I grew up in LA and OC and the bike situation is very uneven. It is certainly wrong to say "its a nightmare outside of Downtown". There is substantial, protecte

I grew up in LA and OC and the bike situation is very uneven. It is certainly wrong to say "its a nightmare outside of Downtown". There is substantial, protected bike infrastructure along all the major waterways. You can ride from downtown to Newport Beach without touching a street. Venice beach and in general the beach cities are quite bike friendly. The places that could use some bike TLC are places like Echo Park or Silverlake, where there's a lot of demand but no infra.