asiamj

Can someone recommend a 50-65 mile loop in the peninsula with not too much elevation? Going riding with a group whose training for the Napa Century.

Thanks!

milliron

AFAIK, you're either going to have elevation change or stop lights.

edit; unless you want to ride back and forth on Foothill/Alameda.

edit2; it's not really a loop, but this is pretty flat and is 50 miles:
https://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=228370

I did something pretty similar to that a bunch this last winter when it was too cold and wet for me in the mountains.

johnny99

Half Moon Bay to Pescadero via Hwy 1 is about 25 miles one-way with only mild hills. You can go back the same way or take Stage Road and some of the other inland roads (a little bigger hills). I think there is a shoulder or bike lane on Hwy 1 for this entire distance (maybe all the way to Santa Cruz).

If you drive up to Skyline (Hwy 35), Hwy 92 to Hwy 9 is 26 miles one-way with mostly gentle hills. Then turn around and go back the same way (alternative routes are much steeper). Some sections don't have a shoulder, but traffic is usually light on weekdays. Weekends can get a little crazy.

The San Francisco Bay Trail is about 40 miles one-way from Millbrae to Alviso. The route is kind of complicated (since there are lots of gaps in the trail), but entirely flat. Most of the route is on off-street multi-use paths (watch out for pedestrians).

asiamj

Thanks for the ideas! I've rode nearby all those areas mentioned and didnt know there were long flat rides. Will definitely check them out. Thanks again.

bjorke

Be aware on the bayfront trail that the path "behind" Moffett Field is gravel. You can loop around it (going southbound) by taking Garcia->Charleston to the Stevens Creekside path, down to Middlefiled and up Mathilda to rejoin the path at Caribbean -- adds time but can save your tires if that's a concern.

BTW, if you go that way, it routes you through the Googleplex, which you can recognize by the many people riding Citizen Bike "Searchers" - aka "Google Bikes" - they look like Citizen Gothams but do not fold, in Google-logo candy colors. A bit of bike tourism....

ericm979

I would not call highway 35 flat. It lacks big climbs but you are almost always going up or down.

johnny99

You're going up and down, but very gradually, except maybe for that slope just north of Skylonda.