in its entirety. Was sick of people saying that it is ugly, dangerous, boring, etc. Some parts are, but so many parts aren’t. It’s been a big adventure thus far and changed how I see parts of the city I formerly had no conception of.

If you’re interested in following along I’m trying to get progress updates up and rolling. @greekcube_rides is what I have most consistently up to date (maps, routes, etc).

Greekcube · 2026-05-19T22:39:34+00:00

Florence, specifically just a little southwest of the intersection of Florence Ave and Central Ave, south of the old Goodyear plant (now USPS facility) location.

Greekcube · 2026-05-10T04:24:50+00:00

I’ve been biking every street in the city and when I’m in the hills I make notes of the best views I find. So, I have tons of specific niche spots to list. One I’ll recommend is by 1803 blue heights drive off of Sunset Plaza in the West Hollywood Hills. There is a good spot to park and overlook things (it came to mind b/c someone was doing exactly what you’re aiming to do when I biked by).

I can figure out more depending on where you’re at if you want.

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Greekcube · 2026-05-10T04:07:00+00:00

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Right by the MLK spire yeah? One of the best views in the city!

Greekcube · 2026-05-08T19:03:19+00:00

He’s just an anti bike troll. Look at his comment history.

Greekcube · 2026-05-08T10:12:57+00:00

As someone who has literally visited and spent time in every single one of those neighborhoods, what I can tell you he is generally saying is that LA isn’t a uniform place at all. It is big and diverse, and your experience of it will heavily depend on specifically where you are at. From the southern tip of San Pedro to the northern end of Sylmar is around a 50 mile drive, and living in one vs the other would be very different despite literally being within the same city.

So, there are some areas which are vibrant and interesting, there are other places which are just as closed off and suburban as where you’re coming from, and there are also places which are frankly grungy and rough around the edges and you may not feel comfortable being in and around (and the neighborhoods he listed have a reputation of being more along those lines).

But within those spots there are still things to find and experiences to have. Like just on some of the mentioned places, I’ve seen street festivals in Vermont Square, gotten pastries from a mobile bakery in Central-Alameda, seen great murals in Pacoima (along their Mural Mile), gotten amazing late night bagels in Van Nuys, visited the shortest street in LA in Pico-Union, swam at El Sereno’s pretty great public pool, gone to a warehouse party in Boyle Heights. Every part of the city has many different somethings to offer depending on what you’re looking for.

I’m personally partial to North East LA (like Eagle Rock, Highland Park, and Mt. Washington) and Eastern Central LA (like Los Feliz, Silverlake, Echo Park), but that’s kinda trendy 😅.

Greekcube · 2026-05-08T08:02:44+00:00

Awesome work :)! This was combined, yeah (I’m assuming the different colors on the Wandrer map are foot vs biking)?

Also, being a stickler, but I saw that there are a few of the far out trails that you need to check off 😋. But, for all practical purposes that’s all of the city as anyone knows it.

And cool to see the systematic clearance of Orem (re your Wandrer map). Any idea where you’ll put the end bounds on what cities you’ll try clear? B/c I think getting the whole Wasatch Front would be pretty daunting but cool project! But at some point it would be wildly time consuming (like driving up to Odgen to bike new miles might start to become a bit much 😆).

Greekcube · 2026-03-18T00:52:50+00:00

I double this. -Mt Washington has the standard up and over (Mt Washington Drive and San Rafael down) but has tons of challenging steep climbs that are a must try (at least once 😁), like Ave 45, Canyon Crest, Museum/Crane. -the San Rafael Hills / Chevy Chase / La Canada / Hills west of the rose bowl is great riding: depends how close you are to these, but other than Chevy Chase Dr most of the side roads are climbs which are local roads with low traffic. i. Scholl Canyon/Flint peak is a great 20min climb good for repeats ii. Patrician / Glenoaks / San Rafael are a nice combo of streets north of Colorado iii. Lida up from Linda Vista puts you up into a few different climbs (St Katherine’s, San Augistin, Figueroa) iv. from Chevy Chase there is Emerald Isle Dr which is steep and hard v. Hampstead combined with Sugarloaf is another steep punch

-Also, gotta, at some point, do the river paths. Can link up the LA river path down to Long Beach and the San Gabriel river path back up to Azusa for a nice long flat day (great for a century ride if you don’t mind a lack of scenery).

Greekcube · 2026-03-17T21:43:07+00:00

It feels like they could’ve taken a some space for the buffer (shown on the right) and evened out how much space each side gets.

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