Tag: SF

Post-ride, surprisingly-empty Zeitgeist (not shown: during-ride, surprisingly-packed Trouble Coffee)

Great Highway was closed to cars in places.

Giant Tire

This weekend Saturday: long ride, details TBD. This weekend Sunday: 15ish-mile casual-pace ride, Ferry building -> Ocean Beach and back, with the requisite Trouble Coffee stop for caffeine / cinnamon toast / coconuts. Meet in front of the main center entrance of the Ferry building, 10AM.

(continuing my expansion of this site from not only documenting group rides, but also interesting or long rides I take): Here’s a route I took today between San Francisco and the Westborough/Skyline part of San Bruno: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3691599 The 2 miles of uphill on Westborough Blvd was brutal and took me a while, but going back down was fun.

Two plans for upcoming rides (if there’s good weather). Both are of the somewhat leisurely exploration-with-stops, 15-20 mile type. Sunday 3/14: A detailed exploration of the Presidio by bike. Starting at the Ferry Building, biking along the water to say hello to the Golden Gate bridge, and then exploring a network of twisty roads, lookout points, old buildings, hills, and Yoda statues in the Presidio. Sunday 3/21 or 3/28: Wine tasting and picnic by bike in the Livermore area (continuing my “where can you bike to from a far-out BART station?” theme). Starting from Dublin/Pleasanton BART, about a 9-mile ride to where the vineyards start (see photo above), then hopping from vineyard to vineyard. Stopping at one of them for a picnic of bread, cheese, and cured meats. The exact route is TBD. Be aware that while the ride is fairly flat, part of it is on somewhat busy streets without bike lanes– traffic wasn’t bad when I explored part of this area on a weekday, but I don’t know if it will be less or more busy on weekends. ...

It’s been a while— how about an SF ride? Meet outside the SW corner of the Ferry Bldg, 10:30AM Saturday. (or get there earlier and eat delicious Primavera breakfast chilaquiles/tostadas with me). Route idea: Embarcadero up and around to Presidio, along ridges w/ views there, down into the park, to the ocean, trouble coffee, back over Portola to the Mission. Probably 20-25 miles. Option for a loop around lake Merced.

Four people came out today, two for the first part of the ride (from the ballpark South, through empty industrial back streets of Bayshore, then along the bay around Candlestick Park, and back to SF). Two of us continued South along Tunnel Ave and along the Brisbane Lagoon on Sierra Point Pkwy (a road that always feels like it’s about to force you onto the 101), along the Bay Trail, through the airport, and then back via the BART from Millbrae. See some photos below. Wildflowers were blooming along the path, and the sun was shining, though there was an intense headwind along much of the bay. Here’s a rough map, 20-25ish miles total depending on starting and ending points (I’m not sure I correctly traced all the Bay Trail, much of which was on paths).

Part 1: Sunday Streets (http://sundaystreetssf.com/?page_id=470) route from the ballpark at 4th and King (meet there at 10:30am) down to the Bayview Opera House. Part 2: A ride as far south as we can along the Bay Trail (a separate bike path or lane some places, but also riding on the street many places). Maybe to the airport or farther to Foster City/Belmont (once we pass the airport it’s an amazing section of swampy marshes and mostly paved, car-free riding). I’m thinking an abridged version of this general route: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/San-Francisco-to-Sunnyvale

It was just two of us on the ride yesterday, we ended up taking approximately this route (about 24 miles including Great Highway, a loop around Lake Merced, a stop at Trouble Coffee, and heading back along Sloat/Monterey): http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2704757