Hi Patricia, I more or less followedthe bikepacking.com route called SF peninsula traverse. Although the pacing was a lot faster than I could do, and so I did some modifications on the route based on how I felt. The only other thing I would mention is that riding a bike on skyline really sucks because there’s minimal shoulder and it’s used as a racecourse by motorcycles which is quite terrifying. There’s a trail that parallels the road and I think the route uses it. Here’s a link to the route: https://bikepacking.com/routes/sf-peninsula-traverse/
Good luck! Ryan On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM Patricia Crespo < patriciacrespomar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Beautiful bikes! I'm jealous! > > What route did you do in the SC mountains? My boyfriend and I are > considering doing something like that this year but don't know where to > start. He's a mountain biker, I'm more of a road and gravel rider. We're > both familiar with the mountains, having hiked or ridden (or lived by) big > sections of them. He lives in Santa Cruz and I live in San Jose. > > Happy riding! > > P. > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2025, 11:51 Ryan Schlichting <rdsb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm Ryan from Moraga, CA in the Bay Area. I'm new as of late last year >> and finally now getting around to introducing myself and my bikes. I've >> been a Rivendell user for many years now. I started off with Sam >> Hillbornes and then switched to my Appaloosa a few years ago. The >> Appaloosa is definitely my favorite and most comfortable bike I've ever >> had. I took it bikepacking this fall in the Santa Cruz mountains on a >> mostly off-road route and it was a blast. >> >> I recently picked up a Charlie Gallop and am still getting used to it. >> It definitely has a LONG top tube! I knew going with drop bars was against >> the bike's intended use but I wanted to give it a try anyway. The jury is >> still out on whether it fits me but it's a super fun bike to ride. >> >> I also have a Cervelo Aspero gravel bike which I use primarily as a road >> bike for weekend group rides with the Berkeley Bike Club, and a 1984 >> Bianchi which I take out when the weather is nice. I'm a firm believer in >> that you don't have to pick what side of the playground to play on. I >> enjoy all my bikes and they're all a joy to ride in their preferred element. >> >> I also joined the Bay Area Rivendell Google group hoping to meet up with >> others on local rides. Let me know if you're in my area and want a fellow >> Rivendeller to ride with! >> >> Ryan >> >> P.S. Hopefully my attached photos come through. I'm not very tech-savvy! >> > -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/84252a48-be2e-49b3-954c-e20f8a6c2f0dn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/84252a48-be2e-49b3-954c-e20f8a6c2f0dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/h2GoEiBLzak/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2B9wfGVzNjsB4k9dvRxzS53jZrq0TRB5_54cyFAhQM3XQhRWdg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2B9wfGVzNjsB4k9dvRxzS53jZrq0TRB5_54cyFAhQM3XQhRWdg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHBamiWe9ZGtONEdHVStv3ptR96MQTrGW3uubvpgd%3DUcaX4MbA%40mail.gmail.com.
