On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:39:13 +1000, Russell Chapman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi fellow Brinellers
> Can anyone who lives in the Bay area help me?
> I am working out my schedule for the Christmas holidays, and many of my
> friends have recommended I rent a bicycle and ride over the Golden Gate
> and around the bay in a big circle. This sounds great, but I differ from
> them in 3 key areas:
> - I am not as fit as they are
> - I have a significant fear of heights
> - I am travelling in January.
>
> I don't know how wide the bikepath on the bridge is, or how cold the
> Golden Gate gets in January, but I'd hate to get started and find myself
> clinging to a pole somewhere in an attack of vertigo. Should I plan on a
> nice drive instead?
Quite a while back when I was somewhat fitter, and semi-regularly
cycling (though by no means a good cyclist), I rented a mountain bike
when I was in SF for a convention. I didn't go across the GG bridge,
but instead rode out to an neat area almost underneath the bridge -
some kind of historical site, I think. ("Presidio" comes to mind, but
I'm not sure of that.) Pretty neat views of the bridge from near
water level, and from the surrounding hills, and quite scenic in
general in some places.
The ride was quite hilly and was probably about 4 hours including some
wrong turns and some stops to look around and take pictures, etc.
Perhaps something like that might be more interesting to you since
it'd avoid the windy, high-up bridge and wouldn't be a 100+ mile trip.
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