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Advice: SanFrancisco to Santa Cruz
Hi - I am planning a few days biking from SFO down the coast. I notice
there are hostels at Montara (near Half Moon Bay) and Pidgeon point so I thought I will head in that direction. My question is what is the level of traffic from downtown SFO down to Montara and Pidgeon point taking hwy 1? Is this a route cyclists use or is it not recommended? What is the best route to take from downtown SFO to get onto hwy 1? Does anyone know if its possible to carry a bicycle on a bus back from Santa Cruz to downtown SFO? Approximately how many hours ride is it from downtown SFO to Sant Cruz along hwy 1 for a moderatley fit cyclist? Is it hilly or flat? -thanks in advance for your help.. David |
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Advice: SanFrancisco to Santa Cruz
David Murphy writes:
Hi - I am planning a few days biking from SFO down the coast. I notice there are hostels at Montara (near Half Moon Bay) and Pigeon point so I thought I will head in that direction. My question is what is the level of traffic from downtown SFO down to Montara and Pigeon point taking hwy 1? Is this a route cyclists use or is it not recommended? What is the best route to take from downtown SFO to get onto hwy 1? Start on the Great Highway or Cliff House in SF and head south. Does anyone know if its possible to carry a bicycle on a bus back from Santa Cruz to downtown SFO? No but Santa Cruz buses run north up the coast to Waddell Creek (Big Basin) with bicycle amenities. You're on your own after that. Approximately how many hours ride is it from downtown SFO to Santa Cruz along hwy 1 for a moderately fit cyclist? Is it hilly or flat? SFO is not in downtown SF, it is in Millbrae on the bay side of the peninsula. The ride down the coast is a day trip of about 75 miles and usually goes briskly with a prevailing tailwind except before rainfall, in which case the wind blows northerly. Althoughj predominantly flat, the route has a few hills of which by far the largest is past Devil's Slide shown on this map: http://tinyurl.com/yrbkx http://tinyurl.com/2pj67 http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/streaklines.shtml Jobst Brandt |
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Advice: SanFrancisco to Santa Cruz
Thanks everybody. I appreciate the detailed local knowledge.
-David wrote in message ... David Murphy writes: Hi - I am planning a few days biking from SFO down the coast. I notice there are hostels at Montara (near Half Moon Bay) and Pigeon point so I thought I will head in that direction. My question is what is the level of traffic from downtown SFO down to Montara and Pigeon point taking hwy 1? Is this a route cyclists use or is it not recommended? What is the best route to take from downtown SFO to get onto hwy 1? Start on the Great Highway or Cliff House in SF and head south. Does anyone know if its possible to carry a bicycle on a bus back from Santa Cruz to downtown SFO? No but Santa Cruz buses run north up the coast to Waddell Creek (Big Basin) with bicycle amenities. You're on your own after that. Approximately how many hours ride is it from downtown SFO to Santa Cruz along hwy 1 for a moderately fit cyclist? Is it hilly or flat? SFO is not in downtown SF, it is in Millbrae on the bay side of the peninsula. The ride down the coast is a day trip of about 75 miles and usually goes briskly with a prevailing tailwind except before rainfall, in which case the wind blows northerly. Althoughj predominantly flat, the route has a few hills of which by far the largest is past Devil's Slide shown on this map: http://tinyurl.com/yrbkx http://tinyurl.com/2pj67 http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/streaklines.shtml Jobst Brandt |
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Advice: SanFrancisco to Santa Cruz
Ken wrote in message ...
wrote in news:BmHxc.15988$Fo4.210812 @typhoon.sonic.net: Does anyone know if its possible to carry a bicycle on a bus back from Santa Cruz to downtown SFO? No but Santa Cruz buses run north up the coast to Waddell Creek (Big Basin) with bicycle amenities. You're on your own after that. Another option is to ride your bike from Santa Cruz over to San Jose or Gilroy and catch Caltrain back to SFO or SF. San Jose has much more frequent train service, but the ride is a little hillier. See www.caltrain.org for schedules and fares. OK, if you have enough time, and do not mind the hills (I don't ... I ride them several times/week). But I would not ride down to SJ or Gilroy. Gilroy has very limited train service, and it is a pain to get to the station in SJ - too much city riding for my taste. I would get to Summit take Summit/Skyline to Page Mill, and make my way to either California St. station or downtown Palo Alto station. The non-riding alternative is to take the VTA bus #970 (http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_970.html) from Santa Cruz to the SJ CalTrain station. Each bus has room on the front for two bikes. The older CalTrain trains carry 32 bikes on the northernmost car; the newer trains carry 16. Either should work outside commute hours, where sometimes the bike car gets a bit crowded. - rick |
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