Tag: North Bay

Point Reyes bike camping: view from Sky Camp (a rare fog-free evening)

Point Reyes bike camping: through the woods

on the road with our luggage, on a beautiful day

Two “probably” rides (as usual, let me know if you’re interested, in case details change, or check the blog the night before). Saturday: fun headlands loop / luggage test ride A roughly 22-mile scenic Headlands ride (see photos from a past ride). For variety, let’s meet at Mojo Bicycle Cafe at 10AM. Casual, friendly pace, and also intended to be a “luggage test ride” – anyone who’s been interested in bike camping (or is coming camping in Point Reyes in a few weeks): this is your excuse to put on a rack, pump up your tires, strap on your bags and camping gear, and get comfortable with how your bike handles on some flat roads, a steep uphill, and a steep downhill, without worrying about pace or being too far from the city. And to stretch your biking legs after the rain if you haven’t already. ...

Impromptu ride to Tiburon (Paradise Loop) organized by a friend.

Four of us (RR, CC, D, MD) rode a Marin Headlands loop this slightly chilly but sunny and clear (an easy view of the Farralones) day. About 26 miles round trip from East SF, at a casual pace. Approaching the bridge via Embarcadero / Marina: Climbing Conzelman: A clear day, quite a view: ...

Impromptu Marin Headlands ride this morning by myself (I didn’t email the list because it was last-minute, and I expected it to be a slog through the rain that no one would be interested in, but the weather ignored the forecast and cleared up). Photos: Park rangers were handing out free fruit, snack bars, and patch kits to celebrate the reopening of the road: ...

Four of us cruised up to Sausalito and Tiburon via the Camino Alto hill and Paradise Drive before taking the ferry back. About 35 miles of riding, here’s a quick map: (a special shout-out to f for doing this as his first ride since the Foster City Flats ride a year ago). Pre-ride savory pastries at Tartine: Biking along the panhandle: ...

Meeting 10:30am at the planter by the golden gate bridge gift shop (I’ll be hitting up the ferry bldg farmers market earlier for some Primavera & Blue Bottle), then doing [this 40ish-mile loop through Sausalito and Tiburon](<http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/san-francisco/551127079691337454). Relaxed pace– there will be some people on the ride who haven’t been on a bike in a year, and the scenery is worth appreciating.

I’m planning on going self-supported bike camping for the first time the weekend of 9/11. I’ve had about 5 people say they might be interested, so probably at least a few of us will end up doing it. The rough plan is to take the ferry from SF to Vallejo Saturday morning, go on a 40ish mile ride through Napa Valley (Napa / Yountville / St Helena / Calistoga) at a steady but non-racing, no-one-left-behind pace (we’ll be carrying all our gear), stop periodically for wine tasting, and then camp in Bothe-Napa State Park. ...