Replying to this now that I'm back from the Moot, and I have to agree with Peter. I've ridden from the Sacramento area to Napa several times. It's not terrible, but I wouldn't voluntarily schedule a two day tour with that as one of the days. It will be hot, flat and windy.
One can spend two happy days touring in Marin and Sonoma. One can spend two happy days touring in the Santa Cruz mountains south of San Francisco. Either of those would be my pick over riding from Sacramento to San Francisco. If I were in Sacramento with a bike loaded with touring gear and two days to tour, the first thing I'd do would be to hop on the train to San Jose. Roll on/roll off bike service! On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:51 PM, 'pb' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Otto, > > For what it's worth -- Sacramento itself is a worthwhile destination, but > riding from Sac to San Francisco would not be at the top of my list if I > were a visitor. Sacramento is in a very flat river valley, it will be > quite hot, and I don't consider that area particularly scenic. > > On the other hand, western Marin County and western Sonoma County hold > some of the most beautiful riding in the US, including the last 33% of > Eric's route. If you would like further thoughts, please let me know. > > ~Peter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
