Comments on: L.A. Marathon Kicks Bike Tour To A Date To Be Determined http://blogging.la/2009/08/26/l-a-marathon-kicks-bike-tour-to-a-date-to-be-determined/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Will Campbell http://blogging.la/2009/08/26/l-a-marathon-kicks-bike-tour-to-a-date-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-38615 Will Campbell Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:53:52 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=33161#comment-38615 Robb, I'd humbly counter that the point-to-point marathon route from Universal City to downtown in both 2007 and 2008 included bike tours in the event whose logistics were decidedly not insane. Sure, marathon participants benefited both those years with a route whose start and end points were near the Red Line and yeah the stadium-sea route is strongly lacking in a mass-transit component, but the bike tour was run along a route that included part of the marathon course and part its own and it all worked out fine. In both 2007 and 2008 the bike tour began in Exposition Park, and traversed some of the marathon course backward first to Boyle Heights then through downtown and across to Koreatown before working its way back to Exposition Park on a separate route. Robb, I’d humbly counter that the point-to-point marathon route from Universal City to downtown in both 2007 and 2008 included bike tours in the event whose logistics were decidedly not insane. Sure, marathon participants benefited both those years with a route whose start and end points were near the Red Line and yeah the stadium-sea route is strongly lacking in a mass-transit component, but the bike tour was run along a route that included part of the marathon course and part its own and it all worked out fine.

In both 2007 and 2008 the bike tour began in Exposition Park, and traversed some of the marathon course backward first to Boyle Heights then through downtown and across to Koreatown before working its way back to Exposition Park on a separate route.

]]> By: Robb http://blogging.la/2009/08/26/l-a-marathon-kicks-bike-tour-to-a-date-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-38614 Robb Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:35:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=33161#comment-38614 I can imagine the insane logistics of a point-to-point Stadium-to-the-Sea route like the marathon will have... it'll be difficult enough shuttling runners to one end or the other, but at least they won't have to worry about shuttling the bicycles. And if they do a completely different looped route for the bicycles... well, if it's a completely different route, then there's not much point in staging it on the same day, right? It just makes for double the road closures for an event that half the city already complains about. The Pasadena Marathon (on Feb 21, 2010) will have a bike tour. So will the Long Beach Marathon on Oct 11, 2009. And both of those have better public transportation options than the Stadium-to-the-Sea route, should you want to take advantage of that. I can imagine the insane logistics of a point-to-point Stadium-to-the-Sea route like the marathon will have… it’ll be difficult enough shuttling runners to one end or the other, but at least they won’t have to worry about shuttling the bicycles.

And if they do a completely different looped route for the bicycles… well, if it’s a completely different route, then there’s not much point in staging it on the same day, right? It just makes for double the road closures for an event that half the city already complains about.

The Pasadena Marathon (on Feb 21, 2010) will have a bike tour. So will the Long Beach Marathon on Oct 11, 2009. And both of those have better public transportation options than the Stadium-to-the-Sea route, should you want to take advantage of that.

]]> By: WALT! http://blogging.la/2009/08/26/l-a-marathon-kicks-bike-tour-to-a-date-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-38613 WALT! Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:21:36 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=33161#comment-38613 That's sad. Though I LOVE cycling, I never did or wanted to do the LA Bike Tour. But 10,000 people can't be wrong. A lot of people are going to be upset, and I don't think this will be the last word on this. Me thinks it may be a golden opportunity for a Midnight Ridazz / Morning Ridazz ride to the sea on March 21st... {{BTW, really, really like Metblogs new simplified comment login. The previous comment registration / login was a pain.}} That’s sad. Though I LOVE cycling, I never did or wanted to do the LA Bike Tour. But 10,000 people can’t be wrong. A lot of people are going to be upset, and I don’t think this will be the last word on this.

Me thinks it may be a golden opportunity for a Midnight Ridazz / Morning Ridazz ride to the sea on March 21st…

{{BTW, really, really like Metblogs new simplified comment login. The previous comment registration / login was a pain.}}

]]> By: Who is at fault in cycling collisions? And who decides? « BikingInLA http://blogging.la/2009/08/26/l-a-marathon-kicks-bike-tour-to-a-date-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-38612 Who is at fault in cycling collisions? And who decides? « BikingInLA Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:52:20 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=33161#comment-38612 [...] year’s LA Bike Tour won’t be held in conjunction with the new Stadium to the Sea L.A. Marathon. Efforts are underway [...] [...] year’s LA Bike Tour won’t be held in conjunction with the new Stadium to the Sea L.A. Marathon. Efforts are underway [...]

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