San Francisco Trip Thread

[Matthew Strongin]

Sunday start in or near Palo Alto, ride over the hill to Santa Cruz, say hi to Paul (if he is in the shop.... we can ping him before hand), have lunch come back. That takes a while ;-)

I need to end up in Santa Clara...that could work if I headed down early, we rode into the afternoon, and then I'd be close-ish to my hotel for the next couple days.

[boots2000]

I did Railroad grade last Saturday on stock road setup and 23mm tires.

Railroad grade of course has a nice steady gradient. I hear Lionel like riding mixed surfaces, too.

[nrs5000]

I did Railroad grade last Saturday on stock road setup and 23mm tires.

Good fun. All of it?

[joosttx]

I saw two guys riding up railroad grade on unicycles about a month ago.

[nrs5000]

I saw two guys riding up railroad grade on unicycles about a month ago.

Saw a pack of 5 or 6 unicyclists descending Pinehurst over in these parts a couple years ago, at considerable velocity and absurd cadence/leg speed.

[boots2000]

Yes, is all of it considered a lot?
From there I went north and eventually to Mt Vision and took a dirt way down that I have never ridden.

Good fun. All of it?

[nrs5000]

Yes, is all of it considered a lot?
From there I went north and eventually to Mt Vision and took a dirt way down that I have never ridden.

Who am I to say? Sounds like a great ride from where I sit, though.

[joosttx]

Yes, is all of it considered a lot?
From there I went north and eventually to Mt Vision and took a dirt way down that I have never ridden.

Now some parts of that dirt way down has got to be tough on 23's. I love Mt vision.

[boots2000]

We usually go down the way that comes out at Limantour summit.
This time we took a dirt road that took us to a neighborhood and eventually downtown Inverness.

Now some parts of that dirt way down has got to be tough on 23's. I love Mt vision.

[jitahs]

Saw a pack of 5 or 6 unicyclists descending Pinehurst over in these parts a couple years ago, at considerable velocity and absurd cadence/leg speed.

A few years ago we hauled past a unicyclist picking his way down Cinderella, then out climbing some of us up the other side.

[Lionel]

I need to end up in Santa Clara...that could work if I headed down early, we rode into the afternoon, and then I'd be close-ish to my hotel for the next couple days.

Will you be staying in the city or in santa clara sat night ? We can actually start farther south than Palo alto, it makes the ride shorter but still a great ride.

[Matthew Strongin]

Will you be staying in the city or in santa clara sat night ? We can actually start farther south than Palo alto, it makes the ride shorter but still a great ride.

I'll be staying in Larkspur Friday and Saturday night and down in Santa Clara, right next to Levi's Stadium, on Sunday night.

[Lionel]

I'll be staying in Larkspur Friday and Saturday night and down in Santa Clara, right next to Levi's Stadium, on Sunday night.

Logistically I guess checking out Sunday early and starting from the peninsula would be better rather than going back to Marin after the ride.

[Badonkadonk]

I'll be staying in Larkspur Friday and Saturday night and down in Santa Clara, right next to Levi's Stadium, on Sunday night.

dude, eat at Pico in Larkspur
have the sliders
and yes, for the weekend, you have to put up with ridiculous bay area wine snobs who want to be on everyone's list for whatever hot cab or zin or pinot or whatever the fuck is so important these days. that said, if they have a nice merry edwards pinot on the list, goes GREAT with a burger

man, i'm nostalgic for living there already.

[Matthew Strongin]

dude, eat at Pico in Larkspur
have the sliders
and yes, for the weekend, you have to put up with ridiculous bay area wine snobs who want to be on everyone's list for whatever hot cab or zin or pinot or whatever the fuck is so important these days. that said, if they have a nice merry edwards pinot on the list, goes GREAT with a burger

man, i'm nostalgic for living there already.

I'm lovin' all the tips, folks. Why don't you pack up that Time bike and meet us out there for a couple nights.

[Brandon White]

I'm lovin' all the tips, folks. Why don't you pack up that Time bike and meet us out there for a couple nights.

Or just send the Time bike for me to use out there. I'm OK with either.

[Brandon White]

I figured I'd wrap this up with what I ate/drank and confirm that there were some really good suggestions here.

La Taqueria: (the one named La Taqueria - that won best burrito 538). Basic, delicious pork burritos. Crowd is no joke.
Los Coyotes: Pretty good, I wouldn't call it a standard burrito. I had the California. It was good, just not a standard burrito style.
Pizza Delfina in the Mission. Yes. That's how pizza should be.
Pacific Catch: Went to 2 locations, Chestnut and Lincoln. Chestnut location is better atmosphere and food was just barely better. Better "scenery" at Lincoln location.
Woodhouse Fish Co - I went to the one on Filmore. I had a 1/2 dungess crab role and 1/2 lobster role - pretty tasty and I liked the place a lot.
Palmer’s on Filmore - Had my share of cocktails there.
Per Diem - Had a good lunch there - butternut squash soup and roasted beet salad. Tuna tartar open sandwich looked really good too.
Ritual and Blue Bottle - oh hell yeah.
OTD: Great fancy flavor breakfast/brunch.
Sweet Maple: Best standard breakfast. Millionaire's Bacon? Come on!
House of Xian Dumpling: Oh boy - that was a good braised beef soup.

Took in some sweet sites and did a TON of walking. That "heatwave" though - I could have done w/o that. I have enough 80+ days here and wished it was in the 60's the whole time. On the last day, we went to Golden Gate park and I was kind of floored at the wonderful landscape. That region is just amazing.

I didn't go to the Rapha Cycle Club - I wish I did. I walked right past it and didn't realize it, but they were likely closed when I walked past.

I can't wait to go back. Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Matthew Strongin]

I head home tomorrow and I haven't been this bummed to end a trip in a while. 9 full days on the ground, 8 rides, 7 of them awesome. It was great to meet the forumites and turn some online friends to IRL friends. Thanks for all the tips and hospitality. This place is amazing; you guys are lucky.