SF Bay Area Fitter Recommendations

[mbindels]

Veronica, maillotpois, thanks for your suggestion. I live in Hercules where the edge of Contra Costa.
Many years ago I got hit by a car – the driver found the parking space and suddenly pulled his car to right shoulder, but he didn’t check on his slight back of his right side where I was riding – that horrible memory and 3 scars with 28 stiches are keeping me off from the road that I have to share with cars. But I really want to try triathlon, and would like to learn riding on road. So my biggest concern is safety, good visibility from drivers.
I will check Marsh Creek Road. From Google Map it doesn’t look too far from Hercules. I checked Paul’s web site, wow a lot of information are there! I saw the picture someone riding in Napa in his web photo gallery. Napa looks nice place to ride a bike, too. I will start researching. Thanks again!

[Veronica]

Marsh Creek from Clayton does not have as wide a shoulder and more traffic. I'm in Antioch so I can hit it a lot further out. Near Hercules there's the Pig Farm loop. Roads in Lafayette and Orinda have better shoulders and see more bike traffic, so I think cars are better behaved. But that's just my experience.

Veronica

[Veronica]

Napa is lovely and not a bad drive!

Veronica

[mbindels]

The Pig Farm Loop looks perfect! It loops all around where I live.
Thank you Veronica!

Mari