Road biking Guides and Trips

Club ride by the Feather Pedals group in the Valley Spokesmen club.  Starting at Draeger Market in Blackhawk, we rode southeast on Camino Tassajara to Highland Rd. and continued south on Collier Canyon into Livermore.  After riding south through town we stopped at the Starbucks on Vineyard before continuing to Pleasanton where we took the Iron Horse trail to Stoneridge Dr. and then got on the Alamo Creek trail which took us...

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting in San Rafael and riding up Lucas Valley Rd. through Nicasio and then continuing on Pt. Reyes-Petaluma Rd. into Pt. Reyes Station.  After refreshments from the Bovine Bakery we rode past the Pt. Reyes park headquarters, through Olema, and over the hill on Sir Francis Drake Blvd. to Platform Bridge Rd.  From there we returned on the same route as we had come.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at the shopping center at N. Vasco and Scenic and riding up Patterson Pass Rd. over the summit to Midway.  Then we went north to Grant Line Rd. and continued north on Mountain House to Kelso, Bruns, and Cristensen rds. which took us to the north end of Bethany Reservoir.  After a brief stop (no water - just a couple tables and outhouses), we took the path...

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at Heather Farm in Walnut Creek and heading south through the Roundhill, Diablo, and Blackhawk country clubs before continuing through the Windemere development.  We then took the Alamo Creek trail from Dublin back to San Ramon before returning via the San Ramon Valley/Danville Blvd. and the Iron Horse trail.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting in Menlo Park, heading up to Woodside and then Canada Rd. to Crystal Springs Rsvr.  We continued through Highlands Baywood Park into San Mateo, then along the Bay Trail of Foster City and returning via Belmont, San Carlos, and Redwood City.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at Shannon Center in Dublin and riding down to Sunol Regional Park.  We took Foothill on the way down and returned on Pleasanton-Sunol Rd. followed by a stop at the Corner Bakery on Bernal.  From there we took the Alamo Creek and Iron Horse trails back to Dublin.

Club ride by the Feather Pedals group within the Valley Spokesmen.  Today we started at Garre vineyards south of Livermore and climbed a few hills east of town:  Cross Rd., the Flynns, and Carroll before dropping back into town and stopping at the Starbucks on Vasco.  Then we went north of town and headed west on Highland and Manning with a stop at the Feed&Grain store on Carneal.  Sadly the cyclist rest...

Leisurely Valley Spokesmen club ride from Dublin to Danville.  Mainly on the Iron Horse trail on the way out and on San Ramon Valley Blvd. on the way back.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at Livermore Airport and heading north of town on Collier Canyon, Carneal, and Manning rds.  We then returned through town on with a stop at the Starbucks on Vasco and Scenic before continuing to Tesla Rd. and climbing to its summit.  The longer version of the ride continued down into Tracy and returned over Patterson Pass, but the version shown here turned around at the Tesla summit,...

Valley Spokesmen club ride from San Ramon's Central Park through Dublin and Pleasanton to Sunol.  From there we continued down Calaveras to Sunol Regional Park.  Our return route was similar with minor variations and a stop at The Corner Bakery in the shopping center at Bernal and Valley.