Suggestions for Bay Area rides?

[miffy'sFuji]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could suggest any rides around the bay area that they especially like. I live in San Francisco, but anything up to about 1 hr drive away is okay. Preferably the ride would be a semi-dedicated bike path (no cars), but if you have a suggestion for a route with relatively few cars that would be great too.

I have ridden the coyote creek trail from helleyer to morgan hill and back, the steven's ck. trail from near el camino to the bay trail in redwood city, the bay trail from the airport to the foster city bridge (kind of congested on weekends with pedestrians), the alameda creek trail (had an unfortunate first time run-in with goathead thorns! Being a native San Franciscan, I had never seen or heard of these before).

We've been staying off of dirt trails since we've had so much rain.

There are three of us that go out together, two on mntn bikes, so that slows them down a bit. As you can see, the rides have been easy elevation wise. That's not a prerequisite, but the three of us aren't at the same fitness levels, so we've kept it on the easier side.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
-laura

[maillotpois]

Marin!!!

Not that I am biased!

The Tiburon loop (Paradise drive around the peninsula of Tiburon) is a classic relatively easy ride.

Also Riding in the Nicasio/Western Marin area is great. If you drive to Nicasio, you can do a relatively easy ride out to Pt. Reyes Station and back, avoiding most hills if you go Platform Bridge Rd.

Get a Krebs map of N. SF Bay area and explore.

There's planety of great riding in Marin that may be a little tougher than what it sounds like you are looking for, but those suggestions are good places to start and work your way up.

[miffy'sFuji]

Thanks!
We haven't been biking in Marin yet, so I bet there are a ton of places to explore!

[snapdragen]

Marin is great, there are lots of places in the Morgan Hill/Gilroy area, or Santa Cruz too. Get yourself some Krebs maps.

[miffy'sFuji]

I'm checking out their webpage now. I hadn't heard of them before, so this is great. Thank you!

[maillotpois]

The Krebs map on the slightly heavier water-resistant paper is well worth it.