Bay Area Cycling Vacation - March 2022 - Opinions Wanted

[Clean39T]

02.28.2022 -- Rebranding the thread to get opinions on where to ride and where to stay for a 3-5 day cycling vacation in the SF Bay Area.. Current thinking is somewhere between Palo Alto and Los Gatos for basecamp. See below.

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Because I'm cooped up and dreaming of what's on the other side of this pandemic....

I've been scouring PJAMM, thinking of ways to string together a trip that hits some of the top road climbs in California.

And I found Jay's Essential Bike Rides (in OR and CA).

But what else is out there?

It's making me pine for the days of blogspot, when people still wrote lengthy ride reports.

I'm looking for Velotel in the states I guess.

What have you got?

YouTubers? This guy VeloVegan did a nice series in CA and a mix of other states.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCqHDuSwPZM&t=20s

[semdoug]

Cascade Bicycle Studio has a pretty nice right up about a trip on the North Cascades Highway. Sorry, having trouble attaching link but the trip report is on their website under community and stories. There is also information on the NPS website.

[nighthawk]

Here’s a few, but might be more dirt road focused than you are after:

https://dirtyfreehub.com/

http://www.omtm.cc/home

[thunderworks]

You could always go East and ride the Going to the Sun road in Glacier . . . Not the hardest physical challenge (although long), but no doubt ranks as one of the most visually engaging experiences anyone could have.

[AngryScientist]

henry wildberry!

[zennmotion]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

henry wildberry!

Henry Wildeberry---(I'm a spelling Nazi)

And I might say, to mitigate the snark, I always enjoy Angry's ride photos. My Father is a Jersey guy and when the rest of the family disses the Garden State as, well, ironically named he always says "You've never seen the nice parts of New Jersey", so thanks for showing off your state so well- some of those roads look like bucket list material. Nice stable of bikes too!

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

henry wildberry!

Indeed. The trip he did up around Yosemite is on the list. I'm looking more for road than rando though. I gotta go scope some of your rides too....was that a year or two ago when you toured parts of CA?

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[cgolvin]

I don't think this guy has updated his blog in awhile, but it's a good compendium of CA climbs with nice descriptors, photos, and a personal touch.

http://www.toughascent.com/blog/

Ugh, unfortunately it looks like all the mapmyride links are dead so you will have to do some sleuthing to put routes together, sorry.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

I don't think this guy has updated his blog in awhile, but it's a good compendium of CA climbs with nice descriptors, photos, and a personal touch.

http://www.toughascent.com/blog/

Ugh, unfortunately it looks like all the mapmyride links are dead so you will have to do some sleuthing to put routes together, sorry.

Will check it out, thanks Charles.

With the new Strava features, getting the route down once you know the general coordinates should be easy.

The reading for me is mostly about inspiration.

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[wasfast]

The rides on this page are getting a ways back in time but well done.

http://steephill.tv

The ride reports are on the left hand column part way down.

[sjbraun]

For OR and CA

http://bestrides.org/

[David Kirk]

I'm not sure if this is your cup of tea or not but you might consider joining us at the Cino Eroica in northern Montana this September. About 110 miles (more than 90 on dirt) over two days with some awesome climbs and food to die for. If you have a vintage road bike it's hard to beat.

dave

[R3awak3n]

Isnt Dustin Klein in Oregon? He seems to be ridding in pretty cool places

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by David Kirk

I'm not sure if this is your cup of tea or not but you might consider joining us at the Cino Eroica in northern Montana this September. About 110 miles (more than 90 on dirt) over two days with some awesome climbs and food to die for. If you have a vintage road bike it's hard to beat.



dave

It's on my list for the year - and my thought was to get some in-person fitting done for a future Onesto on the same trip if you had the time - we'll just have to see how everything unfolds..

As for the bike - I do have a nice steel setup that might handle the terrain okay



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[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by R3awak3n

Isnt Dustin Klein in Oregon? He seems to be ridding in pretty cool places

Just down the street from me in Portland. But my eyes are set on the type of stuff that 25-28s are at home on.....

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