2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Stefan Mikes]

Oh, NY Knicks defeated again

 

[Chargeride]

This is the street where Tony Blairs wife was born, Cherie Blair

The park across the road is suffering a lawn mower shortage

The railway line is behind me here

Everyone hears the tyres

Showing off to10yr olds..grow up man.

Waiting for the shot, might need waders

Keep the enemy closer

Man melancholing

Warm welcome, licked by a disabled dog

The wind was insane, in turbo just to move.

Surely assembled by a human.

I had two pints of cider and my wheezing to get up here made me giggle

This is a merseyrail advert for holding hand rails, they need to let the Beatles go.

I rented here in the 90s with my hottest girlfriend evah, it was a dump back then, the door fell off one day

Sky was getting crazy

I went for Honey Halloumi and chips.

Splendid day out

 

[edobici_forza]

haven't done one of these rides outside the city in quite a while. it was really nice to get out there, even if i a little bittersweet that i used to do these roads faster and without a motor

the route. about 48 miles and 4,000 feet. it was a calm, perfect morning, warm in the sun and a little cool in the shade.

it was a really nice ride. i took it very easy for the most part, averaging a little over 15mph and with the bike doing about 30% of the work of the whole ride. use around two thirds of the battery.

Great Marin ride @mschwett ! It's beautiful up there!

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I rented here in the 90s with my hottest girlfriend evah, i

For $450 (the cost of the range extender I've been putting off), I'll back you up when you explain to your wife that you meant, of course, the "hottest girlfriend evah besides my gorgeous missus".

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

haven't done one of these rides outside the city in quite a while. it was really nice to get out there, even if i a little bittersweet that i used to do these roads faster and without a motor

the route. about 48 miles and 4,000 feet. it was a calm, perfect morning, warm in the sun and a little cool in the shade.
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we start near the sleepy town of ross, median home price $4,000,000.
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after a quick roll through san anselmo and fairfax, we start going up the first climb, around 600 feet. later in the day this climb can get brutally hot, no issues today.
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at the top of this one, ready for a long gradual descent towards one of my favorite roads ever.
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things have fully dried out here, in "golden" state mode.
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classic northern california scenery.
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before entering the forest, a quick stop to finish my gatorade.
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sir francis drake road through samuel taylor park is one of the nicest places you can ride a bike, flowy, smooth, surrounded by redwoods.
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a little cool, and no traffic.
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once you pop out, around 5 miles later, there's a short steep-ish climb into the open coastal landscape.
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and after dropping down past the tiny town of olema, i turned south to take CA route 1 towards stinson beach. this is one of my least favorite stretches of road, some nice live oaks but annoying rollers that are sometimes a little too steep on the up, and the occasional misbehaved motorist.
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but we're at the end of this section, about to turn left and go up over those hills.
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quick break.
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looks more comfortable than it would be.,
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time to climb. about a 1500 foot climb in a bit over 4 miles, it's rarely steeper than 10%, but lots of 8% sections and few if any flat spots.
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i really like this "climbing" screen in my ride app, gives you a clear idea how much longer you've got, how relatively steep the part you're on and about to on is, and so on.
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still going!
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and made it to the top for a quick break back under the redwoods.
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i think about 50000000 cyclists have taken this picture
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no photos of the descent, because it's steep, windy, a little rough, and would be totally unsafe to take a hand off the hoods. but at the midway point down, have to stop and admire alpine lake on a glassy day.
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water levels are good.
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couldn't really capture the odd sensation of looking over the edge at the low side of the dam / spillway.
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looking back where we came, can confirm the sign.
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but now we're going back up, and after a few miles we can see where we were.
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and after some more windy descending, including a few incredibly fun smooth flowy fast sections, a quick stop for a soda. i am pretty sure putting a diet dr pepper in your cage is not UCI approved.
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it was a really nice ride. i took it very easy for the most part, averaging a little over 15mph and with the bike doing about 30% of the work of the whole ride. use around two thirds of the battery.

Those photos bring back very fond memories of my MTB days in Marin, way back in the Late Bronze Age. West Marin's a very special place. Used to meet a buddy in Ross for our West Marin rides.

 

[Chargeride]

Its ironic that our first singletrack mtb centre was named Marin after the brand sponsored the trail.
Its changed to a Welsh name, but we still call it Marin