Devoted campers, hikers, boaters, anglers, bikers, and golfers agree: Foghorn Outdoors guidebooks are essential for anyone who wants to spend less time planning and more time enjoying the outdoors. Each book is an excursion guide packed with the latest information on a variety of adventures near and far. Foghorn Outdoors: Northern California Biking lists 150 of the most scenic routes in regions such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Mendocino, Wine Country, Tahoe, Yosemite, and Big Sur. It includes rides for mountain bikers, road cyclists, and recreational riders of all abilities, including those pulling trailers or sporting training wheels. Each route is rated for level of difficulty, terrain, mileage, estimated riding time, and elevation gain and every ride description includes a route map, elevation profile, and a black & white photo. Mile-by-mile route details include where to stop for water, groceries, cafes, picnics, parks, short hikes, historic sites, and more. Additional advice includes tips on equipment and clothing, rules of the road and trail, bike maintenance tips, and a listing of regional bike shops. Acclaimed outdoor expert Ann Marie Brown holds a master's degree in journalism from Stanford University and teaches courses in kinesiology at San Francisco Stale University.
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This book organizes all of its road rides and off-road rides together in 8 geographic areas in Northern California, and includes difficulty ratings, distance, time, elevation profile, map, directions and useful descriptions for each ride. What I like best is the author's lists of "best" bike rides in 12 different categories, such as Best Oceanfront Rides, Best Rides for Wildlife Viewing, and Best Rides to Waterfalls, among others. It covers more routes than any other bike guide I've seen or owned.
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I am an avid biker (http://www.sujee.net/outdoors/biking/) and this book has found a permanant place in my camel-back! I have read/bought my share of biking books in Northern california. But I liked this one better b/cA) rides are clearly classified mountain or road : this seems trivial, but more than once I had turned up to a trail with my road bike, just to find out the trail is not paved / dirt. B) Every ride has clearly marked 'how to get there' 'difficulty' and 'elevation maps', etc. C) All rides are neatly catogorized into locations and a very easy to use reference / Table of Contents D) Plenty of rides for every level. Most of them have a little 'insider tips' as well.
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Gobs of information! This book didn't leave me on an abandoned trial that is blocked by a new housing development like SOME BOOKS. Recommended!
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Whether your tastes run to fat tires or skinny tires, Campagnolo or Rockshox, the San Francisco Bay Area is an undisputed mecca for cyclists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
car traffic difficulty, miles riding time, dirt road difficulty, bike path difficulty, demonstration state forest, paved recreation trails, route directions, mile option, hour elevation gain, dirt loop, trail paved roads, left turnoff, mountain bike park, trail dirt road, walk your bike, drive one mile, loop ride, lookout road, driving directions, entrance kiosk, easy cruise, old railroad grade, drive three miles, ridge trail, dirt parking area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Forest, Big Sur, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, Santa Cruz, Bear Valley, Foghorn Outdoors, June Lake, Skyline Boulevard, Golden Gate Bridge, Half Moon Bay, East Bay, Mount Tamalpais, Sacramento River, Old Haul Road, Mount Diablo, Bolinas Ridge, Point Arena, Tahoe City, Tennessee Valley, American River, Fallen Leaf Lake, Forest Service, Fern Canyon Trail, Lower Rock Creek New!
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Whether your tastes run to fat tires or skinny tires, Campagnolo or Rockshox, the San Francisco Bay Area is an undisputed mecca for cyclists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
car traffic difficulty, miles riding time, dirt road difficulty, bike path difficulty, demonstration state forest, paved recreation trails, route directions, mile option, hour elevation gain, dirt loop, trail paved roads, left turnoff, mountain bike park, trail dirt road, walk your bike, drive one mile, loop ride, lookout road, driving directions, entrance kiosk, easy cruise, old railroad grade, drive three miles, ridge trail, dirt parking area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Forest, Big Sur, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, Santa Cruz, Bear Valley, Foghorn Outdoors, June Lake, Skyline Boulevard, Golden Gate Bridge, Half Moon Bay, East Bay, Mount Tamalpais, Sacramento River, Old Haul Road, Mount Diablo, Bolinas Ridge, Point Arena, Tahoe City, Tennessee Valley, American River, Fallen Leaf Lake, Forest Service, Fern Canyon Trail, Lower Rock Creek New!
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- Half Moon Bay by Meryl Sawyer on page 24, and page 105
- Ice Cream on page 202, and page 203
- River Road (Callahan Brothers Trilogy) by JoAnn Ross on page 182
- The Lost Lake (Houghton Mifflin Sandpiper Books) by Allen Say on page 309
- Mountain View by Virginia Pinchbeck Anderson on page 162
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- Foghorn Outdoors 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area by Ann Marie Brown in Front Matter
- Moon Handbooks Yosemite by Ann Marie Brown in Front Matter
- Foghorn Outdoors Easy Hiking in Southern California by Ann Marie Brown in Front Matter
- Foghorn Outdoors Bay Area Biking: 60 of the Best Road and Trail Rides by Ann Marie Brown in Front Matter
- Foghorn Outdoors California Waterfalls: More Than 200 Falls You Can Reach by Foot, Car, or Bike by Ann Marie Brown in Front Matter
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