Visiting San Francisco - Bike Rentals?

[msincredible]

Don't forget you can take BART out of Berkeley if you want to explore other regions. There are limitations on bicycles on BART in San Francisco during commute hours on weekdays, but otherwise there should be no issues.

[Trek420]

Don't forget you can take BART out of Berkeley if you want to explore other regions. There are limitations on bicycles on BART in San Francisco during commute hours on weekdays, but otherwise there should be no issues.

BART will get you to plenty of places. Just don't:
take your bike on the first car of any train.
primary direction on the SF lines (to SF in the morning, from in the evening)
don't take your bike on the escalator, use elevator or stairs

http://bicycling.511.org

[Bike Goddess]

I wouldn't recommend riding in SF-been there, done that. Plenty of great rides if you want to take BART, just don't do SF.

We can arrange a ride up Mt Diablo if you are so inclined (no pun intended). That's a BART ride to Pleasant Hill.

If you go south of Berkeley on BART, JoBob can direct you to great riding spots. Heck, she might even be able to be a personal escort!

[maillotpois]

If you go south of Berkeley on BART, JoBob can direct you to great riding spots. Heck, she might even be able to be a personal escort!

On her stationary trainer?

[jobob]

heh heh - I could give you a great tour of my living room

[Duck on Wheels]

In Sonoma the Sonoma Cyclery shop out on Broadway, across from the high school, has a fleet of rental bikes. If you like hills, the locals ride Lovell Valley Road past the Sebastiani Winery, up into the hills and loop around over the Napa County border and back. The road is discontiguous here and there (at ... I think East 7th) where you need to jag left a bit then right on Castle Road for a couple of yards, but just keep going as straight as possible and suddenly the signs read Lovell Valley Road again. Straight until it T's, that is. At that point, turn left, then follow it in a right turn up the hill. It was very pretty up there last Spring when the wildflowers were blooming.

There's also a place somewhere closer to the Plaza that rents out segueways.

[berkeley]

BART will get you to plenty of places. Just don't:
take your bike on the first car of any train.
primary direction on the SF lines (to SF in the morning, from in the evening)
don't take your bike on the escalator, use elevator or stairs

http://bicycling.511.org

I actually used to bike commute in Berkeley, so I kinda knew most of this (somehwere in my brain I'm sure it's there....)

OK, sure, I'm all for living rooms and stationary trainers. LOL

The more I think about it, the more I think we'll do the biking for the part of the trip we're not in SF - so I'll look up the Napa and Sonoma suggestions! Thanks guys!

[jobob]

LOL, just kidding, I should be biking by August. (Hopefully I'll be back on my road bike in early July. If not, I'm gonna be reaaaaly cranky. )

There are lots of nice places to ride down in my neck of the woods near Fremont - Calaveras Road, Sunol, Palomares Road, to name a few.

That said though, you can't go wrong with Napa/Sonoma & thereabouts. There's also very nice riding in the Russian River (Guerneville) area.