Now in its third edition, Bay Area Bike Rides has proven an invaluable resource to bike riders throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. A collection of 51 scenic and exhilarating rides in the Bay Area-updated with 13 new rides, additional images, and all in a more compact and portable size-Bay Area Bike Rides offers superbly detailed maps, handy mileage logs, and thorough descriptions of the terrain and points of interest along each trail. Magnificent ocean views, stately redwood forests, and numerous public parks and recreation sites make the San Francisco Bay Area a bicyclists dream. Everyone from beginners to experienced cyclists will find Bay Area Bike Rides an indispensable guide to making the most of recreational cycling in the Bay Area all year round.
50 bike rides for every kind of cyclist completely revised and updated! This revised and updated edition of the classic Bay Area Bike Rides Deck offers brand new ways to explore the natural beauty and hidden gems of the San Francisco Bay Area. The deck includes 50 cards comprised of mountain, road, and casual bike rides, with routes for every kind of cyclist, from the less experienced to the ambitious. • The deck contains 50 ride cards plus one quad-fold intro card. • Each card features a full-color map on the front and a route description and detailed mileage log on the back. • Cards are lightweight, durable, portable, and sweat-resistant, and fit in a bike jersey pocket. • Compared with the original edition, this deck includes 20 new rides and essential updates to existing routes. • A perfect gift or self-purchase for casual or dedicated bikers, whether they are Bay Area locals or tourists Ray Hosler rides his bicycle as a way of life—for commuting, grocery shopping, and recreation. A former bicycle columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, he lives and cycles in Silicon Valley.
In the mid-1980s Ray Hosler wrote a weekly bicycle column for the San Francisco Chronicle, a time of dramatic improvements in bicycle technology, as well as the arrival of Greg LeMond on the bike racing scene. Northern California was at the heart of this bicycle renaissance that spawned talented racers and introduced the mountain bike. Includes nearly every column and 22 photos. Includes index.
Sixteen years after the gold rush, California underwent a social and cultural transformation with the influx of Chinese workers to build the transcontinental railroad. They filled the ranks of the Anglo-Americans. Together they risked everything battling the elements in the high Sierra while laying track. China Grade is the story of two Chinese brothers and a Cornish family searching for a better tomorrow. Their lives, hopes, and dreams cross paths in unexpected ways. This novel is an insightful historical account wrapped around a love story. It breathes life into the people who built the Overland Route as it delves into the motivations and challenges they faced - physical and cultural - working for the Central Pacific Railroad. This is the first book in a trilogy. Book two, Wrights, was published in 2018.
Desperate to find an experienced blaster, the owners of the South Pacific Coast Railroad turn to the Chinese for help. Chen, veteran transcontinental railroad blaster at the Donner Summit tunnel, agrees to return to his old job, with conditions. During the arduous four-year nightmare to drill and blast four tunnels through the Santa Cruz Mountains, he faces racial discrimination, unsafe working conditions and other unimagined dangers. Wrights is the second novel in a trilogy, after China Grade.
This 556-page book delves into all aspects of cycling in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2009-2019. The book is divided into six sections: People, Equipment, Repairs, Tours, Racing, Politics, Commuting & Safety, News, Health, and there is a 16-page index.
After his wife suffers a serious injury in a train wreck, Chen must find a place to live in Santa Cruz. He lands a job at Powder Works, where workers risk their lives manufacturing gunpowder. During their years in Santa Cruz, the unusual couple confront discrimination, catastrophic fires, and help introduce surfing to the thriving seaside community. Powder Works is the third novel in a trilogy, after Wrights and China Grade. The complete trilogy is available as a Kindle ebook called Broken Tools.
Be aware the type size is 10 point, which may be too small for some readers. This book is a compilation of a trilogy that describes the lives of a Chinese and Cornish family in 19th century America, including China Grade, Wrights, Powder Works. The text is exactly the same, but packaged into a single volume. The books are available individually (12 point type) in paperback on Amazon.
Compilations of ride reports, history, and photos of rides with Jobst Brandt from 1980 to 2007. There is overlap of content with Once Upon a Ride, but both publications stand on their own. You can purchase this edition if you're on a budget.
Tab Huntsman, aspiring reporter and cyclist, wrangles an invitation to a seven-day bicycle race in San Francisco in the year 1889. He convinces the race director to include upcoming amateur racer Gary Mandrel. Both riders will use new safety bikes, built by a local frame builder. They are up against professionals riding highwheelers. Three women are also entered, and they have a 100-mile handicap. And so begins a week-long event on an indoor track, filled with skullduggery, crashes, drugs, cheating, and cutthroat competition. Who will win the $1000 prize and the glory that goes with it? If you find a typo, you receive a $10 Amazon gift certificate.
A compendium of bike rides in the San Francisco Bay Area with Jobst Brandt and friends from 1980-2007. Detailed ride accounts and photos taken during the rides. Updated August 11, 2018, to clear up remaining typos.
Explores the world of bicycling, discussing how to buy a bike, and explains cycling skills, the rules of the road, clothing and equipment, road repairs, and maintenance
Now in its third edition, Bay Area Bike Rides has proven an invaluable resource to bike riders throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. A collection of 51 scenic and exhilarating rides in the Bay Area-updated with 13 new rides, additional images, and all in a more compact and portable size-Bay Area Bike Rides offers superbly detailed maps, handy mileage logs, and thorough descriptions of the terrain and points of interest along each trail. Magnificent ocean views, stately redwood forests, and numerous public parks and recreation sites make the San Francisco Bay Area a bicyclists dream. Everyone from beginners to experienced cyclists will find Bay Area Bike Rides an indispensable guide to making the most of recreational cycling in the Bay Area all year round.
50 bike rides for every kind of cyclist completely revised and updated! This revised and updated edition of the classic Bay Area Bike Rides Deck offers brand new ways to explore the natural beauty and hidden gems of the San Francisco Bay Area. The deck includes 50 cards comprised of mountain, road, and casual bike rides, with routes for every kind of cyclist, from the less experienced to the ambitious. • The deck contains 50 ride cards plus one quad-fold intro card. • Each card features a full-color map on the front and a route description and detailed mileage log on the back. • Cards are lightweight, durable, portable, and sweat-resistant, and fit in a bike jersey pocket. • Compared with the original edition, this deck includes 20 new rides and essential updates to existing routes. • A perfect gift or self-purchase for casual or dedicated bikers, whether they are Bay Area locals or tourists Ray Hosler rides his bicycle as a way of life—for commuting, grocery shopping, and recreation. A former bicycle columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, he lives and cycles in Silicon Valley.
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