South Bay Ramble (Long)(detour route)

Distance: 55 miles and 2800 feet of elevation gain (mapping software)

All three routes start out together as they head through El Segundo to Manhattan Beach. At this point the short splits off, but the long and medium continue together to Redondo. At that point, this long splits off and heads inland to make a loop around Palos Verdes on the inland side. Due to the closure at Portuguese Bend, the route does not make a complete circle of the peninsula, but instead  crosses up and over the peninsula using a combination of Crenshaw, Silver Spur and Hawthorne down to lunch at Golden Cove. After a loop around the golf course, it heads back through Torrance and the beach communities back to the start. There is a lunch stop on the route, but save room for ice cream at the end of the ride. The detour route is a bit shorter than the original route, and has about the same total elevation gain, but it does add in a significant climb up Crenshaw and Silver Spur (the main climb in the center of  the profile).

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