Big Sur

mcmiller said:

I am going camping at Big Sur or 10 days and want to take my road
bike with me. Can someone recommend some good rides in the area?

I was last there 23 years ago, so the information I have is old, old,
old. Anyway, in those days there was mostly the coast road (Hwy 1)
and not much going into the mountains. I drove up Nacimiento Road
from (IIRC)just south of Lucia into the Hunter-Liggett Military
Reserve and that seemed like it would be a nice ride. From Lucia
there's a road into the Limekiln State Park, also.

From Posts, just south of Big Sur "proper," is the Coast Ridge Road
inland and Mule Canyon towards the sea, but I never got to check those
out so I don't know how rideable they are.

Between Bug Sur and Posts is the Pfeiffer State Park, which looks to
have a road.

Carmel probably offers some nice rides, too. Is Nepenthe still in
business?

Nepenthe was there last spring. I assume it's still there. An amazing view.

Joel

Tim McNamara said:

mcmiller said:

I am going camping at Big Sur or 10 days and want to take my road
bike with me. Can someone recommend some good rides in the area?

I was last there 23 years ago, so the information I have is old, old,
old. Anyway, in those days there was mostly the coast road (Hwy 1)
and not much going into the mountains. I drove up Nacimiento Road
from (IIRC)just south of Lucia into the Hunter-Liggett Military
Reserve and that seemed like it would be a nice ride. From Lucia
there's a road into the Limekiln State Park, also.

From Posts, just south of Big Sur "proper," is the Coast Ridge Road
inland and Mule Canyon towards the sea, but I never got to check those
out so I don't know how rideable they are.

Between Bug Sur and Posts is the Pfeiffer State Park, which looks to
have a road.

Carmel probably offers some nice rides, too. Is Nepenthe still in
business?

mcmiller said:

I am going camping at Big Sur or 10 days and want to take my road bike
with me. Can someone recommend some good rides in the area?

http://bikebloggers.billhobbs.com/003813.html

I'm doing the same in a few weeks and saw this link. It's got some
decent tips.

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Quoted message said:

I am going camping at Big Sur or 10 days and want to take my road bike
with me. Can someone recommend some good rides in the area?

There are maps for the Big Sur century ride here: www.bigsurride.com
This is a loop route including both the coast and the inland hills.