Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Rides 2
About San Francisco 2
Resources 4
Safety and Equipment 5
Preparing for Bay Area Weather 6
How to Use This Guide 7
Highway, Street, Path, and Trail Names 7
Road Surface, Shoulder, Path, and Trail Conditions 8
Traffic: What to Expect 8
How to Use the Maps 8
Ride Finder 9
Map Legend 12
Best Bay View Rides 13
1 Angel Island Expedition 15
2 Charles Tilden Wild Ride 21
3 Chicken Shack Queen Stage 27
4 Guadalupe Canyon Loop 32
5 Mount Tamalpais Railway Chase 37
6 Raid de San Bruno Mountain 44
7 Roll Ring Mountain 48
8 San Pablo Ridge Circuit 54
Best Bayside Rides 60
9 East Bayshore Rivet 62
10 Hayward Shoreline Dig 70
11 Point Pinole Mission 76
12 Redwood Shores Jaunt 81
13 Ring Point San Pedro 88
14 Round San Leandro Bay 94
15 Ruta del Tiburon 101
16 San Francisco Bayfront Break 107
Best Ocean View Rides 113
17 Barbary Coast Escapade 115
18 Circuito de Montagna Montara 127
19 Journey to Land's End 136
20 Marin Headlands Excursion 143
21 Miwok Liwi Notuka 150
22 Old San Pedro Mountain Road Climb 157
23 Velo Tamalpais 163
Best Rides through Redwoods 169
24 Berkeley Hills Challenge 171
25 Bike Sierra Morena Watershed 180
26 Circle Chabot 185
27 Escalada Bolinas Andreas 191
28 Giro di Nicasio 198
29 Olema Valley Enduro 204
30 Tour of Redwood Park 209
Best Interior Rides 214
31 Briones Hills Workout 216
32 Burleigh Murray Safari 222
33 Chabot-Skyline Frolic 226
34 China Camp Outing 232
35 Ivan Dickson Memorial Trek 238
36 John Brooks Memorial Adventure 244
37 Las Trampas Rumble 249
38 Pine Mountain Epic 255
39 Streets of San Francisco 262
40 Vuelta Las Trampas 273
References 282
About the Author 288
