Great biking/hiking maps/books - seeking recommendations

[katycat]

Hi. I just bought a used recumbent trike. I totally love it! I've never ridden a bike before.

Can you recommend a great hiking/biking book and/or map for Santa Rosa and Sonoma County in general?

Thanks!

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[msincredible]

Not a book, but this website is my favorite for finding hikes.
http://www.bahiker.com/

And this looks like a good resource for bike maps.
http://bikesonoma.org/Bike_Maps.htm

Oh and congrats on the new trike! Feel free to share some pictures of it. :D

[tprevost]

not a book but.... there are some good routes on the srcc site:

http://www.srcc.memberlodge.com/Default.aspx?pageId=68595

[ConstantRider]

Try Northern California Biking: 150 of the Best Road and Trail Rides (http://www.amazon.com/Foghorn-Outdoors-Northern-California-Biking/dp/1566914221/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203279374&sr=1-16). It has maps, elevation profiles, and route sheets, and I've found it to be pretty accurate on the few rides I've done from it. The same author has written a bunch of books on NorCal hiking too.

[jeph]

Yes, I highly recommend the SoCo bike coalition map. I think you can get it at most bike shops. I bet they will have it at their booth downtown today at the big event.

Jeff