Tag: Russian River

Ten years ago I’d go on a 70 or 80 mile ride to Santa Rosa for a beer at Russian River Brewing… but I’m not feeling anywhere near that strong these days. But I’d been musing for a while about some sort of Russian River area ride on some bike paths I’d wanted to scope out, assisted by the newer Marin/Sonoma SMART train. One transit-heavy way to do this could be to take BART to El Cerrito del Norte, change to Golden Gate Transit bus #40 from that station to the San Rafael Transit Center, and hop on the SMART train there… but there are some timing logistics to make work: ...

Biking on Old Caz, misc blurry cell phone video: More at /posts/old-cazadero-local/loop

Even with just a spare hour and the hotel loaner bike, it’s possible to get up into the hills East of Healdsburg, where a woodpecker’s the noisiest thing around.

Pliny the Younger, after 11 hours of biking + standing-in-line

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. ...

on the road with our luggage, on a beautiful day