Tom Kunich wrote:
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[email protected] (BcMuse) wrote in message news:<
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> > I'm moving up to Davis, CA from Los Angeles for school in the fall
> >
> > Anyone ever live in Davis or know what to expect?
>
> Davis is a really neat town. You'll love it there and will want to try and find work there after
> you get out of school.
>
> Since it's a college town petty theft is pretty endemic. Put all of your stuff in a backpack and
> take it with you. Do not use a good bike for transportation especially around the campus. You can
> ask the campus cops when they hold the yearly auction and pick up a junker for commuting between
> classes. Use a Krytonite lock at all times and be sure that whatever you lock to can't be moved
> easily. As someone else suggested, lock your bike up near better bikes with cheaper locks.
>
> The Davis bike clubs (I think there are two of them, a town club and the college club) have some
> really great members with lots of experience and knowledge of all the best routes. The riding
> around that area is fantastic with routes that go all the way to Nevada City if you know how.
> There is just about any kind of riding you want from dead flat to damned steep and long. And you
> can enter the Dunlop TT next spring.
>
> Rain is not a problem since it rains so seldom as a rule that you look forward to it in order to
> have some time off of the bike. It rains more in the SF bay area and last year I put in 3,000
> (dry) miles in the first four months and it was a wet year. It isn't LA basin, but that's good.
Hasn't Davis been voted one of the most bicycle friendly towns in the US? I'm sure they included
bycycle clearance on "normal" city streets when the town plan was designed. No, it was just people,
not a miracle. You can check this site by Paul Dorn. He is a commuting cycling actionist, who lives
or used to live in Davis.
http://runmuki.com/paul/writing/davis.html He is a good writer, i.e. a
good read. I've been to Davis a few times in the past 20 years, and it always looked like a
beautiful place to ride. Been to Lost Angeles too, can't say the same. Best regards, Bernie ( a
Californiaphile from Canada)