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bike from oakland to santa cruz and back
my (very uneducated) guess is that it will take about 3 to 4 days,
taking your time. i'm also guessing that it would be best to take a coastal route. frankly i don't know what the coastal route to SC looks like, so maybe 3 to 4 days is way off.. does anyone have the urge to set me straight on any of these topics? |
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On Feb 6, 12:46*pm, joshhh wrote:
my (very uneducated) guess is that it will take about 3 to 4 days, taking your time. i'm also guessing that it would be best to take a coastal route. frankly i don't know what the coastal route to SC looks like, so maybe 3 to 4 days is way off.. does anyone have the urge to set me straight on any of these topics? Well, it's about 50 miles on the coast from SC to Half Moon Bay, another 15 or so miles to Pacifica on the coast. How about that? 65 miles, how long would that take you? In the Tour of California they'd eat that up in 2-3 hours, yeah? If you're going south you're going to be on the cliff side of the road...brrrrrr, gives me the willies just thinking about that drop. Other hand, if you go north you're on the side of the road where you're a target for those giant boulders that roll down from on high...are you sure you wouldn't ride somewhere nice and safe, like downtown San Francisco? ABS |
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bike from oakland to santa cruz and back
joshhh wrote: my (very uneducated) guess is that it will take about 3 to 4 days, taking your time. i'm also guessing that it would be best to take a coastal route. frankly i don't know what the coastal route to SC looks like, so maybe 3 to 4 days is way off.. does anyone have the urge to set me straight on any of these topics? If you are a good endurance rider, a day. At most, 2 days. And the 'coastal route' means getting to the coast at what point in your mind? If it is anywhere north of Pescadero or so, then you would likely be taking BART to at least SF if not Daly City or Colma or Millbrae, all of which would make the distance shorter. If riding the entire distance and you do not want to use BART the best route option would be to ride south to Fremont, take the Dumbarton Bridge across. If you wanted to get to the coast then the best option at that point is to head west and: go up Page Mill Road, continue on Alpine Rd to the intersection with Pescadero Rd. take Pescadero Rd. and then use one of the options to get to Hwy 1 go south from there This route has one big hill, Page Mill and one smaller hill, Haskins Hill on Pescadero Rd. Or you could go further south, go over Hwy 9 and down into Santa Cruz. Or you could go south into Los Gatos, take the Los Gatos Creek Trail to Lexington Res., go around the Resevoir to Old Santa Cruz Hwy, take that to Summit, and use Mt. Charlie Rd. or San Jose-Soquel Rd. to descend down to Santa Cruz. - rick |
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bike from oakland to santa cruz and back
Josh Harrington writes:
my (very uneducated) guess is that it will take about 3 to 4 days, taking your time. i'm also guessing that it would be best to take a coastal route. frankly i don't know what the coastal route to SC looks like, so maybe 3 to 4 days is way off.. I ride to Santa Cruz often, as I did today in beautiful weather with clear skies to the ocean horizon on which four huge container ships headed north. Riding south has two major advantages as I see it. From the right side of the road, you are as close to the ocean as you can get, looking nearly straight down on the surf, and the winds are nearly always from the north. There are a few good food stops, HMB, Gazos Creek, Davenport, and of course Santa Cruz. I make that a round trip from Palo Alto, making it at least 115 miles and 6500 feet of climb. I think any able bodied rider should be able to put away that distance in daylight even on 21 December. Besides, do it now, before the tunnel makes Devil's Slide only a memory, built by the Ocean Shore Railroad: http://tinyurl.com/2xpbw5 Jobst Brandt |
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On Feb 6, 8:35*pm, wrote:
Josh Harrington writes: my (very uneducated) guess is that it will take about 3 to 4 days, taking your time. i'm also guessing that it would be best to take a coastal route. frankly i don't know what the coastal route to SC looks like, so maybe 3 to 4 days is way off.. I ride to Santa Cruz often, as I did today in beautiful weather with clear skies to the ocean horizon on which four huge container ships headed north. *Riding south has two major advantages as I see it. From the right side of the road, you are as close to the ocean as you can get, looking nearly straight down on the surf, and the winds are nearly always from the north. There are a few good food stops, HMB, Gazos Creek, Davenport, and of course Santa Cruz. *I make that a round trip from Palo Alto, making it at least 115 miles and 6500 feet of climb. *I think any able bodied rider should be able to put away that distance in daylight even on 21 December. Besides, do it now, before the tunnel makes Devil's Slide only a memory, built by the Ocean Shore Railroad: http://tinyurl.com/2xpbw5 Jobst Brandt thanks all for the insights.. i think perhaps i'll stay away from the cliffs of the coast and instead try to go all the way down 9. this will by far be the longest ride i've ever attempted. my longest so far has been fremont to hayward at 1 am because i fell asleep on the last bart train. |
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bike from oakland to santa cruz and back
joshhh wrote:
On Feb 6, 8:35 pm, wrote: Josh Harrington writes: my (very uneducated) guess is that it will take about 3 to 4 days, taking your time. i'm also guessing that it would be best to take a coastal route. frankly i don't know what the coastal route to SC looks like, so maybe 3 to 4 days is way off.. I ride to Santa Cruz often, as I did today in beautiful weather with clear skies to the ocean horizon on which four huge container ships headed north. Riding south has two major advantages as I see it. From the right side of the road, you are as close to the ocean as you can get, looking nearly straight down on the surf, and the winds are nearly always from the north. There are a few good food stops, HMB, Gazos Creek, Davenport, and of course Santa Cruz. I make that a round trip from Palo Alto, making it at least 115 miles and 6500 feet of climb. I think any able bodied rider should be able to put away that distance in daylight even on 21 December. Besides, do it now, before the tunnel makes Devil's Slide only a memory, built by the Ocean Shore Railroad: http://tinyurl.com/2xpbw5 Jobst Brandt thanks all for the insights.. i think perhaps i'll stay away from the cliffs of the coast and instead try to go all the way down 9. this will by far be the longest ride i've ever attempted. my longest so far has been fremont to hayward at 1 am because i fell asleep on the last bart train. If it's not too late, I second the coast route. I have done the Santa Cruz-Half Moon Bay century on Hwy 1 and it is a tremendous ride. But as Jobst points out, the wind can be a factor when northbound. Just smile and don't cuss the headwind and hopefully it'll be a tailwind when you turn around. |
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