[look565]

Im coming to San fran bay area in 4 weeks time from Ireland, bringing my bike along with me as well. Anyone got any recomendations for cycling groups to meet up with, recommended stores and recommended routes to take want to plan my holiday now.

Also looking for accomodation, is Craigslist the best place to look??

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[johnny99]

The "Bay Area" is a pretty large area. Do you have any specific cities in mind?
There are a lot of cycling clubs out here. Are you interested in road racing? Triathlon? Mountain biking? Long distance touring? Recreational road riding?

[msincredible]

Welcome! I had a great time on my bicycling tour in Ireland. :)

For accommodation, depends on what you are looking for. If you want a temporary rental for the 4 weeks, then yes, Craigslist is probably your best bet.

[BlastRadius]

You could meet up with us BF'ers for a ride!
You like hills?

[look565]

The "Bay Area" is a pretty large area. Do you have any specific cities in mind?
There are a lot of cycling clubs out here. Are you interested in road racing? Triathlon? Mountain biking? Long distance touring? Recreational road riding?

sorry, i'll be staying in san fran for up to 3 months, mostly road cycling i'll be doing anything up to a century is what i'll be mainly interested in doing

[look565]

You could meet up with us BF'ers for a ride!
You like hills?

yeah i love hills :) . would be nice to meet up.

[ROJA]

Here are a few places to start:

Group rides and local clubs (including regular weekly rides and big events like centuries) -- http://www.bikecal.com/index.asp#

Great route descriptions, all of which are accessed from public transportation -- http://www.inl.org/bicycle/routes.html

The best source of local biking knowledge and the coolest people -- http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=235

[parity]

sorry, i'll be staying in san fran for up to 3 months, mostly road cycling i'll be doing anything up to a century is what i'll be mainly interested in doing

Here is a route list of rides around the Bay area with distance and elevation gain:

http://bikemaster.home.att.net/routes/index.htm

If you are looking to do any organized centuries you may want to check out this site:

http://www.bbcnet.com/RideCalendar/RideListDate.asp

These are ones which you pay to ride, and there is food and sag support.

[sweetnsourbkr]

Maybe we can meet up and compare LOOKs. ;)

[superunleaded]

Maybe we can meet up and compare LOOKs. ;)

sure. you guys can LOOK. but no staring allowed :D

[taxi777]

yeah i love hills :) . would be nice to meet up.

................. Cead míle fáilte ..............An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?

Let me know, I live in San Francisco, Downtown and do a lot of rides from here during the week and group rides on weekends. NorCal BF group are really a bunch of great people. I'm 2nd generation Irish, I know good people...;) Not sure what that means... but anyway look us up when you get here. BTW what part and city/town are you from

Peter - Devine/Ferguson

[look565]

................. Cead míle fáilte ..............An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?

Let me know, I live in San Francisco, Downtown and do a lot of rides from here during the week and group rides on weekends. NorCal BF group are really a bunch of great people. I'm 2nd generation Irish, I know good people...;) Not sure what that means... but anyway look us up when you get here. BTW what part and city/town are you from

Peter - Devine/Ferguson

I'm from Athlone, Co westmeath