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08-14-08 | 01:24 PM

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bigbenaugust

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Bikes: 2007 Trek SU100, 2009 Fantom CX, 2012 Fantom Cross Uno, Bakfiets

Will I survive in SF?

Hellow fellow citizens of NorCal...
I'm normally a South Bay guy, but I have to make an extra-special errand run into SF next week (picking up visas at the Brazilian Consulate). One problem is I've never cycled in the city before. So I have some questions:

1) Can anyone recommend me a route from Caltrain to 300 Montgomery? Google maps says going right through the Financial District is the way to go, but I don't know.

2) Or would I just be better off taking Caltrain to Millbrae, locking the bike up there, then taking BART to Montgomery?

3) Convince my wife I won't get run over (either by a car or some hipster on a fixie). Just kidding!

My Nashbar-framed 1x8 is a piece of crap, so I am not so worried about theft, but I'll obviously lock it up to whatever's around like everyone else seems to do when I'm up there.

So anyway, a penny for your thoughts!

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2006 Trek SU100, 2009 Motobecane Fantom CX, 2011 Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno, and a Bakfiets
Previously: 2000 Trek 4500 (2000-2003), 2003 Novara Randonee (2003-2006), 2003 Giant Rainier (2003-2008), 2005 Xootr Swift (2005-2007), 2007 Nashbar 1x9 (2007-2011), 2011 Windsor Shetland (2011-2014), 2008 Citizen Folder (2015)
Non-Bike hardware: MX Linux / BunsenLabs Linux / Raspbian / Mac OS 10.6 / Android 7

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