Cycling the outer limits: Pedaling around San Francisco's edge is a good way to spend a day


	Cycling the outer limits: Pedaling around San Francisco's edge is a good way to spend a day
Lexica
10-22-2009 4:45 PM
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bikes, bicycling, bike-tours, san-francisco, rides-to-do
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10-22-2009 5:05 PM
chestnut501
There's a lot of towns and cities that have a nice waterfront where people could bike.....of course, there's only one San Francisco.
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take it all in than via a bicycle tour of the city's outer edge.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/11/SP229802.DTL"><P>This classic, urban road-warrior bike adventure is accessible, yet 
challenging. Nearly continuous bike lanes grant 35-40 miles of stunning 
scenery around the circumference of town.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/11/SP229802.DTL"><P>The guiding principle is simple: Stick as close to the water's edge as 
possible. End up back where you started.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/11/SP229802.DTL"><P>There are some downers, including occasional brushes with fast traffic. But 
any experienced road rider should be able to handle this trip with ease.
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city, including not just the tourist-drenched downtown and Golden Gate 
stretches, but also the grittier, industrial parts of town.
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