Originally Posted by
spinnaker
It will be cold and wet. Not a good combo.
Most shoulders are on the coast side of the road plus your views will be better going south. Something to consider.
Not so sure about the weather being bad. If you read through the CGOAB link in my first post, the weather was great the whole time. As for the direction, good point on riding south for a better view and shoulder. That, and the likely wind direction, seems to favor riding south, but I could reverse course on arrival in SF.