Bay Area (San Jose) California Family Safe Bike Rides

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Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 2.0 miles / 3.2 km
Duration: 1-3 hours

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All individual trips and trails are in the Other Resource Area to your right and down.
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Our Goal here is to put all our Proven Safe & Enjoyable Bike Rides into one place. We'll never forget the day we discovered no one bothered to do it for this heavily populated area when we 1st looked for safe biking areas in late 2008. We firmly believe in being part of the solution, and here is what we have so far. Keep Riding......Lets all enjoy our Earth before it or us are gone for good. (It's only a matter of TIME after all.)
Hope to see all of you out on the trails soon.
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Highly Suggest clicking on the San Jose and San Francisco Destinations in the Other Resources Area On right side of this Page. Click on the activity you like just right of the photos once the destination page comes up.
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You are going to love it.....
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Please download the info in any form you like.
It is the reason we log it for everyone to enjoy.
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All Trips at
http://www.everytrail.com/et_network_link.php?user_id=85460
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Tips: :
After you enjoy the Everytail Presentation you might want to Download it to Google Earth 3D using the Open download. Download to Google Earth in 3D is normally on right side of Everytrail pages. You must be a FREE member to see it.
Now set up your Touring Options in GE-3D as follows for best results. (Need only do this once.)
It is within the Tools/Option/Touring Tab section.
Time Detween Features 2.0 to 4.0 Secs (Time between photo.
Wait Betwenn Features 4.0 to 6.0 Secs (Photo up Time)
Check "Fly Along Lines"
Check "Show Balloon when waiting at Features"
Camera Tilt Angle: 71 Degrees or so
Camera Range: 225-250 Meters or so
Speed: 100-200 (Can incease speed via >> play button later.)
Apply and OK it.
In your Places section in Google Earth under Temporary folder you should see your downloaded everytrail trip.
Expand it (+) and Click on the Track folder and then the small little folder icon that is at bottom right of the Places Section. (The Magic Google Button no one seems to knows about.) AND WALA The Play bar will show up in GE-3D Map.
Google Earth will Fly you right along the trail as if you where in a small flying craft just above the trail path you selected. Click the fast forward to go thru it faster.
You can Pause, look around and click Play to continue.
Have only the Roads and Terrain checked in the Layers Section selected. Also use your Full screen (F11) for full enjoyment.
It is so cool to check out.

Bet you will love it

Points of Interest

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Alameda Creek Trail

One of the best trails around. Well worth the drive out to the Start point. It's a long ride, figure about 3-4 hr. Approx 24 miles. The Winds can be heavy going out to the Bay, but remember those same winds will push ya back home.

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Dumbarton Bridge Crossing

This is a nice long run across the bridge and march land. The slope is just about perfect for good exercise.

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Alviso Loop

This is one ride you have to do early in the morning before the winds come up. It's 9 mile around the loop. Look for the old boats.

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Foothill Exp Bell Loop

This is a Favorite Stanford Student Cycling ride.
It's just about right for anyone. Some climbing, but most can handle it well. The Stanford Disk is in the middle top of the bell. Some groupd do this loop several times a week.

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Palo Alto Baylands and Airport Loop

If you like small Airplanes you will like this loop. Also a great view of the Dumbarton Bridge from this area. The dirt part of the trail is a little rough on the bum, butt all in all not bad. Plus you can take in the Mission Peak area Foothills across the bay.

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Paddle Boat Campers (Santiago Villa Mobile Home Park, California, United States) Photo

$80x120\' Wind Tunnel Photo$

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Shoreline South Trail Ride

A nice ride along the Moffet Air Station and Field. With the Nasa center. The large hangers are always interesting to see from different angles. Plus the Blimp rides take off from here. Then you have the Shoreline Lake to stop at for a row boat work out. My wife always likes this ride.

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McCarty Ranch Trail

This Trail runs along 237 EastBound and up along 880 behind the Mc Carty Ranch Plaza and the Milpitas Walmart.

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Los Gatos Creek Trail

One of our favorites. We always park by the Los Gatos Park by Dell Ave. Lots of Street parking avail in the area. You can take this ride Left or Right from the Loas Gatos Park. You can even ride up to the Lexington Reservoir. One heck of a Steep climb right before the Reservoir Dam. (But you CAN DO IT!) The KFC at the North End is the turn around spot.

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Alamitos Creek Trail

Some of this Trail/Park is Closed on Mondays.
Part Park Bike Trail and Part Residental Area ride.
Later we expanded this ride to the Santa Teresa Country Park Loop. A Nice change of pass ride. Check out the Almaden Lake (Highest Mercury Content in the state.) They say it is safe however. Also work out stations along this trail. Would make for a nice jog also.

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Santa Teresa Mountain Loop

This is nice to do in the CCW direction. The climb is slow and steady that way instead of the big steep climb gon CW. Some bikers actually challenge themselves on the steep climb.