Tag: Plans

The SF -> Russian River Brewing Company overnight ride I mentioned is on! I sent email to everyone who told me they were interested with more logistics details that I won’t bore people reading this with. The quick summary: Feb 11th -> 12th (rolling out *early* Saturday from Four Barrel) A 65-70 mile route roughly like this (doing a 40+ mile practice ride beforehand if you haven’t been riding in a while is recommended – I might organize one a weekend or two before) Early lunch break along the way (probably in Fairfax) Arriving late afternoon, drinking some Pliny the Younger and other beers, being flexible if we have to wait a long time, getting food… Staying the night at the Flamingo Resort ($99/night via this web site for a room with two doubles, it’s up to you to reserve your own or pair up with someone – it’s fully refundable up until 2 days beforehand) Biking back Sunday It looks like it will be somewhere between 6 and 12 of us, including a few friends or significant others driving up (carpools might be possible)

Looking ahead– biking to Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa (about 60-70 miles each way from SF, some hills) is something I’ve wanted to do for a while. And hey– they’re serving Pliny the Younger for 14 days in early February. The plan: ride up either Saturday Feb 4th or 11th [edit: we’re doing it the 11th], early, hang out at the brewery, get a hotel/motel/airbnb for the night, and bike back the next day. With stops for lunch and so on. ...

**Saturday:**You should come to the Supermarket Street Sweep, a ride around the city to collect groceries for the SF food bank. It’s nominally an alleycat-style race (a few hundred people show up, they give you a list of grocery stores to visit and things to buy, and you have to figure out a route), but I’m not going to try to “compete” this time– I just want to get some friends together to do it at whatever pace is comfortable. ...

As planned, the ride from Menlo Park to the ocean (Pescadero) and back is on, this Sunday. The route is 62 miles with long hills (for example, Old La Honda is about 3 miles of 6-7% grade)– consider it “very challenging” compared to our usual rides, and plan on taking the whole day. Bring water, snacks, spare tube/patch kit, layers (it can get cold), and lights (just in case we’re out late). ...

Any interest in a bike tour of a wide variety of french fry styles in San Francisco? We can’t hit everywhere, but here’s a tentative route, with 13 miles of biking and 9 kinds of fried potato. Probably starting at 11am or noon some weekend in late October, either Saturday the 22nd or Sunday the 23rd (which would transition nicely into Sunday Streets in the Mission). Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll have a motivation to make it happen. To whet your appetite, the moment in Holland that inspired this:

A quick heads-up to gauge interest… A few of us (6 maybes so far) are talking about doing a ride from Menlo Park to the ocean and back, and have penciled in Sunday October 2nd. I’ve never ridden there, but a few other people have and say it’s very scenic, hilly, full of redwoods, and fairly challenging (60-70 miles, with plenty of long hills). We’d want to get an early start to avoid riding back in the dark (and even then– bring lights just in case)– probably starting with the 8:15 Caltrain from SF to Menlo Park. Here’s one possible rough route, to give you a general feeling for where we’d be: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/704590 ...

The West sidewalk of the golden gate bridge is reopening to bikes, at last! In celebration (and to celebrate a new bike I hope to have by then), it’s time for a decent-length Marin ride: not this Saturday, but next Saturday, the 17th. The plan: a clockwise Alpine Dam loop, 65ish miles depending where in SF you start, quite hilly in some sections. Friendly pace, regroups at the tops of major hills, and an obligatory stop on the way back in Fairfax at Iron Springs Brewpub or Gestalt. ...

Here’s the plan. **Saturday:**Eric reminded me it’s the SFBC ride “7 Hells of San Francisco” (crazy steep hills), and I’m going to join them. 10am meetup at the Panhandle statue (Baker & Fell), should end at 2pm. **Sunday:**I’ve had three people say they’re in already, so it’s on: the 29-mile Port Costa loop from Pleasant Hill. A nice route I’ve done a few times, with one segment on a now-closed-to-cars road along the bay. For variety, let’s do this as a late afternoon ride + picnic, to avoid the midday heat, have an extra reason to stop for a beer at The Warehouse in Port Costa, and get to bike back along the water in the nice evening light. Casual pace, no rider left behind as usual, but some moderate hills. ...

7 Hells (hills) of San Francisco, a week from Saturday. I may do this with a friend.

After a month off, it’s time for some weekend rides. I’m going to start with shorter rides I’ve done before, to try to rope in some friends I haven’t been riding with much. Here’s a rough plan (all subject to change, so let me know if you’re interested): Tonight (Wednesday), another Butterlap (17-mile evening ride around the city). I’m not 100% sure I’m going, depending on work timing. This Sunday 7/10, a short morning ride to the ocean and back (just 12 miles round trip) via golden gate park, with a stop at Trouble Coffee for toast and one of my favorite espressos in the city. Probably starting from the Mission around 9am, and back before noon. ...