Hayward Health Ride (Home/Sunol Loop)
Not to be confused with the Markleyville Death Ride.
Start/end at 2659 Home Ave, Hayward.
Route A: 43.2 miles with 3,693 feet of climbing.
Route B: 24 miles with 900 feet climbing. (Route map yet to be posted)
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Castro Valley: Zoo Loop + two longer options
|| Filed under: BART Friendly, East Bay, Length: 20 - 30 miles, Length: 30 - 45 miles, Length: 45 - 60 miles, Rides, Terrain: 2000' - 3000', Terrain: 3000' - +
Route Options: (Route maps for routes A and B to be available March 2009)
Route A: Castro Valley/Redwood Road/Pinehurst/Wildcat Canyon/return- 53 miles with 4,390 feet climbing. Route B: Castro Valley/Redwood Road/Pinehurst/Skyline north to Grizzly Peak/return- 38 miles with 3,290 feet climbing.
Route C: Castro Valley/Redwood Road/Return at Skyline. Intermediate, hilly. AKA: Almost the 2nd half of the Grizzly Peak Century) 26.6 miles with 2,320 feet climbing.
Directions to Ride Start:
Valley Car Wash in Castro Valley @ Redwood Road & Village Dr.
MapQuest / GPS: go to Peet’s Coffee at 20453 Redwood Road, Castro Valley.
BART friendly (Castro Valley Station) Car wash is in back of Peet’s.
Route:
Map & Elevation:
Tour of San Francisco
|| Filed under: BART Friendly, Length: 30 - 45 miles, Rides, SF and North Bay, Terrain: 2000' - 3000'
Start & end at the Lake Merced Boat House area in San Francisco.
Route A (Vanilla): 29 miles with 2,870 feet of climbing (includes Golden Gate Park, Twin Peaks, and San Bruno Mountain).
Route B: 38 miles (add a round trip to the North end of the Golden Gate Bridge).
Route C: add the Marin Headlands loop to Route B.
MapQuest link to the Lake Merced Boat House (SF).
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Orinda/Crockett/3 Bears Loop
Start and end at the Orinda BART parking lot.
Route A: Full loop is 49 miles with 3,700 feet of climbing (Lunch in Crockett)
Route B: Several shorter routes are available (refer to the route map)
Orinda/Crockett/3 Bears Loop Route Map
Pleasanton BART/Calaveras Loop
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Description:
Easy – Intermediate.
Starting and ending at Dublin/Pleasanton BART this ride goes south through Pleasanton to Calavares, mostly low traffic roads. Turn-around point is the first summit (large dirt road pull out). Return is slightly different – end back at BART.
35 miles – 1240′
Directions to Ride Start:
Pleasanton/Dublin BART – south side (or “Pleasanton side”)
MapQuest / GPS: 5801 Owens Dr. Pleasanton CA
Route:
