I haven’t been able to find any good mountain biking yet, so I have taken to getting on the road by taking Alex’s bike, squeezing into some Lycra and riding west.
Palo Alto is impressively setup for road cyclists. There are plenty of bike lanes. The traffic lights can sense bikes waiting, and the Santa Cruz mountains between here and the coast have a multitude of low traffic cycling loops. I have a couple ridden and mapped out:
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I plan to join a group ride at 6:30am tomorrow morning. (Now that I’ve posted it, I have to do it, right?) The pros may laugh at my borrowed girl’s bike, mountain-bike apparel and lack of peleton savvy, but when it comes to that first climb…
I would love to do the Half Moon Bay ride. I’m trying to get out there for a conference on 5/3-5/5. We’ll probably come for the weekend. I’ll keep you posted.
How did you go in the group ride?
Still working on it