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.
