Lots of good riding from Berkeley/Oakland, of course...the
already-mentioned Tunnel Road, Grizzly Peak, Redwood Road...Three Bears
loop is a good 'un, easily accessible from Berkeley...also, take BART to
Walnut Creek, ride Diablo, then ride home to Oakland if you're feeling
*grande*.
I
Nice pro tip! Need to check that out myself. I've lived in Oakland for 3
years and very rarely venture out of the routes I posted earlier (at least
in the east bay, i ride in the city and marin a bit too). I was watching
The Master the other night and looking up filming locations, certain that a
Does anyone know of a way to store bike cases at the airport? Ideally, I
could get off the plane, assemble the bike and stash the travel case there,
instead of hauling the packed bike all the way to Berkeley.
I see that some BART stations have lockers, and the travel company at SFO
offers
Those suggestions already listed are good. Tunnel Road is certainly a favorite.
One route listed above have you going down on Pinehurst but that's a road you
should climb up. A popular loop starts you in Berkeley and then through Moraga
before coming back on Pinehurst.
I will be happy to do a
Plenty of options in the East Bay! I assume you are road riding? I live on
the Oakland/Berkeley border and tend to ride up Tunnel Rd to Grizzly Peak
with a plethora of options from there. I like Tunnel Road just on the
Oakland side because even though its a long 45 minutes up, the grade is
Thanks for the tidbits. I'm still weighing the pros and cons of bringing
the Rambouillet vs. bringing the Cross Check. Variety of reasons;
versatility, gearing and componentry, tires, prospective emotional response
to sustained airline misdoings or to theft, fitting the bike into a bike
box,
