Road biking Guides and Trips

The Kern River Bike Trail is a nice paved recreation trail that does not cross any streets through the western half.  We rode the eastern half a few months before (see http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2015127). We started at the nice parking lot at the western end, just a mile from I5 on route 43.  Most of this ride is away from it all with just fields and the dry riverbed.  At the eastern part of this...

This ride covered the eastern half of the Kern River Trail.  Two months later we did the western half of the Kern River Trail (see http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2074359).   This is the part through Bakersfield.  It goes through oil fields, along canals, and the Kern River.  There are parts that have been recently re-done with interpretive signs. We parked at Yokuts Park which is very nice, and good trail access.  There are many other good places to park...

This bike ride is all on paved bike paths.  I rode BART to the Pleasant Hill BART station which is right next to the trail.  There are a number of other trails connecting to these trails, but most are dirt.  The Iron Horse trail is a major connecting trail, and the trail that actually goes by the BART station.

The Sawyer Camp Trail is very popular, especially along Crystal Springs Reservior.  The San Andreas Trail is not as popular as it goes more along the road rather than the reservior.  Both have fences to keep people out of the reserviors.  Parking is along the road at Crystal Springs reservior and along the road.  We had to park 1/4 mile up the road as it was that busy when we got there...

We have ridden the Alameda Creek trail many times.  This is the first time we have taken the GPS when we rode the entire way from Niles Canyon to the bay and back.  Often we ride to the bay, then ride south along the levees of the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge.  We could not ride the refuge levees this day as they were too muddy to ride from the rain the day...

This ride took me on a number of short trails in Pleasanton and Dublin.  I also connected to the Iron Horse Trail and did the Southern 7 miles of it.  Two days later I did the northern Section of the Iron Horse Trail along with the West half of the Contral Costa Canal Trail.  All of the trails in this ride were paved except the eastern sections of the Arroyo Del Valle...

The Sacrament River Trail in Redding is one of the nicest paved bike trails starting from a big city in Northern California.  There is a mix of trails on this ride, but the main ride is up the Sacramento River to the Lake Shasta Dam.  After the main ride we rode some of the trails around the river parks in Redding.  This ride include 2 interesting bridges across the Sacramento River (the...

This is a premier rail trail.  Paved and scenic through the forest with one very large rail road trestle crossing (just before Mile 7 and the Buxton Trail Head).  Mile 5 to mile 16 are the best miles of the trail as you are away from civilization going through the forest in a state park. Web site link for trail: http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_145.php There is a bike store that I believe rents bikes in Banks right by the...

This is a must do bike trail for anyone with a bike in the area.  The state spent a ton of money resurfacing the old highway, restoring the tunnels, making a cement roof above the trail below a loose rock ledge to protect people from falling rock, making view points, trailheads, and other features.  We went in the fall, so the fall colors were showing off.  Between the trail, the scenery, and...

These paved bike paths (and one mile on quiet neighborhood streets as part of the Springwater Corridor Trail, and a block connector on quiet streets) are mostly downtown Portland along the river.  The southern part of the ride is on the Springwater Corridor, the northerner part of the ride is on the Eastbank Esplanade.  The Springwater Corridor goes about another 20 miles to the town of Boring, see our ride the day...