Well, Torsten and I finally pulled off the ultimate - and I mean ultimate - urban adventure ride.
The ride was initially inspired by a lucky, banked turn on a United Airlines flight that hung me directly over Guadalupe Canyon.
Yeah, I know - I hadn't heard of it either. But, for the uninitiated, Guadalupe Canyon is a beautiful stretch of carless road that climbs out of downtown Daly City up the side of San Bruno Mountain. It's also completely invisible from any direction - except the sky.
So this flight gave me a bird's-eye view of a way to ride across the entire SF peninsula without having to deal with any traffic. I made a mental note of the location, pulled up my handy google maps, and figured out how to get there:
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The ride's got all the makings of a California classic: forest, beach, cliffs, mountain, urban jungle, parks, industrial wasteland, dirt singletrack, ballparks, sketchy 'hoods, and food - all in a single 40-mile cruise.
Definitely worthy of a repeat performance.
