Pasadena to the Brentwood via Mulholland

I finally convinced alan to come out and re-do our Mulholland ride from last summer. here is a rough approximation of the route (stolen from last summer, because I'm too lazy to re-map it properly):

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Its a nice ride on a sunday morning, mainly because we get to ride through all the richie-rich neighborhoods without having to worry about being run over by some idiot in a Porsche or Escalade. Last year, the trip back through East LA was killer - we were coming through around noon, and the huge expanses of concrete that define East LA had heated up and turned into tire-melting lava flows. Today, however, the cooler weather meant that the ride stayed pleasant all the way back to Pasadena.

The Lesson of the weekend? Cycling Nirvana is a place where the temp stays between 40 and 80 degrees year round, with big mountains and lots of green. If you know of such a place, tell me, and i'll move there tommorrow.