cycling in san fran

ajk24

had a nice leisurely 20 mile spin over the Golden Gate bridge this morning - rented a couple hybrids on the Wharf. Got the ferry back - Lazy . Picked up a few funky jerseys and some other bits and pieces in a LBS.

After a trip up to wine country yesterday I tried to convince my girlfriend that we should rent some roadbikes and head up into the mountains. no dice. seemingly we need time for shopping. :mad:

weather is savage here. the hills are spectacular. would love to have my PX with me.

murpolopoliss

ajk24 wrote: »

had a nice leisurely 20 mile spin over the Golden Gate bridge this morning

That sounds amazing..!!

2 Wheels Good

Great cycling alright. Drove out to Stinson beach in Marin county on the far side last yr, would be great to cycle. Nice and hilly on great roads.

Heisenberg.

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Cabaal

Was in San Fran last September, didn't get time to rent a bike though...damn shame as would have loved to cycle the golden gate

Its a lovely city

seamus

Yeah, we did this last September. Rented a couple of MTBs and went from the Wharf to the far side of the bridge and back again.
The Golden Gate bridge is awesome and insane at the same time. On the way across, it was covered in a thick fog. It was freezing. On the way back, the fog had lifted and it was lovely. It's quite windy up there. The trip is a little nerve-wracking. You have a sidewalk which is about the width of the path on Westmoreland street at its widest points and about as thin as Dame Street's Path at its thinnest points. On this path you have:

- Tourists walking
- Tourists cycling
- Joggers
- Normal cyclists
- Cyclists training at full belt.

So for me the entire trip across was spent either waiting to get around a tourist who didn't understand the keep left/keep right rule (peds are supposed to walk on the side farthest from the road), and being shouted at by guys training on the bridge to get out of their way. Cycling on the road on the bridge is strictly forbidden (and you'd want to be off your rocker). The road and sidewalk are separated by a huge fence.

The (new) wife wasn't loving it all that much because I kept getting away from her on account of having to cycle single file.

OP, go to Forbes' Island for dinner. Good craic.

Rusty Cogs 08

Bought my bike in Sausalito (north of San Fran), a camelbak and cycled down to LA on the 101. Tanlines of death.

seamus

Rusty Cogs 08 wrote: »

Bought my bike in Sausalito (north of San Fran), a camelbak and cycled down to LA on the 101. Tanlines of death.

:eek:

That's pretty hardcore. I drove that route, and it'd be a savage cycle, but it's over 800km and pretty rough/rustic in places.

Cabaal

Rusty Cogs 08 wrote: »

Bought my bike in Sausalito (north of San Fran), a camelbak and cycled down to LA on the 101. Tanlines of death.

Pretty impressive

dave2pvd

ajk24 wrote: »

had a nice leisurely 20 mile spin over the Golden Gate bridge this morning - rented a couple hybrids on the Wharf. Got the ferry back - Lazy . Picked up a few funky jerseys and some other bits and pieces in a LBS.

OK, it has to be said: wussing out and taking the ferry instead of cycling back up that hill out of Sausalito does not add HTFU points to your CV.

And then, just underscore this total lack of HTFU, Rusty Cogs posts this up:

Rusty Cogs 08 wrote: »

Bought my bike in Sausalito (north of San Fran), a camelbak and cycled down to LA on the 101.

Ahhhh.....it makes me smile , so it does.

barrabus

where can you rent road bikes..?
will be there in August..

ajk24

dave2pvd wrote: »

OK, it has to be said: wussing out and taking the ferry instead of cycling back up that hill out of Sausalito does not add HTFU points to your CV.

And then, just underscore this total lack of HTFU, Rusty Cogs posts this up:



Ahhhh.....it makes me smile , so it does.

in my defence -

1. had a very nice glass of zinfandel with my lunch,

2. my girlfriend has only just started cycling and she was in a hurry to get back to the city for shopping,

3. can't use a road bike at the moment as I can't pedal in the drops. booked in for surgery on my hip on the 24th to sort the problem. Therefore I am due some sympathy HTFU points for cycling through the pain at all. (in general I agree with the abuse )

ajk24

barrabus wrote: »

where can you rent road bikes..?
will be there in August..

the same place do road bikes with clipless pedals of all types.

http://www.marinbikes.com/2010/bike_specs.php?Stelvio_105_&serialnum=1623

$48 per day. good rates for weekly rentals but can't remember off the top of my head.

dave2pvd

ajk24 wrote: »

in my defence -

1. had a very nice glass of zinfandel with my lunch,

2. my girlfriend has only just started cycling and she was in a hurry to get back to the city for shopping,

3. can't use a road bike at the moment as I can't pedal in the drops. booked in for surgery on my hip on the 24th to sort the problem. Therefore I am due some sympathy HTFU points for cycling through the pain at all. (in general I agree with the abuse )

Fair enough. Negative HTFU points are removed.

The time we did it, my wife was not feeling good. It turned out to be pneumonia! I thought she was just cranky that day :rolleyes: She was pretty close to handing me the dee-vorce papers.

Hope that Zin was a proper Cali RED Zin. None of that pink stuff....else the -neg HTFU points are back on.

ajk24

dave2pvd wrote: »

Hope that Zin was a proper Cali RED Zin. None of that pink stuff....else the -neg HTFU points are back on.

def a red. I spent the previous afternoon learning how to be a wine snob. something about bouquet and tannins and other such rubbish

-Chris-

ajk24 wrote: »

had a nice leisurely 20 mile spin over the Golden Gate bridge this morning - rented a couple hybrids on the Wharf. Got the ferry back

I did the same thing with herself indoors and on the ferry back I proposed to her. What a day!

I miss SF...