Bike Commuting San Francisco

Bike ride: Stanford loop

Hi group, Found a nice bike ride route to share: 🥾 Stanford loop 📏 21.3 mi ⏱ ~2 h 04 min I'd love to organise a self-hosted meet to do this bike ride together on Saturday, June 6. No commercial host, just members of the group meeting up to enjoy the route. Bring water, weather-appropriate gear, and the route loaded on your komoot app: https://www.komoot.com/smarttour/e806635021/stanford-loop Hope to see some of you there.

Marin Gravel Ride - Short Course

## Where It All Started Join us for a fun, social group gravel ride that blends steady miles, great scenery, and a supportive pace for riders who want a rewarding day on mixed-surface roads. The route is best suited to intermediate riders, with enough rhythm to feel engaging while still leaving room to regroup, enjoy the views, and keep the ride inclusive for newer participants. This route includes rest stops and food or water points, which makes this kind of organized route especially easy to follow. ## The Nitty-Gritty **Distance:** 20.2 miles **Elevation:** 3,032 feet climbing **Est Time:** 1:50 min ## What You’ll Experience For a ride like this, the best points of interest are usually the sections where the scenery opens up, the road surface changes, or the route passes through classic rural gravel country. Coffee rest stops are ideal about halfway through the ride, especially at a local café, country store, or any vista point that can handle a group quickly. Great scenic overlooks, bridges, tree-lined lanes, farm views, trail crossings, and landmarks that captures the feel of the ride without breaking the group’s momentum ## The Vibe It’s high-energy. You aren’t just riding in the hills; you’re biking in the birthplace of mountain bikes. ## Equipment and Gear A gravel bike with a stable fit, reliable gearing, and hydraulic discs is ideal for this ride, especially since this route includes rougher surfaces and rolling terrain. Bring a flat kit, multitool, two tubes or a plug kit, tire levers, mini pump or CO2, and enough water and snacks for the full ride plus a little extra. A helmet is essential, and it is smart to add gloves, sunglasses, a visible jersey, and front and rear lights if there is any chance of finishing near dusk. The Golden Gate Bridge can be extremely windy! ## Tire Choice For mixed gravel conditions, tires in the 38–45 mm range are a strong all-around choice, especially with a tread pattern that rolls efficiently on hardpack but still gives grip on loose sections. This route offers smooth gravel, so a fast-rolling semi-slick can work well; if it’s wet, choose a more aggressive tread and slightly lower pressure for comfort and traction. The best tire is the one that matches your skill level and gives you confidence without slowing the group unnecessarily. # Additional Info/Summary Downloadable GPX file: [Link](https://connect.garmin.com/app/course/460964044/)

San Francisco Bike Party - #167

**Come out and join us! Ride with the San Francisco crew of amazing partiers!** **Theme: TBD** **Start: TBD** **Party Stop #1: TBD** **End: TBD** **Route Map:** **TBD** Meetup: 7:30 pm PST Rollout: 8 pm PST How We Ride: • Stay in the RIGHT lane • Stop at RED lights • Leave no trace • Ride predictably & in control • Roll past conflict • Ride prepared • When in doubt, BIKE PARTY!

Queer Biker Invasion of National Parks: Grand Teton & Yellowstone

“Bridge to Breakfast Walk" from SF to Sausalito over the Golden Gate Bridge

**Join us on this 8-mile *Bridge to Breakfast Walk* ® across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco to Sausalito! Take one of the most unique and exhilarating walks on the planet. Make friends and get in shape.** *["**Bridge to Breakfast Walk**" is a registered trademark and may not be used without permission.]* The walk starts at the St. Francis Yacht Club parking lot near Crissy Field in San Francisco, crosses the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, pauses for a "bring-your-own" picnic-style meal together in historic Fort Baker, and continues to historic and quaint Sausalito. Your return to San Francisco may be had by Golden Gate Transit Bus or by Ferry. Although we usually return to our starting point before noon, you may plan on returning no later than 1 p.m. **Your host, Lindsay Spiller** (he, him), will be wearing a Cal cap and will be standing at the far end of the parking lot next to the stone wall bordering the bay. **Information about the walk:** * **Breakfast: Walkers are advised to bring their food and beverages (water and coffee if desired) on the walk. We will stop at and use picnic tables on the Marin side on the way to Sausalito** * **Total time.** Set aside about 5-6 hours (2-3 hour walk; 1.5-hour breakfast and socializing; 30-minute Ferry ride back to SF or a bus ride back to the starting location) * **Start.** St Francis Yacht Club Entrance (99 Yacht Road, San Francisco, California) * **Meetup and Departure times.** Please plan to arrive at 6.45 AM as we leave promptly at 7:10 AM * **Return to SF.** Upon arriving in Sausalito, you can explore the town, return by Golden Gate Bus Transit, or return by Ferry. The bus fare back to the starting point is $8 and may be paid by Clipper Card or Cash. Credit cards are not accepted. * **Difficulty.** Moderate: Mostly flat with some moderately steep slopes * **Hazards.** Limited hazards include uneven paths and pavement, occasionally sharing the roadway with cars and bicycles, etc. (please read "Participant's Waiver" below) * **SPECIAL NOTE:** * Bring earplugs or AirPods (the bridge crossing can be noisy) * Dress in layers * Bring water if you want * There will be many breaks for restroom use and water **\*\*\* If you RSVP and can't make it, please cancel at least the night before the event so we won't wait for you. Thanks!** **PARTICIPANT'S WAIVER:** By signing up for this event and participating in this walk, you acknowledge the following: * Unpaid volunteers and non-professional guides have organized this event. * You are aware and informed your guests that this event involves risks, dangers, and hazards that could cause serious injury, temporary or permanent disability, death, and property damage. * That you and your guests freely accept and assume all responsibility for your safety, health consequences, and conduct during this event * You, at this moment, release event organizers, hosts, and participants from any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action that you now have or may have in the future for illness, injuries, damages, and economic loss of any kind or nature arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice, or information contained herein. * You further acknowledge that any injury you may sustain while participating in the event may be compounded by negligent or delayed medical service or negligent or delayed assistance by the hosts and organizers and * YOU VOLUNTARILY AND FREELY ASSUME ALL RISKS AND DANGERS THAT MAY OCCUR UNDER YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT, INCLUDING THE RISK OF INJURY, DEATH, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, EVEN IF CAUSED BY THE EVENT HOSTS OR ORGANIZERS' NEGLIGENCE. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lindsay Spiller. ***Bridge to Breakfast Walk*** is a registered trademark and may not be used without permission.

Monday 9am Pt. Isabel Walk - Richmond

COVID NOTE - Please be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Masking is optional. We meet at the west side of the circular parking lot and take an 80 minute energizing walk. Some turn back halfway, for a 40 minute walk. Please show up a bit early as we leave promptly at 9:00 am. The walk has both paved and gravel trails. We walk about 20 minutes and pause at a bridge -- and some turn back. Weather permitting, some stay for coffee, etc., at a picnic table near the Sit & Stay Cafe (on the east side of the circular parking lot). Optional: arrive early for unsupervised stretching. Reminder: no dogs. Questions? Please call or e-mail. Mark 510-684-4092 mhe943-meetup@yahoo.com

Brisk Walk & Shop--SW corner Ordway & Marin, Albany, 11a

We are a warm and friendly group of walkers who like to get a really good cardio workout. We meet at the South West corner of Ordway and Marin. We walk briskly up to Marin circle, and then continue at a moderately fast pace, as far as the top of Marin. If there's a garage sale along the route, we may stop for a few minutes to take a breather and check it out. We welcome newcomers, and often have walkers who walk just part of the route. Over a number of weeks, you can build up the stamina to get to the top of Marin!

The Oakland Rose Garden & Lakeshore Neighborhood's Pathways/Stairs Walk

FREE WALK. Now open for RSVPs. Free. We will meet at 11:00 AM in front of a cafe called Tierra Mia Coffee, on the corner of Broadway & 20th Street, so people on BART should go to the 19th Street BART Station and then they should exit at the 20th Street exit and our starting point is right across the street. One may bring a sack lunch or buy one at Tierra Mia Coffee. We won't have time for the group to buy lunches after we have started walking. It would be good if our attendees buy drinks or something at our starting point (Tierra Mia Coffee) &/or give tips so they will like us. Attendance limit is 70. Below is a link about Tierra Mia Coffee: http://www.tierramiacoffee.com/ At 11:10 AM we begin a 20-minute walk to the local Whole Foods Market for a restroom break. We plan to eat lunch about 12:30 at Oakland's Morcom Rose Garden. I encourage all to take BART or other public transportation to be safer. I expect to come in a bus. Everyone should bring water, paper towels and a map. I love it when attendees bring cameras and upload their photos of the walk on our webpage. Dogs and other pets are not welcome. After Whole Foods Market we will walk to the Morcom Rose Garden to eat our sack lunches because it is the only location big enough for our group to eat lunch. We haven't done this walk since many years ago in the Covid days, and I changed it from a hard walk to a a nice relatively easy walk. We will see great things such as the Morcom Rose Garden in bloom, the Davie Tennis Stadium, and the Gardens at Lake Merritt, just to name a few. We expect to reach our ending point back at our starting point, the 19th Street BART Station at 4:45 PM. Some legal disclaimers: By joining us for any event you hereby RELEASE and DISCHARGE it's organizers, hosts and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for injuries, damages, death and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice or information contained herein. You further agree that if you or someone under your supervision uses the information on this website you assume all risks of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release providers from all liability therefore. It is advisable to consult a doctor before you begin any strenuous physical activity. The organizer is not trained for emergency medical procedures and no doctors, nurses or ambulances are provided on the walks.

Friday 9a Walk McLaughlin Park starting from the Albany Bulb parking lot

COVID NOTE: Please be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Masking is optional. Please arrive a bit early as we leave promptly at 9:00a. This is a 40-75 minute loop with options (some return halfway) for more ambitious walkers. We meet at the end of the Albany Bulb parking lot. Reminder: no dogs. Questions? Please call or email Mark: 510-684-4092 mhe943-meetup@yahoo.com Optional: arrive early for unsupervised stretching.

BTCEB Gala Ride Saturday (5/30) at Joaquin Miller Park!

Join Bicycle Trails Council on **SATURDAY MAY 30TH** for our next Gala ride as we return to the flowy redwood trails at **JOAQUIN MILLER PARK!** As always this will be a fun time looping through one of the parks BTCEB helps maintain. We will be riding the Big Trees loop, climbing up Sunset, catching the view of the Oakland skyline, and dropping down the fast and fun Cinderella. The advanced groups will also rip down Chaparral and Castle Park while others may venture across Skyline to catch a few trails in Redwood. Should be an awesome time as always! **[RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/bicycletrailscouncil/events/314855225)** to join the ride! And do us a favor an **[SIGN THE WAIVER](https://esign.ottersign.com/p/bicycle-trails-council-of-the-east-bay/0BjaK2PbhC)** now rather than at the ride. Meet at: JOAQUIN MILLER PARKING LOT - ELEPHANT BARN 3594 SANBORN DR OAKLAND CA 94602 We will gather at 9am at the Elephant Barn parking lot and hit the trails promptly at 9:30am. The ELEPHANT BARN parking lot is within the JOAQUIN MILLER PARK on Sanborn Dr. Head up Joaquin Miller Rd to the park entrance and turn into the park on Sanborn Dr. Go just past the community center/ranger station lot and make a left into the larger parking lot, which is the Elephant Barn lot. Join us for refreshments and snacks after the ride at **[GHOSTOWN BREWING](https://www.ghosttownbrewing.com/)** in the Laurel. A well-tuned mountain bike is a must! * We offer rides for ALL SKILL LEVELS, from novice to advanced. We will separate into at least 3 levels of riders: The beginner group, group C, will ride around 8 miles and 900ft of elevation gain; the intermediate group, group B, will ride around 10 miles and 1500ft of elevation gain; the advanced group, group A, will ride around 15+ miles and 1500+ ft of elevation gain. All rides are ‘no-drop’ rides (we won’t leave you behind or let you get lost) and are fully supported. A novice rider should be able to ride 10-12 miles ( including \~1000ft of climbing) on hilly narrow singletrack for 2.5 hrs. * **BTCEB (Bicycle Trails Council of East Bay)** is the oldest Mountain Bike Advocacy Non-Profit in the USA. We are a volunteer run, advocacy group for mountain bikers; we work to get more rideable narrow trails in the East Bay. * We help maintain trails within East Bay parks (like Joaquin Miller and Crockett Hills) * We organize fun rides and events for the mountain bike community. Join us and help the cause! * For more info on the Bicycle Trails Council of East Bay and to join, please visit **[https://www.BTCEB.org/join](https://www.BTCEB.org/join)** * If you are not already a member of BTCEB consider joining us today and help free the single track! Our Gala rides are free and open to the public and led by experienced local mountain bikers familiar with the trails. Medical coverage is provided to all paid BTCEB members, one more reason to join. Go to our web site, **[https://www.BTCEB.org/join](https://www.BTCEB.org/join)** and join TODAY! Be sure to **[RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/bicycletrailscouncil/events/314855225)** to join this ride! And do us a favor an **[SIGN THE WAIVER](https://esign.ottersign.com/p/bicycle-trails-council-of-the-east-bay/0BjaK2PbhC)** now rather than at the ride.

Unicycle Club Practice at Circus Center

Any skill level is welcome (even if you’ve never been on a unicycle before). Participation is free, but a voluntary donation to Circus Center is recommended. If you don’t have your own unicycle or don’t bring it, then Circus Center will provide one for you to use at these practices. **SAFETY** -Do not attend if you feel sick -Protective gear (helmet, elbow pads, wrist guards, gloves, knee/shin guards, ankle braces, etc.) is highly recommended **REQUIREMENTS** -All ages are welcome, but anyone under the age of 13 must be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult at all times -Everyone who comes to these practices is required to take at least one unicycle class at Circus Center with Ying Ying Zhao (this doesn’t necessarily have to be before your first practice session) -Paper waiver needs to be signed before participating (this will be provided) -QR code for voluntary donation will be provided **RULES FOR PRACTICING AT CIRCUS CENTER** -If you’re wearing street shoes and/or are bringing your own unicycle, then you must wipe your shoes and unicycle tire with a towel (this will be provided) before stepping on the mats -Helmet is required if you want to do anything other than riding or practicing tricks on a flat surface (hopping onto/off of objects, etc.)

Presidio loop over hills and along the coast