Bike It

Here are a few other 1-day or weekend rides I’ve been kicking around, to do this spring or summer… including a few repeats of good rides from last year, since that makes the planning easy.

None of them have dates yet, just giving people a heads-up… and if you’re especially interested in certain ones, let me know and it will be more likely to happen…

From shortest to longest:  

• A ride to San Bruno Mtn (8 miles each way from the Mission) combined with a few-hour hike and a picnic
• A casual “Tour De Dumplings” 15-20 mile ride around SF or the east bay, stopping at various dumpling shops, in the spirit of the Fiets & Frites ride (http://fietsandfrites.wordpress.com/)
• A casual 25ish-mile afternoon bike ride around some vineyards in Livermore (similar to a ride from last year, but different vineyards: http://bikeit.tumblr.com/post/10230133686/photos-from-our-recent-7-person-livermore-wine)
• A bike+hike to the Tourist Club in Mill Valley for one of their weekend beer-and-sausage-and-German-music festivals (May or July). Basically a copy of this ride: http://bikeit.tumblr.com/post/5546287538/biked-hiked-had-a-beer-in-the-woods-tourist-club
• A mysterious, medium-hilly 40-50 mile ride in a remote part of the East Bay that I bet most people have never biked in (even I haven’t). I like the idea of keeping the details secret and just telling people to meet at a certain BART stop at a certain time
• An overnight bike camping trip to Point Reyes, with oysters (50ish miles each way, similar to what a group of us did last year: http://bikeit.tumblr.com/post/5597819567/point-reyes-bike-camping-recap, though at a different camp site for variety), maybe as a three-day weekend
• Taking Amtrak to Sacramento and doing some riding around the American River Valley