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Completely revised and updated, this second edition gives mountain bikers all the information they need to hit the trails of the Bay Area. This handy and complete guidebook details off-road biking areas in San Francisco and adjacent areas, with 45 rides ranging from five to 33 miles. Illustrations & maps.

Covering San Francisco, Sausalito, Tiburon, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Woodside, the Santa Cruz mountains, and the coast, this extensive guidebook highlights a wide range of activities. Thirty-two carefully planned rides include detailed route instructions, maps, elevation profiles, and historical background and points of interest. Illustrations.

Stretching from the Carquinez Strait in the north to Fremont in the south, and from Brentwood and Livermore to San Francisco Bay, the East Bay offers recreational cyclists a spectacular choice of routes and terrains. This newly updated guide's comprehensive list of destinations include the heavily wooded hills above Oakland and Berkeley; orchards and farms around Brentwood; eerie windmills in Livermore; the wetlands around Newark; Danville's dramatic Mt. Diablo; and more. Each ride contains detailed maps, directions with mile markers, elevation profiles, historical background, and points of interest.

Less than an hour from San Francisco, Sonoma County offers tranquil country roads, gently rolling farmland, towering redwoods, lush vineyards, and breathtaking coastline. This stunning variety makes it an ideal cycling venue, and "Sonoma County Bike Trails, " now in its fourth edition, helps both the casual and advanced cyclists make the most of the possibilities, whether for picnic, wine tour, sightseeing, or just an escape. The book contains 29 illustrated bike trips, ranging from 5 to 27 miles and totaling over 500 scenic miles. Also here are mountain bike rides and a specially designed bike route from Cloverdale to Petaluma. Easy-to-challenging self-guided tours, complete with maps, elevation profiles, and photographs, lead riders to lovely, quiet country roads undisturbed by motorists.