For many years I commuted between HP in west Roseville and Newcastle.
Often I went thru Lincoln. In the years before the casino, I would
sometimes take Industrial. It wasn't great, but it was fast and there
wasn't too much traffic (if you didn't mind the few concrete trucks
and solid waste trucks). After the casino opened, I figured there was
too great a chance of getting run over by someone that was in a big
hurry to loose their money, or was drunk after loosing all their money.

Hwy 65 is also an option. I think it is legal to get on at Blue Oaks,
I didn't do it too often, but it was the fastest way to get there.

Currently the best way that isn't much longer is this route that takes
roads east of 65 and goes by the new Rocklin HS. There is a very
badly designed section of bike path for part of this route (it tries
to be a class 1 path, off street, but requires one to make some very
unsafe moves to use it, I just ride on the road):
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=15312075205289349126,38.819413,-1\
21.281236&saddr=8000+foothills+blvd.,+Roseville,ca&daddr=Wildcat+Blvd+%4038.8194\
13,+-121.281236+to:38.874998,-121.289062+to:McBean+Park+Dr,+Lincoln,+Placer,+Cal\
ifornia,+United+States&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=13&via=1,2&dirflg=h&sll=38.83877\
2,-121.313095&sspn=0.111514,0.142136&ie=UTF8&z=13>

Start address: 8000 Foothills Blvd Roseville, CA 95747
End address: McBean Park Dr Lincoln, CA

Start at: 8000 Foothills Blvd Roseville, CA 95747

1. Head north on Foothills Blvd toward Albertson Dr - 0.7 mi
2. Turn right at Blue Oaks Blvd - 1.2 mi
3. Turn right toward Blue Oaks Blvd - 20 ft
4. Turn left at Blue Oaks Blvd - 1.2 mi
5. Turn left at Sunset Blvd - 0.6 mi
6. Turn right at W Stanford Ranch Rd - 0.4 mi
7. Turn left at Wildcat Blvd - 1.6 mi
8. Continue on E Lincoln Pkwy - 2.4 mi
9. Turn right at Del Webb Blvd - 0.2 mi
10. Turn left at Ingram Pkwy - 0.8 mi
11. Turn right at Ferrari Ranch Rd - 0.8 mi
12. Turn left at CA-193 - 0.4 mi

Arrive at: McBean Park Dr Lincoln, CA


Jim

--- In bikingroseville@yahoogroups.com, Ricardo Anguiano
<reanguiano@...> wrote:
>
> --- mark McWilliams <hpv_of_earth@...> wrote:
> > How do yoou intend to ride to Lincoln?
>
> Hello Mark,
>
> I plan to drive to the starting point of
> the ride, which is McBean Park in
> Lincoln, then bike their 40 mile route
> in the hills East of Lincoln. More info
> on the ride here:
> http://www.ci.lincoln.ca.us/LVCWeb/AnnualProjects.htm
>
> > Is there a bike route/path that I am
> > not aware of?
>
> Yeah, I've never biked up 65 (Yikes!) or
> Industrial. I've taken Fiddyment to
> Moore to Dowd to Wise to get around
> Lincoln. Sierra College is a much more
> interesting way to go if you want to
> head to Lincoln.
>
> -R
>
>
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