Bicycle Route 66 Section 6 of 6: Oatman, AZ to 🏁Santa Monica, CA🏁

This is the final episode of our Bicycle Route 66 series! In this one we ride from the little mining/tourist town of Oatman, near the Arizona / California boarder to the western terminus of Route 66: the Santa Monica Pier. Most of this section saw us riding through remote and expansive desert until we dropped into the Los Angeles basin, of course.

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00:00 Intro & summary
00:14 Oatman, AZ to Needles, CA: Donkeys, desert, downhill
00:58 Needles to Ludlow: Remote desert beauty
04:15 33mi of closed road
09:38 Ludlow to Barstow: Headwinds all day
11:20 Barstow to Hesperia: All-day gentle climb
12:53 Hesperia to Rancho Cucamonga: Dirt! Smog
17:50 Rancho Cucamonga to Los Angeles: People in cars
18:26 The Donut Man
20:22 LA to Santa Monica: 🏁The FINISH line🏁

Bicycle Route 66 Series:

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Episode 4 of 6:    • Bicycle Route 66 Section 4 of 6: Adrian, T...  
Episode 5 of 6:    • Bicycle Route 66 Section 5 of 6: Gallup, N...  

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