One of my favourite rides is Biking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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| Come On ! Let's Go! |
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Blazing Saddles: Bike the Bridge
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BLAZING SADDLES is the place to rent bikes, right near Fisherman's Wharf. Now this is an amazing experience -- we have seen them grow from a tiny kiosk operation to the slick operators they are today. Booking online the night before was easy and in the morning we rode the cable car to the end of the line and everything was ready for us.
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| At Fisherman's Wharf near the Cable Car terminal. |
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| They make it easy to know where you are going and what to see along the way. |
On a huge display board loaded with maps and pictures, staff explained where to ride and what to see along the way. They showed us places to go we would never have thought of - like Mill Valley and Tiberon. Let's do it all, we said!
Our bikes were fitted, maps in place, helmets adjusted and water bottles loaded. Oh, and they handed out tickets for the ferry. If you don't use them, you don't pay. Easy ! Organized ! Fun ! Now this is my kind of company. Within minutes of arrival we were wheeling out the door.
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| Best Bike Map Holder -- ever ! |
Kudos to San Francisco's bike planners for the upgrades to the route along the Bay and over the bridge. It's a very easy ride and safe all the way. The new route following the shoreline into Sausalito is fantastic. We splurged and had lunch at Soma's mmmmmm... that was a treat!
The ride to Mill Valley was a great add-on this year. There's some Tall Trees there! And what a cute little town. Just like riding through a movie set. The paved trails out to Tiberon were exciting -- the view of San Francisco amazing! Tiberon is gorgeous -- well worth the extra kms. We raced to catch the last ferry of the day, sailing to Sausalito then to Fisherman's Wharf. Looks like there were a few other people who had the same idea as us. What an amazing ride! If you don't want to go the whole way, try the ride to Sausalito then ferry back to Fisherman's Wharf. It's easy and it's fun!
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| Beer-o-clock at the Tiberon Ferry Terminal |
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| Two hundred bikes on board that day! |
Happy Riding ~ Colleen
Lots of Maps:
Here is the link to MapMyRide Bike The Bridge
- you can download the file or send it to your phone!
mapmyride.com/routes/view/66653646
And...
Here is the link to the Full Route in MapMyRideMapMyRide
- you
can download the file or send it to your phone!
San Francisco - Sausilito - Mill Valley - Tiburon
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/66655124
Bike the Bridge: Golden Gate to Sausalito and Ferry back Route
View Bike the Bridge - Golden Gate to Sausalito and ferry back in a larger map
Here is the link to the full route in Google Maps:
San Francisco - Sausilito - Mill Valley - Tiburon
