Other Northern and Central California Series
We are working cooperatively with other groups promoting brevets in the region. These groups offer alternative dates for several events. RUSA has authorized the following series in Northern and Central California:
Santa Cruz Randonneurs
Santa Rosa Cycling Club
Other California and West-Coast Randonnering Groups
B.C. Randonneurs
Davis Bike Club
Oregon Randonneurs
San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club
Seattle International Randonneurs
Lodging
In general most of the Motels located on Lombard Street between Van Ness and Divisadero are decent places to stay. They are about 2-3 miles from the starting point of most SFR brevets. Most if not all of those motels have parking lots, it is very easy to ride form there to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Here are some of the places riders have used in the past:
Travelodge at the Presidio San Francisco $89 AAA rate (Jan, 2008)
View a Google map with turn by turn directions from Lombard St @ Lyon to the start of most SFR events, the Strauss Statue at the South end of the GGB or follow this simple instructions:
Hotels.com
Priceline.com
Places to eat or have a beer after the event
Places to eat (or have a beer) IN the Presidio (A bowling alley, a french restaurant and more)
Liverpool Lil (next to Curbside Cafe another decent place for food )
Curbside Too (unfortunately broken website most of the time)
San Francisco Area Bicycle Maps
(Free Download)
Marin County Bicycle Coalition's Marin Bicycle Map
San Francisco Bike Map
Google Maps(Online Mapping)
Google Earth (Free Desktop Mapping Software)
bikely.com (Nice use of Google Maps for mapping Bicycle Routes)
routeslip.com (Better use of Google Maps for mapping Bicycle Routes)
(Commercial Products)
Krebs Maps
Weather Forecasts for the San Francisco Bay Area
WeatherUnderground (Lots of historical data and maybe the best animated radar)
Forecastfox (Toolbar/Statusbar Weather add-on for Firefox browser, highly recommended!)
Golden Gate Bridge Webcam (One thing is to read about weather conditions, another to see it)
Transporting/Storing your Bicycle
San Francisco Int'nal Airport Bicycle Parking Free valet parking for your bike. Up to 14 days!
Ohter Epic Events
Epic events are cyclotouring events that provide great physical challenge, scenery and camaraderie. We wish to recognize those events that embody these traits and have a established a reputation through successful promotion. Participation in an international cyclotouring event like Paris Brest Paris provide opportunities to meet cyclotourists from all over the world. It fosters an awareness of and appreciation for activities beyond American boundaries. To help you become aware of these events we are providing names, descriptions and links (where known) of events we consider epic (randonneuring based events and others). We welcome suggestions for expanding this page.
Paris Breast Paris (PBP)
Gold Rush Randonnee
Boston Montreal Boston
Last Chance Randonnee
California Triple Crown Events
Raid Pyrenee
L'Eroica
End to End - Lands End to John O'Groats
Diagonales
Brevet De Randonneur Des Alpes
Alpenbrevet
Governing Organizations
Randonneurs USA
Randonneurs Mondiaux
Audax-Club Parisien