What are the logistics for getting to the start, assuming one is from out of the area & arrives in San Francisco?
dougP On Thursday, July 4, 2013 10:15:28 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I'm probably biased because Sierra to the Sea is in my backyard as it > were, but this area of California is fantastic to ride in. You get > everything of California: spectacular mountain scenery, classic > California oak grasslands, old goldrush towns, farms in the Delta, > beautiful wine country, riverside riding along the Russian River, > coast riding along the Pacific Ocean. I'm hoping for a bigger > Rivendell presence next year at Sierra to the Sea. It's a really good > ride. This year it was mostly Californians, but I understand that in > previous years there were more out-of-staters. > > There was one thing I wish they'd change, and maybe if we had more > locals we would. The trip ends with a ride across the Golden Gate > Bridge. People from out of the area think they want to do that. > Actually, riding across the Bridge on a sunny summer weekend day at > midday is awful: there was literally a wheel to wheel traffic jam of > bikes going the other way, many of them uncertain riders on rentals. > All riders in both directions must ride on the west sidewalk, which is > narrow with crosswinds. Plus there are racey types who insist on > passing closely, squeezing past the wobbly rental riders. It is just > not fun, and if I never ride across the Golden Gate Bridge again it'll > improve my life. > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:14 PM, dougP <doug...@cox.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Jim: > > > > Thanks for the photos. I've heard of this tour but this really makes it > > interesting. A small group of us were doing our own trip through Napa / > > Sonoma a few years back, & a couple of guys who'd toured in France > offered > > that this area was the equal of Provence, without the currency exchange > rate > > issue. And if you have to forage, Calistoga has pretty good pickings. > > > > It's not too early to start musing on 2014..... > > > > dougP > > > > > > On Thursday, July 4, 2013 4:11:58 PM UTC-7, JimD wrote: > >> > >> A video slideshow and separate image files have been posted on Flickr: > >> > >> Video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasterdogs/9211890216/ > >> > >> Individual photos: > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasterdogs/sets/72157634488579030/ > >> > >> This is a supported tour. We camped, our gear was transported by our > great > >> roadies. > >> Meals were provided by caterers in the various places we camped. > >> Calistoga was the exception, we had to forage there. That was a good > >> thing. > >> As the ride progressed we became more road hardened we developed ways > to > >> supplement our caloric requirements > >> and ate some great food at places along the way. Discovered that > chocolate > >> milk shakes are > >> a perfect 'recovery' drink. Drank some wine too. > >> Oh, we did a fair amount of climbing. Riding through the wind farm was > >> interesting, > >> in places I found myself needing to peddle to move down hill. Through > much > >> of the tour we > >> were on lightly traveled secondary roads. In some case the roads had > been > >> lightly maintained. > >> I was happy to be on Jack Browns.The tour crosses California from the > >> Sierras to the Golden Gate and is fabulously beautiful. > >> > >> Details for this annual tour are at: > >> http://www.sierratothesea.org/tour_overview.php > >> The Almaden Cycling Touring Club has been conducting this tour for many > >> years and > >> run it flawlessly. > >> > >> Additionally folks are posting photos here: > >> > >> > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sierra-to-the-Sea-Bicycle-Tour/133995396625061?v=wall > > >> > >> This is a great ride and worth anyone's consideration. It was a ton of > >> fun. > >> > >> -JimD > >> > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
