Originally Posted by
ui127
I have some PTSD on Dover @ Irvine, drivers get really impatient there where the bike lane merges into the road and I've had a few road rage incidents targeted at me. Drivers out here bum me out.
You can avoid this entirely. From Dover, right on Westcliff, left on Santiago, right on Irvine Ave (or the sidewalk there if you want to ride the trail.). Personally I would stay on Irvine Ave all the way to right on Mesa, turn R again on Mesa where it curves left and turns into Birch, ride to the end, continue on the trail, the L onto the last part of the Bayview trail. This avoids the really congested area of the trail near University.