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(Group touring) Virgin no more

Greg, Jim G and I started riding from the Golden Gate Bridge a little latter than planed, somewhere past 8:15 am. Our route, proposed by Greg, used roads that I am familiar with but rarely ride, quite nice for cycling, with very low car traffic and great scenery.. This is the way we took to Bodega Dunes.

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by Carlos on 05-Sep-07 15:01

The Virgin tourer

For me both Randonneuring and bicycle touring are very similar activities. Last year I played randonneuring mentor by encouraging some friends to test the waters of brevet riding, they liked it. Recently I've been doing the same with bicycle touring. Today two of my cycling friends will be joining me on their first bicycle camping overnighter. I hope they enjoy it the same way I do. I did give them some tips but hope they discover the important details and joys of touring on their own.

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by Carlos on 31-Aug-07 14:07

Overnighter SF - Bodega Dunes

The other day I finally packed away the folding bikes, they've been parked in the living room since we came back from our last tour more than a month ago. For that tour I'd bought a Carradice Trax SQR (Seat Post Quick Release) bag and the hardware was still mounted to the seatpost of my folding bike so I removed it with the idea of using it on another frame. I installed the SQR on my "road bike, my early 90's MTB Miyata, the bike I use for most of my road riding and even in town from time to time.My camping site at Bodega Dunes

Once the bag went on the bike the next thing in my head was "I need to put some stuff in that bag". Yeah an overnight bike camping load would take care of that. As in the past, I selected Bodega Dunes, a camping park with hiker/biker sites (no reservation needed for us and only $3.00!) that is about 75 miles from my door. The wife was going to be out of town for a week so that was a perfect opportunity to go. I woke up very early on Saturday, maybe to early and felt tired from a bad night sleep. Stayed in bed until 8:30 when I decided it was enough, I had to take a shower and go, the bike was packed and ready and calling my name...

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by Carlos on 23-Jul-07 18:03

2006 Overnight Point Reyes' Sky Camp

Ever since I told my wife that I'll be doing an overnight ride to Point Reyes with some bicycle friends I've been thinking it would be nice for the two of us to go on our own overnighter. We haven't done any bicycle touring together since we went to Baja California. Lately, she has been working a lot and the way I see it, anytime is a good time to change the daily routine. Since the weather forecast for the weekend was good I brought up the idea and she was into it, cool. It never takes us much time to get ready to go anywhere, we are used to the quick pack and go so this time would be no different.
The Way to Woodacre
Point Reyes campgrounds are in high demand on Fridays and Saturdays (Reservation is highly encouraged by park rangers) but from Sunday to Thursday it's usually very easy to get a site. One of the benefits of both of us being freelancers is our flexibility with time off, leaving on Sunday returning Monday sounded like a good plan and we would avoid the crowds.

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by Carlos on 27-Sep-06 17:14

Overnighter SF - Bodega Dunes

I do this overnighter most years, it is a far enough from home, and when I get there the beach is waiting. I discovered this park on my way down the West coast on my Seattle to San Francisco tour.

Left a little latter than what I had planned at 7:45 and right away I felt it was going to be a great overnighter.Tocaloma bridge

On the Golden Gate Bridge a rider (Chris?) approach me and we started talking about cycling, my little trip and his past life as a professional bicycle racer, he talked a little to much but the company was welcome. We rode together for a while until he finally left me in San Anselmo. From here I followed the regular bike route to Fairfax and then joined Sir Francis Drake towards  the Samuel P. Taylor park.

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by Carlos on 08-Sep-06 23:15

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