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on the road with our luggage, on a beautiful day

Bikes with bags, pre-ride…

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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. ...

Biking by scenic oil refineries in Rodeo.

Taking a break after a very steep hill.

The rain has fled. Time for the twice-postponed hilly 53-mile East Bay ride this Saturday. Tentative plan is to meet outside the Berkeley BART at 9AM. I’m a little sluggish due to less recent riding, and it’s no-rider-left-behind enjoy-the-scenery as always, but I’d also like to do it without too many stops (maybe Port Costa, maybe not), to see how feasible it is to do in a half-day (in preparation for a potential Grizzly Peak Century in May). Bring some food, a spare tube, etc– it’s unclear how “civilized” the route will be.

We took a casual clockwise route from beach to beach, and along a dirt path past Lands End.

Dave called this style of architecture “Deluxe Shire”

at China Beach (for the first time in 5 years?)