We have photos from Tour de Biere 2012! A full summary is to come. Thanks for riding!
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January’s Ride: Speakeasy and Oyster Point
Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
1195 Evans Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94124
Saturday, January 21st
Meet at 1:30p, roll out at 2:00p
A very happy 2012 to the Grand Cru!
Speakeasy Brewery has been a San Francisco institution for over a decade. It is probably the second best known SF brewery after Anchor, and they make some fantastic beers. Until recently, the brewery was only open to the public on Friday nights, which prevented us from organizing a ride there. Luckily, they recently decided to open their doors on Saturdays as well, so we will start the new year with a visit to the Big Daddy of SF brewing.
The last Grand Cru ride was an adventure, to say the least. Between the slippery roads, ridiculously steep climbs, mud pits, wild animals, and the nearby artillery range (no kidding), we were lucky to make it through in one piece. This month we take it easier with a nice ride to Oyster Point and back. The route is mostly quiet city streets with some lovely scenery. Here’s the ride:
This ride should be great for shaking off the holidays and getting back in the saddle. We hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Colin
Photos from September’s ride: Biketoberfest Marin 2011, Sunday, September 25th
- getting started at the ferry building
- same day as the race for the cure
- riding along the embarcadero
- at a stoplight in fisherman’s wharf
- riding along chrissy fields
- crossed the golden gate bridge
- group shot
- mt. tam, which we did not go near
- san anselmo street fair – booger wars
- san anselmo street fair – bubble walk
- biketoberfest!
- 4-wheeled, 4-person bike
- rivendell, green, hillborne
- wood renovo bike
- recumbent with full road wheels
- the grand cru + east bay bike crew
- biketoberfest banner
- wood joints
- ferry back
- ferry back
September’s ride: Biketoberfest Marin 2011, Sunday, September 25th
Hey all,
September’s ride will be from the Ferry Building in San Francisco across the bridge and up to Fairfax to celebrate Biketoberfest Marin. The festival features numerous bike vendors, live music, 20+ local breweries, and food. You can purchase a beer-tasting ticket in advance for $25 and save $5 from the price on the day of the event. This ticket grants you an unlimited sampling of beers. All proceeds benefit the Marin County Bicycle Coalition and Access4Bikes.
We’ll be departing a little earlier than normal in order to be able to spend more time at the festival. It’s about a 22.5 mile, mostly-flat ride to Fairfax. We will be crossing the Golden Gate Bridge on the newly-reopened west sidewalk, then riding through Sausalito, Corte Madera, Larkspur, and Ross. On the way back, you may choose to take a ferry (The Larkspur ferry is 5.5 miles away) or you can ride all the way back into San Francisco. What you choose will probably depend on how much beer you’ve sampled at the event.
September 25th, 2011
9:30am: Meet in front of the Ferry Building
10:00am: Roll out
Photos from April’s Ride | Tied House and Los Altos Hills
April’s ride was sunny and relatively warm and featured the Tied House in Mountain View.
pre-ride photo
We had a pre-ride snack from Hong Kong Bakery and Cafe. Pork and custard buns and sticky rice.
Checking out the route prior to the ride
and we’re off
starting the ascent
climbing moody rd
at the top of moody. it was a pretty good ascent.
pit stop at the alpine inn in portola valley
formerly rossotti’s
a mid-ride burger
and tetris
we rode by Stanford on the way back and made a bit of a wrong turn (my bad). But, horseys.
and a post ride burger
Photos from the 2011 Tour de Biere
Thanks all for coming out for the 2011 Tour de biere. To sum it up: great weather, great coffee, great beer, great people, great ride. Once again, thanks to all who participated – the riders, the bicycle coffee company, trumer braueri, linden street brewery, triple rock brewery, pyramid brewery, and of course, the EBBC. Serious generosity and serious good times.
Here are some photos from the tour.
Photos from November’s Ride – Hayward & The Bistro’s Barrel Aged Beer Fest
November’s ride featured a mellow 20 miles or so up Cull Canyon and back. The Bistro featured over 60 barrel-aged beers (as high as 13.2% ABV!) We even picked up a new friend to ride up and down the hill with us.
Photos from October’s ride: Triple Rock & The Berkeley Hills
Here are photos from October’s ride starting and ending at Triple Rock in Berkeley. The ride started out foggy, cleared up a bit in time to see a gorgeous, albeit slightly foggy view of Oakland and a bit of San Francisco. Then it rained as we returned to the bar. Enjoy.
