Oct
30
2009
East Bay Bike Trails: Road and Mountain Bicycle Rides Through Alameda Counties and Contra Costa (Bay Area Bike Trails)
Posted by Levon in Books
Stretching from the Carquinez Strait in the north to Fremont in the south, and from Brentwood and Livermore to San Francisco Bay, the East Bay offers recreational cyclists a spectacular choice of routes and terrains. This newly updated guide’s comprehensive list of destinations include the heavily wooded hills above Oakland and Berkeley; orchards and farms around Brentwood; eerie windmills in Livermore; the wetlands around Newark; Danville’s dramatic Mt. Diablo; and more. Each ride contains detailed maps, directions with mile markers, elevation profiles, historical background, and points of interest.
Customer Review: Watch Your Back
I have a similar book from a different author; interesting to compare topos and have them be different for the same trail.
Nice organization and nice selction of rides, many I’ve wondered about. No nonsense. However, this author puts you on roads that many local riders consider dangerous as h#ll, without much discussion of car speeds and lack of shoulders. Perhaps things have dramatically changed since the first version, and no ones been noticing back at the ranch. So, my one criticism is you better scout your ride and watch your back - that Yukon driver is talking on the cell phone.
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