Lots of good riding from Berkeley/Oakland, of course...the already-mentioned Tunnel Road, Grizzly Peak, Redwood Road...Three Bears loop is a good 'un, easily accessible from Berkeley...also, take BART to Walnut Creek, ride Diablo, then ride home to Oakland if you're feeling *grande*. I definitely recommend Marin County. The Pt. Reyes populaire route by SF Randos is a fantastic ride. You can shorten it up by going to Limantour Beach instead of the lighthouse, but make sure you hit Bovine Bakery in Pt. Reyes Station on the way back. Also, Bolinas-Fairfax Road from Fairfax gets you to HWY 1 or to Mt. Tam. You can put together a sweet mixed terrain ride taking Bo-Fax Road up to Bolinas Ridge (dirt), go north to Sir Francis Drake, then back to Fairfax via the Cross Marin Trail (aka Magic Carpet)...OR, go west on SFD into Olema, Pt. Reyes, etc., etc. Hard to do too many miles in this beautiful corner of the world. Here's a pro tip...take leave from a good East Bay loop (Three Bears will do nicely) and grab lunch and a beer at the Warehouse Cafe in Port Costa. Good anytime, Sunday afternoon recommended for live music and extreme cross section of people. For SF proper...all I ever ride is the Wiggle from downtown to the GG bridge as a way to access Marin County. As an out-of-towner, I love that ride, you see a terrific part of SF in a pedal-friendly fashion. On the way back, decide on either Pier 39 tourist shenanigans, or Ocean Beach and GG park.
On Monday, August 4, 2014 3:12:36 PM UTC-7, Kieran J wrote: > There are a couple of other threads from a while back that broached this > subject, but I thought I would start a new one for freshness' sake. > > So, I'll be travelling to SF in a couple of weeks for some brief vacation > time, and will be bringing a bike along with me. Naturally, I have done my > share of reading ride reports and ogling others' pictures over the years, > but please share your favourite online resources and tips. I have been to > SF once before, in 2008, so I am generally familiar with the layout of the > place. I didn't do any cycling then, though. > > Timeframe is August 18-26. For the first few days I'll be staying with > friends in Berkeley; the rest at an AirBNB in Oakland. > > Would like to explore Marin, Berkeley Hills, Diablo and Walnut Creek, > and the city proper. Any kind of day ride, really. Open to any suggestions > you might have! Of course, I'm up for some rides with other list folks, if > you are around during the weekdays. > > Also, my GF will also be joining me - but *sans-velo* - from the 23rd > onwards the after attending a conference in BC, and would interested in > either borrowing a bike from a list members or hearing about good bike > rental options for the weekend. Anyone in the Oakland area have an un-fancy > 52-56cm-ish guest bike to lend out? > > Thanks y'alls! > > Kieran > Toronto, Canada > -- 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.
