[RBW] Re: Bay Area Travel/Biking - any place
My two cents - give yourself a half-day leeway with Amtrak. I took the train to NAHBS in San Jose in 2006, and almost missed the show: http://www.biketinker.com/2007/bike-art/nahbs-autograph-hound/ Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 24, 9:37 am, JPTwins gcis...@gmail.com wrote: This has been a great thread! I will also be traveling from Boston to San Francisco for the first week of March. I built up a bike last year and shipped it to my parents' place in San Jose. Always nice to have a bike there! I'll be taking Amtrak to NAHBS in Sacramento and then riding my bike back in two stages (Sac-Petaluma, Petaluma-Marin-SF). Beyond that, I'll take either CalTrain or BART to get back to the SouthBay and maybe try to get to Riv HQ or Jintesha Studio in Berkeley (my college stomping grounds). My conference will be in santa clara, and I'll be bike commuting from Campbell. Anyone have any suggestions for South Bay places to check out? thanks again for the aforementioned tips. Geoff Boston, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Bay Area Travel/Biking - any place
One last suggestion- if you're going to be in western Sonoma Co., you mustn't miss the Bakery Bike Challenge. A ride among bucolic hills and wonderful little bakeries where you can try many a treat with the clearest of consciences (if not clearest of arteries). My friends and I would begin at Occidental at The Union Hotel bakery for starters then N onto Coleman Valley Rd (a bit of climb) L to Joy Rd R to Bodega Hwy L to 1 heading S Valley Ford to Middle to Tomales (Tomales Bakery- their savories sell out pretty quickly as I recall) Then back up: Highway 1 to valley ford, then Valley Ford-Freestone (not to miss: Wildflour Bakery) Then the Bohemian highway back to Occidental. All county and state roads- really wonderfully pleasant. On Jan 25, 10:03 am, Robert F. Harrison rfharri...@gmail.com wrote: I concur, great thread, especially as I too am headed to the Bay Area, though it'll be the second week of May. First I'm off to Oregon to visit some family members and ride the Oregon coast with a friend. I discovered that it would only add about $100 to my ticket (Hawaii-Portland) to add San Francisco on the way home. I'll be in SF from 5/7-5/12 though 5/7 and 5/12 are really travel days. My travel bike is Bike Friday NWT which works great as luggage from Hawaii (shipping bikes back and forth all the time would be just too expensive). The Friday has been to Riv central before; 2009 when I bought my Quickbeam. This time I'll be trying to figure out which geared bike I can't live without...being a big fella I'm thinking Bomba or Hunq - though to be honest I've not had a lick of trouble (knock on wood) with the QB so others are possible too. I'm staying within a block of a BART station so I'll be able to get most anywhere in good order. I'm pretty pleased about being able to come through the area and stay for a change. I always seem to be making connecting flights in SF and every time I do I wish I had more than an hour in the airport - this time I do. Aloha! On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:37 AM, JPTwins gcis...@gmail.com wrote: This has been a great thread! I will also be traveling from Boston to San Francisco for the first week of March. I built up a bike last year and shipped it to my parents' place in San Jose. Always nice to have a bike there! I'll be taking Amtrak to NAHBS in Sacramento and then riding my bike back in two stages (Sac-Petaluma, Petaluma-Marin-SF). Beyond that, I'll take either CalTrain or BART to get back to the SouthBay and maybe try to get to Riv HQ or Jintesha Studio in Berkeley (my college stomping grounds). My conference will be in santa clara, and I'll be bike commuting from Campbell. Anyone have any suggestions for South Bay places to check out? thanks again for the aforementioned tips. Geoff Boston, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/LZu__8WH1LwJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Robert Harrison rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Bay Area Travel/Biking - any place
Hm, asking Bay Area bikers for bike rental recommendations might be a little like asking them for a hotel recommendation. Maybe Yelp? This would be a great bloggish database: best bike rentals, by city. Box Dog Bikes has a cool blog occasionally chronicling interesting road/trail rides, like this one: http://www.boxdogbikes.com/cross-training-an-east-bay-hills-mixed-terrain-loop/ I haven't done this ride specifically (on my list), but the terrain's cool. For more info and maps on this park and others in the area, look up Tilden or East Bay Parks. These might be worth getting in advance: Napa: http://napacarfree.net-flow.com/bikes.htm Marin: http://www.marinbike.org/Map/Index.shtml East Bay: http://www.ebbc.org/maps/map.html SF: http://www.sfbike.org/?maps Around Stanfurd: http://transportation.stanford.edu/alt_transportation/midpen-bike-map.html HTH, Tse-Sung On Jan 22, 6:13 pm, John L johnlimo...@msn.com wrote: My wife and I will be traveling from Boston to California in March and have 4-5 days to explore the Bay area, which will involve visiting friends in Palo Alto, downtown SF, and Napa, and, I hope, a pilgrimage to the Riv HQ. We were hoping to do this exploration mostly by bike - credit card style, although probably trains, ferries and even a rental car may come into play (details are sketchy at this point). Any recommendations for how to get a reliable riv-ish ride for that time? I'm considering shipping our bikes (seems cheaper than bringing them on an airplane) but it makes me nervous. I'd prefer to rent, but most of what's out there seems to be offering skinny tired carbon bikes or hybrids, neither of which appeals to me. On a previous similar thread, someone suggests Karim's used bikes in Berkeley but elsewhere on the internet, it's reputed to be a fence for thieves. Bay Area Bikes offers the Big Dummy which is an attractive option but probably overbuilt for our needs (it makes my wife a little nervous). I'd go out of my way for a good rental so if you know of somewhere else in the Bay Area I should consider, let me know. Thanks! - John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Bay Area Travel/Biking - any place
John, What size do you ride? What kind of ride you want to do? Road, mixed, mtn.? If you are foodies, get ready to eat, it is pretty good here in SF and East Bay. Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/kdvUu4ymvZgJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Bay Area Travel/Biking - any place
Agreed. Don't forget the ever wonderful BART transit. More than able to cut a few hours of your day to get to the beautiful places of the bay area quicker. When in March are you planning to visit? If I'm free, I wouldn't mind showing you guys some prime ride around the area. -Manny On Jan 22, 6:13 pm, John L johnlimo...@msn.com wrote: My wife and I will be traveling from Boston to California in March and have 4-5 days to explore the Bay area, which will involve visiting friends in Palo Alto, downtown SF, and Napa, and, I hope, a pilgrimage to the Riv HQ. We were hoping to do this exploration mostly by bike - credit card style, although probably trains, ferries and even a rental car may come into play (details are sketchy at this point). Any recommendations for how to get a reliable riv-ish ride for that time? I'm considering shipping our bikes (seems cheaper than bringing them on an airplane) but it makes me nervous. I'd prefer to rent, but most of what's out there seems to be offering skinny tired carbon bikes or hybrids, neither of which appeals to me. On a previous similar thread, someone suggests Karim's used bikes in Berkeley but elsewhere on the internet, it's reputed to be a fence for thieves. Bay Area Bikes offers the Big Dummy which is an attractive option but probably overbuilt for our needs (it makes my wife a little nervous). I'd go out of my way for a good rental so if you know of somewhere else in the Bay Area I should consider, let me know. Thanks! - John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
