RidewithGPS has a great library of rides that you can load onto your bike computer and will give you turn by turn instructions. China Camp/Tiburon is great--especially if you don't want too much climbing but get some great scenic views of the bay and some nice food in Tiburon.
Piaw's ride in the Headlands should be considered (the hill up Conzelman Rd. is worth it!) in part because the best view of San Francisco is from this ride. You look down onto the bridge and city from an old army gun bunker (or whatever you call it). A lot of times you may not see the city, but the bridge is sunny and poking out of the fog and that is just as beautiful. https://www.oursausalito.com/marin-headlands-and-ggnra/battery-spencer-golden-gate-bridge.html Railroad grade up Mt. Tam is nice too, the only thing to watch out for is traffic as it can get congested during the weekends. I usually descend the railroad grade and go up the fire road (very doable with any bike, but I recommend 30 mm tires or wider). I can give you GPS data on that ride too (if desired)--the special treat in addition to the views is a stop at the "pancake place" as I call it. West point inn. Here's a writeup from a hiker, but you can see all the bikes there. (No road bikes pictured, but there is a kiddy Mtn bike, so you know it can't be too hard :).) https://trailsandsummits.com/pancake-hike/ Toshi in Oakland, CA On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 7:52 AM <luckytur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks John, I need to get Strava. My son just got an app called Ride With > GPS. I need to level up my tech game in any case! > > On Jun 13, 2024, at 07:49, John Dewey <johnrd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Liz, I live in Marin and 2nd China Camp and also Paradise loop. > > But some of the areas closer to you near Petaluma and Windsor are more > rural. > > You can find lots of options exploring Strava. > > JD > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2024 at 11:14 PM <luckytur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> >> My son wants me to take him riding in Marin or the bay somewhere for a >> day. He’s newly experimenting with riding a semi-loaded bikepacking rig in >> anticipation of attempting a solo three day trip at the end of summer. He >> is 15 (almost 16) and will be riding on a loaner VO Piolet. I will be >> riding my older Atlantis set up with Super Yummy gravel tires. Any >> recommendations of a pretty ride that’s not just all climbing or too >> sketchy? My fitness level isn’t what his is. >> You can reply directly if you choose. >> >> Thanks, Liz in Sac >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/F1CDBEEF-4089-4484-89FD-D68A7F9A0357%40gmail.com >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BkTrE71R0%3DbDW1WJVz-2KKyu%3D%3DH-GO59KswTzVpqC3JDU3_5A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BkTrE71R0%3DbDW1WJVz-2KKyu%3D%3DH-GO59KswTzVpqC3JDU3_5A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3E9FD02D-9FF5-4DBE-B3D7-B2064D01B7D8%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3E9FD02D-9FF5-4DBE-B3D7-B2064D01B7D8%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGB59xx33m_79oHkWkE5EhmgwneRHL-cfvshvnCWKEDGkQe0GQ%40mail.gmail.com.
