Autocycleplane
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Please stick around for the weekend and come up after the Rolling Relics SF Ride on Saturday to scenic Marin County on Sunday July 30 for a fun day of vintage bicycle appreciation. The plan is to meet up starting around 10am or so in old town Corte Madera, just 10-15 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge off the 101. There should be plenty of parking on a Sunday morning right around the start spot, but there are lots more spots around the big park just down the road on Tamalpais Drive. You'll pass that park on your right between the 101 and old town Corte Madera.
Start spot: https://goo.gl/maps/2aCGEZzAqcq
Roll out at 10:30. We will spend the next hour and a half or so exploring and stopping for photos (redwoods, bronze Yoda statues, what have you) on our way to Fairfax. There are plenty of side routes along the main bike route with numerous little towns to grab coffee, snacks, etc along the way. Tons of bike shops too if we need one. I'll do my best to guide folks around and make sure everyone has a fun ride and sees cool stuff.
Fairfax, our destination, is the home of local legend and fellow Caber Rudy Contratti. Rudy has lined up a fantastic FREE afternoon for us all at The Marin Museum of Bicycling:
https://mmbhof.org/
Where we will enjoy a FREE BBQ and some beverages both healthy and fermented courtesy of one of the most generous people I have ever met, after which we will get a FREE guided tour of the museum given by at least one and likely more of the original mountain bike pioneers. See, hear and discuss first hand how these guys took now collectable vintage bikes and cobbled them into klunkers and helped invent a world-wide sport that arguably saved the bicycle industry from years of stagnation and non-innovation. Lots of other good stuff in the museum as well, from TOC and high wheelers to a complete evolution of the modern mountain bike.
Did I mention all this food and fun is free yet?
But wait, that's not all. As a final send off, we will check out a few local sights around town and then head over to Rudy's house which is a museum of Americana in and of itself. Every time I go over there I see something amazing I missed the last time. You won't be disappointed I promise.
After that, everyone is on their own to hang around town or roll out. It's probably really only 30-40 minutes to ride back to Corte Madera from Fairfax straight through on an old bike for those of you wondering about timing. Rudy and I will be looking for a rough head count as we get closer, but wanted to get this out there so folks could decide if they want to come and make their arrangements.
Also - Any Cabers not making the SF Ride for whatever reason are of course free to join as well. So come on out all of you North Bay Cabe lurkers and lets go for a ride.
Start spot: https://goo.gl/maps/2aCGEZzAqcq
Roll out at 10:30. We will spend the next hour and a half or so exploring and stopping for photos (redwoods, bronze Yoda statues, what have you) on our way to Fairfax. There are plenty of side routes along the main bike route with numerous little towns to grab coffee, snacks, etc along the way. Tons of bike shops too if we need one. I'll do my best to guide folks around and make sure everyone has a fun ride and sees cool stuff.
Fairfax, our destination, is the home of local legend and fellow Caber Rudy Contratti. Rudy has lined up a fantastic FREE afternoon for us all at The Marin Museum of Bicycling:
https://mmbhof.org/
Where we will enjoy a FREE BBQ and some beverages both healthy and fermented courtesy of one of the most generous people I have ever met, after which we will get a FREE guided tour of the museum given by at least one and likely more of the original mountain bike pioneers. See, hear and discuss first hand how these guys took now collectable vintage bikes and cobbled them into klunkers and helped invent a world-wide sport that arguably saved the bicycle industry from years of stagnation and non-innovation. Lots of other good stuff in the museum as well, from TOC and high wheelers to a complete evolution of the modern mountain bike.
Did I mention all this food and fun is free yet?
But wait, that's not all. As a final send off, we will check out a few local sights around town and then head over to Rudy's house which is a museum of Americana in and of itself. Every time I go over there I see something amazing I missed the last time. You won't be disappointed I promise.
After that, everyone is on their own to hang around town or roll out. It's probably really only 30-40 minutes to ride back to Corte Madera from Fairfax straight through on an old bike for those of you wondering about timing. Rudy and I will be looking for a rough head count as we get closer, but wanted to get this out there so folks could decide if they want to come and make their arrangements.
Also - Any Cabers not making the SF Ride for whatever reason are of course free to join as well. So come on out all of you North Bay Cabe lurkers and lets go for a ride.
Hmm, choices, choices....
