South Bay Loop Ride 2010

I used to ride my bike all the time as a kid, but not for particularly long distances. As I got older, I took longer trips, but not as often. The longest was in high school, and Google Maps now tells me that it was about 40 miles. I figure I'm bigger and stronger and more independent now, so I should be able to do a longer ride.

It's fun that there are so many bike paths around the bay. Unfortunately, Google doesn't know that some of them are on private property, so I had to improvise a bit. Stupid Moffett Field.

It is very very flat around the bay (being sea level and all). The only elevation is bridges and underpasses. The Dumbarton Bridge (highway 84) is pretty high, but it's such a gradual rise that I only had to go down a few gears. I was hoping to ride around the Coyote Hills a bit, but I had already had to backtrack enough that I decided to take the shortest way home instead.

The various cities and counties have clear goals to link up as many bike paths and bike lanes as they can. A lot of them are stymied by private property, but they're still doing pretty well.

They just finished the San Tomas/Aquino trail last year. It is nice.

Unfortunately, I forgot to change the batteries in my camera, so I wasn't able to take any other pictures.

My right knee started to hurt after about 20 miles, and it was very unhappy after 55, but it's feeling better now. We'll see about soreness tomorrow.