Im off to San Fran, well almost....

[DeSelby]

Hi Guys

I am lucky enough to be going to San Fran in the next few months, I will be landing around 2:30 in the afternoon after a very long flight. Jet lag is not something I am that familiar with so no idea how tired I will be. I do know I am only planning on staying two nights in San Fran and then heading of towards route 66 etc. While in the area I want to ride the Repac, now to show how naive I am and my lack of being able to find the info through Google is the Repac part of Mount Tam? If not would you suggest that I would be better doing one of the routes on Tam?

My girlfriend will be coming on the holiday with me but not coming mountain biking so I only really want to go out on a route that will take say five hours? Maybe that way I can get up at stupid o'clock and get back while she is still asleep.......

So what recommendations do you have for bike hire shops, trails and anything else that I may have forgot.

I also need to work out how to get from San Fran to the mountain.

Thanks

Jamie

 

[MCsanandreas]

So what recommendations do you have for bike hire shops, trails and anything else that I may have forgot.

I also need to work out how to get from San Fran to the mountain.

Thanks

Jamie

i did something similar a few years ago,trouble is cant remember the hire shops name! there are quite a few around the city tho. getting to Marin County is the easy bit,ride across Golden Gate Bridge and you are there.

 

[bikemeister2000]

From the centre of San Francisco to Mt Tam is about 15 miles or so over the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Repak is on Pine Mountain and is a 2 mile screamer.

Try this site for rides in the Mt Tam area. There are many others on the site. Enjoy

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.as ... BGS057-079

 

[bikemeister2000]

For bike hire try Blazing saddles.

http://www.blazingsaddles.com/store/pro ... d=7&pid=30

 

[bikemeister2000]

Finally, if your really going to do this, make sure your travel insurance covers you for it.

Regards

 

[MCsanandreas]

For bike hire try Blazing saddles.

http://www.blazingsaddles.com/store/pro ... d=7&pid=30

thats the firm i used! i can claim to have ridden a Marin in Marin County. they have a good selection of bikes and quite a few shops around the town.

 

[MCsanandreas]

one other thing to remember is that the brakes will be "wrong" front brake left lever,back brake right lever.
needs a bit of thinking about if you are going fast!

 

[Tazio]

one other thing to remember is that the brakes will be "wrong" front brake left lever,back brake right lever.
needs a bit of thinking about if you are going fast!

Yep, I almost unwittingly killed an American I was working with by giving him a loan of a bike in Edinburgh. He went arse over tit in the middle of rush hour traffic. And then blamed me for setting my bike up wrong.

 

[MCsanandreas]

one other thing to remember is that the brakes will be "wrong" front brake left lever,back brake right lever.
needs a bit of thinking about if you are going fast!

Yep, I almost unwittingly killed an American I was working with by giving him a loan of a bike in Edinburgh. He went arse over tit in the middle of rush hour traffic. And then blamed me for setting my bike up wrong.

ooppps! i know some Stateside riders have their bikes set-up same as we do but most of them are motorbikers too as the front brake is righthand there as well.

 

[WD Pro]

Here you go dude : http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ight=marin

Some good info and my pictures are in there

WD