Bicycle Trails and Rides
(09-10)
I wanted to do a Stevens Canyon Trail bike ride before the end of summer. On Labor Day took my new camera and rode up Stevens Canyon Rd, then Grizzly Flat to Highway 35. From there pedaled to 9 and 35 for a snack stop before going to Lexington by way of Black Rd. It’s an easy ride back to Santa Clara through Vasona Park. This was 44.4 miles and took all day with the rest stops. Missed the scenic route by taking Grizzly Flat; and so didn’t get a lot of really nice pictures. You should take the Stevens Canyon Nature Trail and see for yourself, it is worth it. Haven’t yet posted any pictures, I’ve just got too much going now.
(08-10)
So many months have gone by and haven’t updated the bicycle rides section. Last summer made many rides up Stevens Canyon Rd, then Grizzly Flat (or Stevens Creek nature Trail) to Highway 35. From there would ride to 9 and 35 for a snack stop before going to Lexington. It’s an easy ride back to Santa Clara from there. Did the Monte Bello Rd return from Stevens Canyon Trail once on purpose and later by mistake. And once rode up Monte Bello Rd and returned by way of Stevens Canyon Trail. Never even tried to pedal up 9 from Santa Cruz toward intersection 9 and 35; it just looks to be too much! Also last summer did 31 mile Tour de Peninsula, 35 mile Tour de Woodside, and 50 mile Coyote Creek Classic. So far this summer have only done the 31 mile Tour de Peninsula. There’s the 35 mile Tour de Menlo coming up. No way, just too much other stuff going on.
(03-08)
I’ve been to
Coasting on the way down to
(01-08)
Haven’t updated this in a while; I have a much nicer bike and have gone on many bike rides. Many times to
beckoning me is the ride from
but looks long and steep. This would be a fantastic
Redwood Gulch Rd. and to the top of
Highway 9. Coast most all the way
to
The
being less than the
nearly as bad as the
did flat rides and so it’s a good time to do this one. It needs to get warmer outside though, temps under the trees can
get bitter. Also I’d like sunset to be after 6:00PM and so I’ll wait a few weeks more.
(Very Old Stuff)
Here are a few links and a *.jpg or
two on local bicycles trails. I particularly like Lexington Reservoir as
a destination
and have traveled two separate routes to this point. The easiest (because
it is virtually flat the entire route) is by
way of Los Gatos Creek. This trail can start at Bascom and Campbell in
scenic trail. Frequently, I start at my apartment which adds about 20
miles to make a round trip of 40 miles. For fun
you can bike around
and Los Gatos Trail sections; it does get hilly around the reservoir and means
lower gears in some places.
I've done only one bike trip in the
pavement and from the stories and maps this has to be a really good biking
area. I am planning a Saratoga Gap ride
in the immediate future, and will return from the intersection of highway 9 and
35 by riding down 9 to
and backtrack down
turned south on 35 and on to
and Highway 17. There's a freeway overpass and you are right next to
From here I just took the Los Gatos Creek Trail and the whole round trip was
just 50 miles. I froze completely riding down
next time definitely no
offer a much better riding experience supposedly.
This is
a *.jpg and is very large right now. It's a map of Stevens Canyon area.
The above link loads rather slowly since it's ~2MB.
Another *.jpg
and is just larger than the last. It shows the Lexington area very well.
The above link loads rather slowly since it's ~2.4MB.
This is an incredible link and describes a large number of rides.
Local bike trails with really good information..
Another really good bike trail link
(07-06-01)
Gee, it's been about a year since I've been on a bike ride over 20 miles.
Before summers over maybe a nice ride to
(~06-00)
Finally I rode the Saratoga Gap trail up to Highway 9 and 35, its incredibly
steep and at times washed out creek bed only.
This required a lot of walking on my part and took so much time I wound up
returning by way of Highway 9 to downtown
