"Hot, flat and windy"? Hmmmm ... Not really. Sure, it's hot in the summer, and the first 25 miles or so are mostly flat, but after that the course is very lumpy, with a number of minor and major climbs. Here's the route in GPS, which estimates about 6,700 feet of climbing: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1930036
--Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com campyonlyguy.blogspot.com On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:21 AM, 'pb' via RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:11:00 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > If I were in Sacramento with a bike loaded with touring gear and two days to > tour, the first thing I'd do would be to hop on the train to San Jose. Roll > on/roll off bike service! > > Thanks, Anne. I didn't want to sound overly negative. You hit the nail on > the head. > > My version of Anne's train to San Jose would be to figure out how to get to > Santa Rosa (bus? friend?), then ride something along the lines of Occidental > to Russian River then south toward San Francisco. Depending on one's > ambition and taste, there is some awfully nice country in the hills to the > north of the Russian River, but that would likely involve more than two days. > I found some roads in the area of Annapolis that were magic -- worn > two-lanes winding in and out of vineyards, and down into creek valleys, with > cars every fifteen minutes. Some tough climbs (18%-ish), but short. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pbridge1300/9954953633/ et seq > > My preference for the North Bay is probably the simple result of knowing it > better than I know the South Bay. And it's less densely populated. > > ~Peter > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
