[RBW] Re: Biking from Foster City to?..

[Leslie Tierstein]

Years ago, my company had an office in Foster City and then in San Mateo. I 
kept a bike there for use when I visited.  (Telecommuting before it was 
fashionable.) I mostly did commuting and running errands, so I might not be 
so helpful in avoiding busy streets.  (For fun, it's worth seeing the 
mansions in Burlingame and Woodside. And biking to Half Moon Bay was pretty 
standard.) However, some of my fondest memories are my weekend bike tours, 
in particular two of them. The first was taking CalTrain to San Francisco I 
rode in a few times; it was doable), biking across the Bay Bridge, then 
through San Rafael, and taking the Larkspur ferry back to San Francisco. 
Gorgeous views throughout. The second involved taking CalTrain to its 
farthest south station, Gilroy.  (Trains only run during rush hours on the 
weekdays, but biking from the south of San Jose isn't bad.  And if you 
haven't seen the bike accommodations on CalTrain, it's worth the trip.) I 
biked to Salinas, saw some Steinbeck sites, and stayed the night. The next 
day I headed to the coast and biked to Santa Cruz, stayed the night. To 
return, I started biking up and over the mountain on Rte 17, but I decided 
that was suicidal, in more ways than one.  There was a bus that goes over 
the mountain that had a bike rack for two bikes on the front.  When the bus 
pulled up, alas, both bike places were in use, but the driver let me bring 
the bike on the bus! I got off in Scotts Valley to visit a co-worker, but 
later continued into Los Gatos, taking lovely suburban streets back to some 
CalTrain station or other. 

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 8:34:07 AM UTC-4 zac.te...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm not a ton of help with the longer rides but if you've got a bike 
> capable of some fire road this is a fun one to start. Not sure if you've 
> noodled around in waterdog but you can go up ralston, make the first left 
> after the safeway and that gets you to the trailhead, climb to the top of 
> waterdog and exit the top parking lot, cross the street and to the right of 
> a little water district building is another trail, go up that, then cross 
> the street once you get to the top again, that'll take you down to canada 
> rd and you can go left from there to woodside and head up kings or go right 
> and cruise around crystal springs. pretty nice way to get to canada and 
> avoid a ton of traffic. 
>
> [image: Screen Shot 2022-08-09 at 5.28.35 AM.png]
>
> On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 10:04:33 PM UTC-7 Max S wrote:
>
>> Bay Area Rivsters, 
>>
>> This week I'm visiting some folks in Foster City, CA and will have an 
>> all-road bike at my disposal there. I'll also be visiting people in 
>> Cupertino and will have another all-road bike available there. Yay! 
>>
>> Now, I used to live in the Bay Area like 25 years ago, biked around in 
>> some places, but a lot has changed since then... I'm looking to try biking 
>> out to some places mentioned in Ray Hosler's "Bay Area Bike Rides" book 
>> (e.g., Old La Honda Rd, Tunitas Creek Rd, etc.), up to say ~50 miles at a 
>> time, preferably starting by bike from Foster City itself. There's the Bay 
>> Trail 
>> ,
>>  
>> but it seems to cut out in a few crucial spots, where one might want to 
>> bridge to the more scenic roads, forcing to ride a lot of trafficky 
>> streets. Do I pretty much need to take CalTrain somewhere first or bum a 
>> ride? What other routes might folks suggest? (I should perhaps look on 
>> Strava, but not sure I should blindly trust the heatmaps and "routes" to be 
>> relatively light on car traffic.) 
>>
>> Also, if anyone lives around here and wants to do an early morning ride, 
>> LMK. 
>>
>> Thx in advance for any pointers, 
>> - Max "somewhat peripatetic" in Bay Area
>>
>

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[RBW] Re: Riv-ish Top Tube Protection

[Leslie Tierstein]

I don't know what you mean by "Riv-ish".  My favorite top tube protector is 
by Green Guru, marketed to messengers to help them carry the bike on their 
shoulders.  Velcro closure, not too much padding. Unfortunately, it is 
currently sold out:
Top Tube Protector - Green Guru Gear 
<https://www.greengurugear.com/products/top-tube-protector>

Leslie Tierstein
Arlington VA

On Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 7:31:22 AM UTC-4 john...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What do people do for Riv-ish top tube protection for their bikes? 
>
> Clear stickers like helicopter tape don't seem very Riv-ish, tend to peel 
> off and look a mess after a while, and possibly aren't the best from an 
> environmental perspective. 
>
> BMX/mountain bike pads with velcro fixings seem ok but aren't a very good 
> match aesthetically. I'm using an old MTB pad at the moment. 
>
> I've seen some ready made leather top tube covers but they don't seem to 
> fit the 31mm diameter tubes on my Atlantis or Clem H. Similarly, Velo 
> Orange had some elk skin bar tape but again I don't think it would fit. A 
> home made leather TT cover might work I suppose. 
>
> I've seen some people put shellacked bar tape along all or most of their 
> TT but that operation looks like a massive PITA IMO and it's not easily 
> removable once it's been done. 
>
> What I'd really like is a canvas cover made of something like Carradice 
> waxed cotton duck (it would match my bags at least) but I've not found 
> anyone who makes something like that.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Johnny
>
>
>

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Re: [RBW] Mixte vs Diamond Frame

[Leslie Tierstein]

Glad to hear it. A friend has a mixte and it had bottle mounts. I guess because 
my mixte had a non-standard tube it didn’t. It was an older Austro Daimler. 
I’ll see if I can find a picture - just lent the bike to a friend. 

> On Jan 28, 2021, at 5:38 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>  wrote:
> 
> Leslie - the good news is that after you mentioned the bottle mounts I went 
> and checked my frame - there are two sets of mounts for water bottles on the 
> Platypus! 殺 Rivendell mixtes >All other mixtes. 
> 
>> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 1:24:50 PM UTC-8 Leslie Tierstein wrote:
>> The only difference I found is that, since the mixte doesn't have a 
>> traditional down tube, it didn't have a down tube braze-on for a water 
>> bottle cage. How it rides depends on other design characteristics. Also, 
>> there's no top tube, so no pressing your thighs against the top tube when 
>> you go downhill.  But I have that same issue with my folding bike. 
>> 
>>> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 9:01:13 AM UTC-5 Eric Daume wrote:
>>> I had a Cheviot for a brief spell. I found it a surprisingly zippy feeling 
>>> bike, which I attributed to some nice flex in the frame. But, a mixte 
>>> really is a trip thru design for me, so I didn’t see any advantage for 
>>> mounting or dismounting.
>>> 
>>> Eric
>>> 
>>>> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Melanie  wrote:
>>>> All this discussion of mixtes on the list has made me curious. I’ve never 
>>>> ridden a mixte. Other than mounting/dismounting, do owners of both types 
>>>> of bikes experience any real differences between riding a mixte and riding 
>>>> a diamond frame?
>>>> 
>>>> Mixte-curious Melanie 
>> 
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Re: [RBW] Mixte vs Diamond Frame

[Leslie Tierstein]

The only difference I found is that, since the mixte doesn't have a 
traditional down tube, it didn't have a down tube braze-on for a water 
bottle cage. How it rides depends on other design characteristics. Also, 
there's no top tube, so no pressing your thighs against the top tube when 
you go downhill.  But I have that same issue with my folding bike. 

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 9:01:13 AM UTC-5 Eric Daume wrote:

> I had a Cheviot for a brief spell. I found it a surprisingly zippy feeling 
> bike, which I attributed to some nice flex in the frame. But, a mixte 
> really is a trip thru design for me, so I didn’t see any advantage for 
> mounting or dismounting.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Melanie  wrote:
>
>> All this discussion of mixtes on the list has made me curious. I’ve never 
>> ridden a mixte. Other than mounting/dismounting, do owners of both types of 
>> bikes experience any real differences between riding a mixte and riding a 
>> diamond frame?
>>
>> Mixte-curious Melanie 
>>
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[RBW] Re: NYC Bike Rental Recommendations.

[Leslie Tierstein]

If you're going to be in town for the Five Boro Bike Tour, and want to rent 
in town, you probably need to do so ASAP because many of the bike shops 
have special deals for renting bikes to riders in that Sunday ride.  Sorry, 
don't have any knowledge of bike shops that rent bikes in towns along the 
RR lines.  Your best bet -- both for bikes and for trails/riding -- might 
be to take the Westchester line out of town and check the towns and trails 
up in Westchester county and beyond. 

As for Citibike (Bike Share) definitely use it for trips in town.  (I do, 
even when I have a bike with me.) It has spread to cover much more 
territory than a few years ago. The only caveat for you is that: I found a 
shortage of docking stations in midtown (40s and 50s). And, depending on 
what neighborhood you're going to, at what time, it can be difficult to 
find an available bike or a docking station to return a bike.  I've 
frequently had to go to the second- or third-closest docking station when I 
was trying to park a bike in the West Village at night after 7 PM. 

On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 9:44:41 AM UTC-4, David B wrote:

> I'll be in New York for a few days at the beginning of May and will have 
> at least one full free day.
> Looking for recommendations for bike rentals or if bike share system is 
> preferable.
> I'll be staying in Midtown, so thinking maybe bike share would be best for 
> getting around the city, but in case I want to venture further, any 
> recommendations for taking a train out of the city and renting a bike for a 
> few hours?
> Any Riv-ish shops worth stopping in at while I'm there?
> Thanks,
> David
> River Grove, IL
>

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