This Sunday, the Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary with a fête and fireworks. To help celebrate, I dug through the Flaming Bike Blog archives for bicycle adventures that began by crossing this gateway to the north.
Read More Golden Gateway to AdventureWhile I wasn’t doing anything radically political this weekend (like smashing the right wing, the 1%, and patriarchy in one swell foop), I did meet a dozen guys, and one gal, for a mountain biking hammerfest at Skeggs Point.
Read More Grrrl gets off the Internet. Rides mountain bike.What better subject of a vision quest than the Mt. Vision Ceanothus? The type locality for Ceanothus gloriosus var. porrectus (the Mt. Vision Ceanothus) hails from the “summit of Pierce Point Hill,” at the tip of the Pt. Reyes Peninsula. Armed with a road bike and a handful of notes scrawled from the herbarium database, I embarked on a botanical quest north.
Read More Mt. Vision Quest“That is not a mountain tandem.” The bike in question had been recently donated to BORP’s Adaptive Cycling Center at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. The shiny blue Trek had flat bars and 26 inch wheels, like you would find on a typical mountain bike. On the other hand, it lacked suspension and sported a set of […]
Read More Tandem Mountain Biking (and Hiking) in Tilden ParkGoogle maps pranked my bike route up Mt. Diablo! I got Legend of Zelda instead of the usual map view. Pedaling up Diablo, I pondered, what is it about 8-bit that puts a flutter in my analog heart?
Read More 8-Bit: A Visual Language of AdventureA round trip summit ride to Mt. Diablo from Pleasant Hill BART puts you 36 miles and 3800 feet of elevation gain closer to leveling up. Better yet, you can’t get Legend of Zelda: Quest for El Diablo at Gamestop or Barnes and Nobles. That’s because Flaming Bikers ride Open Access. Route: My route here ascends […]
Read More Legend of Zelda: Quest for El DiabloMy housemates and their dinner guests drank a 24 pack of lagers yesterday. What luck! After gleefully mangling a half dozen cans, I successfully constructed an ultralight back/bikepacking alcohol stove. This model is called the Hannah stove (PDF instructions here). This variation on the pressurized penny stove does not require any special equipment or glues — just a […]
Read More Flaming Beer Can Stove!Fancy a hot soak after your spin around Marin? Try the hidden hot springs at this wave-washed cove, located just north of San Francisco along coast Hwy 1. During minus tides, a rocky pool at Steep Ravine fills with a salty, sulfury elixir … and long haired locals getting their hot spring fix. Most locals […]
Read More Get Steamy at Steep Ravine Hot SpringsEver heard of Devil’s Slide? This narrow stretch of Hwy 1 is dreaded by local and long-distance bike tourers alike. Don’t let it deter you! For adventures south of San Francisco, local bikers take Old Pedro’s Mountain Road instead. This overgrown fire road climbs the chaparraled slopes of Montara Mountain. Upon reaching the saddle, the […]
Read More Taking the High Road to Half Moon BayThe stunning rock formations at Pinnacles National Monument once formed part of a volcano the size of Mt. St. Helens. This ancient volcano loomed over Southern California and, in the past 22 million years, it has migrated at a rate of ~1 inch per year north along the San Andreas Fault. Today, its eroded flanks lie […]
Read More Bike to Hike: Pinnacles National Monument
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