Yeah..... many, many, many options and ways of getting around Marin. Good Resource: the Marin Bicycle Map - http://www.marinbike.org/Map/Index.shtml
Has trails, roads, paths, and more. Recently updated. Couple-O-Quick-Thoughts: Bear in mind that Muir Beach is currently closed - they are finally doing a long-needed fix of the parking lot which prevents easy access. If it does rain for a day or so, there are very few trails and areas that won't just sponge up the water and be dry reasonably quick - we've had essentially zero rain and things are very dry. Of the Mt Tam Trails, Railroad Grade is probably the easiest way up the mountain, and generally the least rocky. It also is on the southern exposure of Mt Tam, and as such tends to be warmer than some other areas. BoFax (Fairfax-Bolinas or Bolinas-Fairfax) is a fine road. It is fairly narrow in the Fairfax-Bolinas direction until you get up past the golf club. Then traffic tends to lessen. West Point Inn is definitely not a "walk-in" - you should reserve your night if you want to go there. http://westpointinn.com/reservations/ It is a pretty magical spot - especially after everyone has left the mountain for the night. Bolinas Ridge can be very sloppy damp near where it crosses BoFax, then it gets very rocky and undulating for a while until it settles out a bit and heads generally downhill as you go north until the terminus at Sir Francis Drake Blvd. You can drop down via trail or road to the "Cross Marin Path" which parallels SFD Blvd to Samuel P. Taylor Park. There is camping there, but it's down in a valley under big trees, so won't be super warm/sunny this time of year. Hope that helps a bit! Please feel free to ask more questions as they come up! - Jim / cyclofiend.com On Monday, November 4, 2013 11:01:57 PM UTC-8, Anne Paulson wrote: > > There are a lot of great paved roads. Highway 1 is good from Muir > Beach to... well, it's good from Muir Beach to past Fort Bragg, > certainly anywhere north of Muir Beach that you'd get to in two > relaxed touring days is good. I'm a fan of Fairfax-Bolinas Road, > Panoramic Highway is great, Ridgecrest is classic and wonderful. You'd > probably get better info about the Old Railroad Grade (which is not > paved) from people who live north of me, but my sense is it's so rocky > that it's probably no worse in the rain than in the sun, so that could > be a way to get away from the tedious line of Marin suburbs that you > have to ride through to get to the good stuff. > > > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:15 PM, John L <johnl...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Thanks everyone! > > > > According to the SFO webpage, baggage can be stored at the airport > travel > > agency. If that proves to be false, I think the bottom lining of the > > nashbar bag can be removed and it can maybe folded into a pannier or > large > > saddlesack? I'll test this before travel, just in case. > > > > I guess no hassle to get a full size bike onto the BART? Just one of the > > many ways that SF is superior to Boston. > > > > Hoping for sun. Are there good paved routes in the area that I should > be > > considering? > > > > -- > > 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 > > 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/groups/opt_out.
