There are a whole lot ways to do long and hilly rides, but for urban and (relatively) flat--but still experiencing a lot--here are my thoughts:
Spend a couple days in SF. Make sure to go over the Golden Gate on at least one of them. Starting at the Ferry Building, go north on Embarcadero, to Beach then onto Aquatic Park/Fort Mason/Crissy field pathways, over to the Golden Gate, crss the bridge, wind down to Fort Baker. Turn around here and head back, or go further north on Alexander into Sausalito, eat soem good food, catch a ferry back to the Embarcadero waterfront. In the East Bay, make a loop around Lake Merritt, then follow bike boulevards over to Emeryville. I like going through downtown Oakland, out 14th Ave and riding up Mandela Parkway, where the Cypress Structure was prior to collapsing in 1989 earthquake. Not a super great area, but it's short and quick. This puts you near Shellmound St in Emeryville so you can connect to the bike path of new east span of the Bay Bridge, or go north to Powell and connect to the SF Bay trail. option 1) Ride out to Yerba Buena, then return. or option 2) For more miles follow the SF Bay Trail all the way to Marina Bay neighborhood in Richmond. You can extend further to the west riding on industrial streets for ~2 miles (stay south of I-580) to the little commercial district there in Point Richmond which has food choices. Then go south to Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline and loop around Dornan/Brickyard Cove/Seacliff/Canal to head back. Of course you can do 1 and 2 on the same ride, as well. Happy pedaling, Ana! -Randy On Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 10:41:36 AM UTC-7, Ana Candela wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I’ll be attending a workshop in Santa Cruz, visiting Riv HQ, and > rambling/touring around the Bay Area the first ten days or so in October. > I’d like to ask for recommendations to locals and everyone who has done > this before. > > There are a couple threads from which I’ve already jotted down some very > good ideas and suggestions (walking/transit for one day: > https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rbw-owners-bunch/9HCur_vFbz4 > and driving for a couple days: > https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rbw-owners-bunch/tcDE9hIkvaA). > > Now, I’ll be bringing my bike along, and I’ll be CYCLING for about a week, > so any bike-specific recommendations (must-do, steer-away-from) on cycling, > transit, multimodal traveling, eating, weather, camping, lodging, events > that will enhance my stay will be greatly appreciated :) > > Thank you! > -Ana “in Seattle, currently on the train to Portland” Candela -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/017ca6de-6abd-4ff8-9b95-f92b3d707c06%40googlegroups.com.
