I was there a couple months back. Rode the PCH up to Neptune’s Nest and had some lunch and rode back. Next day, rode to Beverly Hills and found a rodeo drive. Sat on a couple chairs and watched $100,000 + cars drive by for an hour and then rode home.

The darn lambo suv was everywhere.

Good times.

yep, this is a great way to spend a whole day climbing. Keep in mind that there are some uphills on the way back. I did this last year and was around 9.5k total elevation gain over 70 miles. Best part is since the road is closed most way up on highway 39, there is not too much traffic. a few motos and some fast cars but pretty tame. and occasionally some crazy downhill skateboarders.

Love all the SM mountains climbs that Chris M noted. you can string together a bunch of them in one morning and still ride along the coast to get some nice ocean breezes.