Bike SF: Long ride around SF (San Francisco & Golden Gate Bridge)

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10 жыл бұрын

2013-10-02 : From the FiDi along the bay to the Golden Gate Bridge over to Marin and to the Mission. 19.3 miles; 1 hour, 42 minutes.
(2019 updated ride: • Bike the Golden Gate B... )
Route: drive.google.com/open?id=1buX...
Start in 100 California coming out of the back (to a concert across the street) on Sacramento St, Front St, Clay St, Drumm St, Washington St, to the Embarcadero along the bay through Jefferson St along Fisherman's Wharf, Aquatic Park, Fort Mason to Marina Blvd and Mason St in the Presidio. Past bits of park closed due to the government shutdown along Crissy Field.
Over to and up Crissy Field Ave to the Battery East Trail (with another road, Long Ave, closed due to government shutdown) and onto the east side of the Golden Gate Bridge around 30:00 (the west, bike only, side is closed, due to the government shutdown?) wading through all the tourists to Marin County to turn around 40:30 and head back to San Francisco.
Off the Golden Gate Bridge back along Battery East Trail but Long Ave is closed and Crissy Field Ave is one way so continue further east on the trail (way-finding would be nice) along Lincoln Blvd. to the Patten Rd trail, and confusingly dumped back on Lincoln Blvd with no way-finding mechanism to know how to get back on it. Sheridan Ave, Graham St, Lincoln Blvd again which becomes Presidio Blvd to Lombard St and out of the Presidio. Lyon St, Francisco St which becomes Alhambra St on to Bay St, Van Ness St down to the Aquatic Park again and 1:12:05 over to run all of Polk St and 10th St and Potrero Ave southbound.
Loop around at Cesar Chavez because by this point it's time to head on back up to Southern Pacific Brewing: Potrero Ave northbound, crossing at 20th St along to Harrison St, 19th St, and on in to Treat Ave.

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@Matthewjs69 4 жыл бұрын

So far my favorite video to bike to. Thank you so much for making this video. I love it!

@tomohiromori1709 4 жыл бұрын

This video brings back my memory. SF is only place of my visit the US. Good climate, beautiful city, and amazing view.

@hannahmadden3573 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I just LOVE all the stopping. So nice of you not to edit them out. There's nothing I love more while riding my stationary bike, than watching a still-shot of the road, it really brings out the stationary experience of not moving.

@SFBicycleBayArea 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, we have not yet entered into an agreement for the service which you wish me to provide you.

@dl-ga8594 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing! Been wanting to visit SF for a long time. This was a nice way to take a virtual vacation, and see the GGB at a good pace.

@SFBicycleBayArea 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Orangecat0608 5 жыл бұрын

This was a wonderful ride. I've never been to San Francisco and probably never will be, so thank goodness for KZfaq and Streetview. But I can't believe that you didn't stop at the top of the bridge and take a look around!

@jtheracer 7 жыл бұрын

I first want to say thank you for obeying all the traffic laws. Sometimes I think I'm the only one.... We need to really set an example to the younger riders as well as the ones in our age group and older. A lot of vehicles don't like us because a lot of riders blow through signs/lights...Anyway, I enjoyed the video thanks. I live in Marin so I ride to SF a lot and it just never gets old! P.S., just for those who are tempted to run a stop sign, when I used to be a "nice" police officer, and pull some riders over to have a nice chat I would tell them this: "See The Officer Parked", and also I would share with them that I'm a cycling coach and that it's good to stop because then your building your legs up more and even your cardio. I hope you make some more and please be careful too.

@sewingfordolls3323 7 жыл бұрын

i just started to ride a bike after years of not riding. thank you for setting a good example and a great reminder to me that I am riding what DMV considers to be a vehicle. I live on the east coast.

@SFBicycleBayArea 5 жыл бұрын

Neither a taker, nor a giver, of Right of Way, be I.

@olivergroning6421 10 жыл бұрын

Great Video. Last May I cycled Sonoma, Marin, Nappa, SF and Mendocino for 5 weeks (some 1500 miles). Best vacations ever. Your videos bring me right back. Thanks for uploading.

@fredinct5275 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video ! Used to live in Clement district and this ride brings back great memories. This bike ride is definitely helping with my rehab. Much appreciated

@lagalagsadikabdel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing the beautiful city...stay safe and God Bless

@SFBicycleBayArea 3 жыл бұрын

And don't trust anyone that can hurt you.

@lagalagsadikabdel 3 жыл бұрын

@@SFBicycleBayArea Yes sir.. That was really true.. Keep safe always

@raystaar 4 жыл бұрын

I lived in San Francisco for 40 years and loved every minute of it, but as a bike town, I have to say, it's the pits. It would be so easy to create a stronger, safer, more supportive infrastructure there, and get more people out of their cars, but the board of supervisors will not sufficiently commit to the idea. Biking across the GG Bridge is especially telling. People on one side, please, and bikes on the other.

@SFBicycleBayArea 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The change from "ride in traffic you manly-man" to "streets safe for 8-80 year olds" there's been some progress.

@stevedearing8706 9 жыл бұрын

the english summer has kept me indoors luckily i found your awesome video and got on my exercise bike.. great riding with you

@SFBicycleBayArea 9 жыл бұрын

Steve Smith Glad you enjoyed it!

@cyclingboss469 3 жыл бұрын

Really good video of riding in SF. Thanks for sharing.

@WolfHeichele 8 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SOO MUCH for this VIDEO , man!!!!!!

@gregmartin1085 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing me part of your beautiful city.

@bonnieboy190 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed that ride but must admit my legs turned to jelly on the return uphill from Fort Mason! Love San Francisco and travelled over from Ireland four times......good excuse as my wife was born and grew up in Alameda. We hope to go back someday

@SFBicycleBayArea 2 жыл бұрын

It is a fun hill, glad you enjoyed the video. Now that I live in Oakland I have a lot of more recent Alameda videos. There's been a lot of recent change and a lot more coming.

@bonnieboy190 2 жыл бұрын

@@SFBicycleBayArea Lovely stuff! Looking forward to watching them, my bro-in-law owned and ran Scobie's Sports Bar before selling up a dozen years ago. Fond memories of Ole's Waffle Shop

@spoonido 8 жыл бұрын

Riding along with you on a chilly December night here in Santa Rosa. Thanks for the upload!

@cyclingboss469 3 жыл бұрын

I am in the Sacramento area. Happy riding. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLeHfJemxKmldmQ.html

@ed801975 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, remember the good old days when we could go anywhere, walk among people, and mingle freely? I miss those days. Cool video! I love San Francisco and have been there only once, unfortunately. I hope to return someday if we’re ever allowed to travel again.

@robkahn8452 6 жыл бұрын

Really nice video. Thanks for sharing. And great professional courtesy to fellow cyclists and pedestrians. A class act all around!

@40datboysha 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. I want to take this route and this gives me a great "what to expect" view prior to doing it. I didn't know The Golden Gate bridge was that congested with bikes and pedestrians.

@SFBicycleBayArea 5 жыл бұрын

At the time of the ride the ocean, bike-enly side was closed, but should be open. That way you have the commuters out of the way and only only have the tourists on the bay-side, so it's not as congested.

@40datboysha 5 жыл бұрын

SF Bay Area Bicycle Thanks for the intel.

@SFBicycleBayArea 5 жыл бұрын

Updated ride on the other side, to Sausalito and back. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gquRksJqnJrKaY0.html

@WhoIsThePoet 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks... Great at the gym while on stationary bike

@Francisco_420 4 жыл бұрын

But did you move from the stationary to the treadmill when you reached the golden gate bridge?

@CptnJCFG 9 жыл бұрын

Punctured tire, got on the stationary with the tablet as dash and your video on full screen and got by the hole thing. I would say "beep-beep" when tourists don't notice you though. Thanks!

@SFBicycleBayArea 9 жыл бұрын

CptnJCFG Glad you liked it. As a hard-of-hearing person with no echolocation, I guess I err on the side of slowing down rather than making noise that may cause someone to step the wrong way (like I sometimes do). I have a bell on my bike, even, but on mixed use paths like that I figure I should slow down not tell them to move. :)

@waynecarversr6375 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 70 and never been to California but I rode my new stationary bike across the bridge and back and I enjoyed that. I'm in southern Ohio.

@robertdamora4040 8 жыл бұрын

One of the best riding - a - bicycle videos I've seen, of recent. From the video San Francisco looks like a great place to ride a bike. Better than where I live: Fort Worth Texas. A very anti-bicycle city. Within the last two years two great bicycle shops went out of the business; not enough sales.

@BikeBlogger 9 жыл бұрын

Last I visited SF I didn't get to walk or bike the GGB. Thanks for uploading your ride! I hear they're installing a net or something now.

@SFBicycleBayArea 9 жыл бұрын

They've added a positionable jersey barrier in the roadway rather than having guys hanging out of a truck moving soft-hit posts to separate the traffic in each direction. There's also nets to discourage jumpers, but that doesn't always work...see the documentary film "The Bridge" about that.

@tijuanero4154 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice video I hope so and I can ride my bike in San Francisco thanks for the great video

@flpirate45 6 жыл бұрын

Great video bike ride . You must have the lungs of King Kong,that hill was awesome. I ride here in Florida year round and love it,maybe I should make a video soon. Thanks

@lanzkieetv3097 2 жыл бұрын

Nice sharing watching from philippines keep safe always beautiful place

@AztecMC1 8 жыл бұрын

Yesss thank you

@Bigbro28 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video. The camera was a bit low but I couldn’t stop watching once I had begun. 👍🐨🇦🇺

@SFBicycleBayArea 6 жыл бұрын

When I have the camera on my helmet it's too jerky--apparently I'm too swivel-headed keeping my eye on all the crazies in the Death Monsters around me.

@acbc3543 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been riding every single day 21 miles in the last three months so that I’ll be in a good shape for San Francisco this mid January..

@dondixon6696 3 жыл бұрын

Worked in SF for a few months and rode this same route every day. Love the CITY. Did a one way down hwy 1 to Santa Cruz. Thanks for the ride down memory lane.

@MsrAlaindeFerrier 6 жыл бұрын

Man you are a human dynamo! Wow and you're takin me over the Golden Gate Bridge. Really excellent trip and look at that sky absolutely gorgeous, I'd get /have a bell, nothing too offensive just a 'ping ping' but looks like you'd be giving that ping a fuckin good bong lol all those people in the way thank you for your epic video All the best Alan

@AndrewBetsch 8 жыл бұрын

And I thought crossing the Brooklyn Bridge was annoying...wow! Great Video.

@SFBicycleBayArea 8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Betsch Thanks! Your comment inspired me to add a link to the route: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zW2xDTrm4GZk.k3D2h3CrXejk&usp=sharing

@NomadicDmitry 4 жыл бұрын

Cool ride, I liked it!

@ED75804 8 жыл бұрын

ACTUALLY THIS video by BIKE SF is a kind of masterpease.The free ride like this one above is priceless becouse you do not have to hide every single moment from agents diffrent kinds.. You do not have to catch rays of sun setting trough the hardened steel bars Any convict who is serving the long stretch right now would give anithing just to ride the way you do in the open air with no care in the world.I had real pleasure riding together - watching this videoclip - it is perfekt couse it simple - 10 oscars!!!!!! By the way is any one knew where can i read 4 free the e-book by Bruce Campbell Escape from Alcatraz? it (book)was deleted on the most interesting part - when they put me behinde bars in my half dark sell full of cocraches after shower wich was not that cold as i was expected and i start planning the biggest ever runaway world known. If some one help - thanks - much apreshited sorry my inglish it is hard to lern all the 1 200 000 and rising weekly words..

@warrenhair1740 6 жыл бұрын

wow! heading there in a few months and looking forward to some cycling! Will def go over the bridge! I was wondering if it were possible to do that and this video answered my question! cheers! :-)

@SFBicycleBayArea 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, though usually cyclists ride the other side of the bridge without pedestrians--but it was closed that week. But if you're touristing, you could ride one way cross under, then ride back on the other side. Have fun!

@warrenhair1740 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for the tip! will do!

@lorettabaerg1307 6 жыл бұрын

Awsome! Realistic. Felt like a bike ride but I did not have to worry about pedestrians or cars. I could just look around and enjoy!

@robertdamora4040 7 жыл бұрын

While watching your video again (the fourth time I've watched on my big screen television), I was wondering who was playing the folk - style music I heard at the beginning of the video. Sounded like folk rock musician, John Sebastian. Yes, it is a masterpiece.

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

Not sure who it was, but they were playing across the street in that courtyard you see as I exit the building.

@robertdamora4040 7 жыл бұрын

From start to end how many miles did you ride?

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like 19.3 miles.

@SFBicycleBayArea 6 жыл бұрын

Mostly as sweat.

@robertdamora4040 7 жыл бұрын

How to long did it take for the city of San Francisco and/or the county of San Francisco to build the entire bicycle infrastructure that one sees when they watch wonderful video?

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

10-20 years, slowly over time. Quite a lot of it only over the past 5ish. There was also an injunction for ~3 years when an anti-bike crusader sued the city. Seems to have been a bit of a snowball of development of the bike infrastructure.

@58gennaro 8 жыл бұрын

fantastic. hope its still here this winter.

@SFBicycleBayArea 8 жыл бұрын

+58gennaro Pretty sure both the bridge and the City will still be here. Maybe even some rain.

@58gennaro 8 жыл бұрын

I actually meant the video for my indoor trainer. Thanks again for the video.

@SFBicycleBayArea 8 жыл бұрын

Ha! Yes, should still be here. Thanks.

@tinchotucumanense5682 6 жыл бұрын

A consultation from Argentina: At what time did this tour begin?

@SFBicycleBayArea 4 жыл бұрын

I had just finished a test scheduled from 7am-1pm, so it must be in the 12:30-1:15pm range for the start.

@bluepils 7 жыл бұрын

very good !

@digitalspeed010 4 жыл бұрын

This is pretty cool, do you have any new stuff with a less jittery camera?

@SFBicycleBayArea 4 жыл бұрын

Multiple other links in the description and comments.

@bluepils 6 жыл бұрын

super !

@TheVideoBook 8 жыл бұрын

I very love your video recording, keep posting really. #kids777

@robertdamora4040 7 жыл бұрын

I"m curious. On your bike ride did you travel through The Presidio? My sister - in - law's husband has/had an uncle who live/lived there. If so, what part of the shows The Presidio?

@olivergroning6421 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, being from Switzerland I was fortunate enough to cycle around SF, Marin, Sonoma, Nappa and Mendocino for a few month. The Presidio part starts at about 56' - 59' with the national cemetery on the right. He is cycling on Sheridan then left on Anazal and Right on Lincoln (I think). Cheers

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I did. The "Route" link should open up to a map that shows the route which helps see this. I skirt the Presidio on the north side on the way to the Golden Gate Bridge and around @22:00 you can see some of the repurposed military buildings. On the way back, I get off the bridge @51:00 and retrace my route til @53:00 where I split off down further south into the Presidio eventually going through the 'downtown'/commissary area (mostly non-profits these days) which I approach right after passing one of the few cemeteries left in San Francisco @56:00 up until exiting the Presidio @1:00:51.

@scottbrady7499 5 жыл бұрын

did the bridge cross in 1983. through the tunnel, down to point reyes and back to 535-39th avenue. it took a good three hours with no breaks no waterbottle or gatorade. just there and back. this is the first s.f. video i've seen that doesn't start in fisherman's wharf, and follow the damn cable car tracks. there's a spot where you cross to the opposite side before the marin side, if i don't remember correctly. maybe something was up back then, and that was necessary. it was underneath the bridge roadway! you had to grab your bike, go down some steps to the other side, and climb back up. it was a real buzz kill. added time. 1:24:00 the front of the dept. of health doorway from invasion of the body snatchers 1978! cool.

@SFBicycleBayArea 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that cross-under is still there over on the Marin side. They have planks of wood on the sides of the stairs to roll your bike up and down. Hey I've even filmed it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qL6lgJmlz6_OXY0.htmlm38s

@scottbrady7499 5 жыл бұрын

SF Bay Area Bicycle seems like your operating some kinda miraculous "bicycle."

@SFBicycleBayArea 5 жыл бұрын

Updated Golden Gate Bridge ride with less tourists, in 4k. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gquRksJqnJrKaY0.html

@robertkelly4884 4 жыл бұрын

Yes we

@craigzinga 9 жыл бұрын

Hello, what kind of bike and how did I you film it? Thanks for uploading!

@SFBicycleBayArea 9 жыл бұрын

craigzinga This was probably on my Fuji Police mountain bike, not sure if the original 2005 or replacement 2011 frame. Contour Roam 2 camera.

@robertdamora4040 7 жыл бұрын

Do you still ride a Fuji Police mountain bike?

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

No, Cannondale Trail SL 1 29er.

@Francisco_420 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if cycling over the Golden gate has changed since this video was first published, otherwise 😬

@SFBicycleBayArea 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. That day they'd closed the path on the other side which is bike-only and the preferred route for cyclists. I've recorded and posted several other crossings, some are listed in the comments here.

@Francisco_420 4 жыл бұрын

@@SFBicycleBayArea Thanks for that info. I don't live in the bay area but visited around the time you shot this and walked the bridge a little bit.. it was way too crowded so we never crossed it. Hopefully we'll visit again after the Covid-19 settles down. I ♥️ SF

@jameslindsay9443 10 ай бұрын

Did you ride over any bump

@SFBicycleBayArea 10 ай бұрын

Bump plates on the bridge and potholes all over San Francisco.

@steelteepost9810 7 жыл бұрын

Cars make a city slower going.

@chunk1978 5 жыл бұрын

Christ, biking across GGB looks like a nightmare with everyone in the way. Having no dedicated bike path is super dumb. Even Brooklyn Bridge in NYC has a bike path beside the walking path.

@SFBicycleBayArea 5 жыл бұрын

The week or so this was recorded in Oct 2013, the bike-only path was closed for bridge maintenance, so we had the tourists walking, the tourists biking, and the normal bike commuters all on the same path. The ocean side, bike only path on a normal week: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gquRksJqnJrKaY0.html

@AmaroAbSi 10 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm from Brazil

@johnwallnoy9247 7 жыл бұрын

That is so funny: all people using sportbikes))))

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

That's American cycling for you. (And the bikes rented to the tourists are all mountain bikes.) But the bridge does touch down in Marin (which is also the name of a bike company), where the mountain bike was created.

@sewingfordolls3323 7 жыл бұрын

mountain bike, hybrid, street it is just so wonderful to see people riding bikes and not have their noses in their devices or on the couch watching t.v. i just started riding a bike again after at least 10-12 years and i love it.

@SFBicycleBayArea 7 жыл бұрын

I've finally ridden and recorded 'the other' bridge you can walk n bike: the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which spans between Oakland and Yerba Buena island (which is part of SF). kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7qqja6kqt6qc2w.html

@nikond-vp9wt 7 жыл бұрын

my boss from work gave me a bike I used it so muchI played basketball so good my opponent in the end gave up

@user-pk6fr8mp3e Жыл бұрын

JEMBATAN SILVER HATE...DAN UNDERGROUND...BELUM...DAPAT...OK...!!

@Joiedevivredesilives 9 жыл бұрын

Interesting that there are zero provisions for cyclists Compared to what we have in London or most of Europe

@SFBicycleBayArea 9 жыл бұрын

The pathway on the other side of the bridge is cyclist-only, but it was closed on this day so I had to mix in with the tourists. Ordinarily there's very few cyclists (usually tourists on rental bikes) on this side of the path. Though they have put in some lane indications (bike each direction, peds close to the railing). But with pedestrians taking pictures, etc. you're always better off cycling on the other side when it's open.

@heatherbruyere5276 8 жыл бұрын

+MrOnyourbike The United States is a very large country with long stretches between cities that developed a centralized distribution system secondary to the automobile in travel. Today we have bike friendly cities of the future like Austin, Seattle, and Portland. Other cities that are dying like Detroit do not take into account the importance of cycling. A trend is now happening in which highly educated and skilled youth are now locating according to pedestrian and cycling options rather than purchasing an automobile. This is also a strategic matter of prolonged health, environmental awareness, and economics. The automobile culture is doomed and I am so very glad.

@bruceramirez4625 4 жыл бұрын

Some streets didn't had bike lanes thanks for obeying traffic signs

@ED75804 8 жыл бұрын

That is not so long ride_ comparing to what i had to ride in segragation-solitary_ back doing time in alcatraz_ bike is a very cool thing _ but i had to run on my twos_now i live in russia_(samara) and to all agents FBI - YOU CAN GET MY ASS THERE if you try your best ha-ha and hello to warden _ he can kiss my purple ass _and by the way -NICE RIDE-THANK DUDE))))))))))))))))))

@SFBicycleBayArea 8 жыл бұрын

+ED75804 No, it's not _that_ long a ride. And I didn't have to carry the weight of that sickly girl with the stringy blond hair on my bike constantly crying and refusing to pedal like you did.

@ED75804 8 жыл бұрын

what is the weater like right now in SF?)) We got plenty of snow coming down on our heads))) it is so f*cking boring and your sunny video lift me kind of up little bit)))

@ED75804 8 жыл бұрын

and i do not get your messege what do you mean by saying that ugly hint?

@SFBicycleBayArea 8 жыл бұрын

I'm just admitting that you had it a lot rougher!

@ED75804 8 жыл бұрын

Why dont you just get off my back?I do not get your point anyway,you talking riddles.Cant you be more open and dirуct in conversation,or you too obtuse for that?We russian will come to your Wite House like we did ww2 Berlin.Matter of time.Get ready(:-)