Hi John: I thought of you when I heard about your experience down the Guadalupe. I used to ride that a lot when I lived on the peninsula. I feel sad to hear about the area for a lot of reasons. Let me know how you like it.
> On May 18, 2018, at 9:02 PM, Surlyprof <jmcclu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is fantastic! Thanks, Kellie. I live in Niles and have been looking > for a good route up the bay. This looks perfect. > > John > > On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 6:56:21 PM UTC-7, Kellie wrote: > Justin, here's the link: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27535193 > <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27535193> > Fruitvale BART to Coyote Springs. Both Union City and Fremont BART not far > from Coyote Springs. Coyote Springs is fun in and of itself. Crandall Creek > trail is the termination at Coyote Springs but if you go the other way, > Alameda Creek trail, it goes all the way to Mission Blvd. Also, the bike path > over the Dumbarton Bridge interfaces at Coyote Springs. Cut across to the > South Bay via the Dumbarton Bridge..... the choices are endless. > Yes Bill, much is SF Bay Trail. > > > On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 1:01:11 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > > Back at the very beginning of my Rivendell career, in 2009, I was pretty much > strictly a roadie. My Hillborne and the idea of "country bike" opened up my > world in many ways. One of those ways was the idea of enjoying taking the > long way from A-to-B. Over that first year or so I hatched an idea for my > 40-mile commute from El Cerrito to Union City. Rather than treat it as a > hilly road ride with a couple dirt trail detours, I contemplated doing it as > a 25 mile mountain bike ride with a few road connectors. I had most of the > route in my head, but there were still several trails that I needed to add > but had never ridden. Now that I have a cool GPS unit, I was able to build > my route on RideWithGPS and upload it to my device so I wouldn't get lost and > wouldn't have to resort to the map 50 times. > > Anyhow, here's my route, discreetly edited to begin at a starting point > close-by but not-too-close to my front door. RideWithGPS Extreme Commuting > <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27311348> > > I did the ride for the first time this morning, which felt like a cool > accomplishment, since I'd been thinking about it for several years. It was > ~42 miles and about 4700 feet of climbing, and it was pretty freaking hard. > There were several pitches that my GPS assessed as >20% grade. There were > rocky, bumpy, rooty sections that made my BMC Monstercross feel like serious > underbiking. The undeniable highlight is that these mountain bike trails are > by definition car-free, and that was delightful. I might decide to do the > SFRandonneurs Marin Mountains 200k as a solo Permanent in May, and this > Extreme Commute route is a great training ride for that. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jz22LXTcZRA/WuDdwqa6e-I/AAAAAAAAD3I/hsosxTr348girSLFWsr8SJlXK398kDFuQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0397.jpg> > This was one of the 20% grades, which is hard to see in the photo. My four > finger salute was to celebrate passing 4,000 ft of climbing at this point. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3_z9GQ8-mHQ/WuDd4PWZ5PI/AAAAAAAAD3M/j6q2GXFzkNY9uvKReXBoLZRQuTjEJdniQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0395.jpg> > > > > So, make a plan, set a goal, see it through and celebrate > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito CA > > P.S. One of the reasons I was able to pedal up 20% grades was I just > installed my turkey vulture shifter kit from Analog Cycles, which allowed me > to run a Deore XT clutch rear derailer with Shimano 10sp indexed barcons (on > Thumbies). I was glad to have a 26x36 low gear. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/pB-DU16_wkw/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/pB-DU16_wkw/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
