Momentum USA Nov/Dec 2011
venture experience Sun streams though the trees and bikes at the University of California Berkeley campus beyond sf oakland visitors guide WRITER CAITLIN DONOHUE W hy stay in San Francisco when Oaklands ample bike lanes and mellow hangouts are a quick bike accessible BART subway ride away Celebrate your good fortune in nding a room at the beautiful Waterfront Hotel 10 Washington St and the Bay Area Bikes rental location 427 Water St in the harborside Jack London Square e n have l unch a fe w bl ocks a way at t he por kfree organic soul food spot Souley Vegan 301 Broadway and a microbrew afterwards next door at store pub patio Beer Revolution 464 ird St African American cruisers should check out the empowering Red Bike and Green rides on the rst Friday of the month and wine fans will love exploring the wine producing island of Alameda on the East Bay Winery Bike Tours which roll every Saturday Bike repair and social justice make happy partners at Spokeland 1121 64th St and the Changing Gears Bike Shop 650 West Ranger Ave Alameda You can check those groups websites for bike oriented goings on De nitely peep at the photos on the Original Scraper Bikes website the urban youth group tricks out bikes in candy colored foil and decals and parades down the citys streets single le in celebratory style Hip hop crew Trunk Boiz produced a YouTube sleeper hit about the scrapers that garnered millions of hits So very original so very Oakland berkeley visitors guide WRITER CAITLIN DONOHUE A lice Waters natural food movement and epic free speech battles on the University of California Berkeleys campus helped forge Berkeleys rep as a go to spot for sustainable culture Accordingly the university towns got ample urban biking cred Set down your bags at one of the towns homey guesthouses or co ee nerd approved café equipped French Hotel 1538 Shattuck Ave and head out Youll have to trek to Oakland to score a bike rental but the lovely San Francisco Bay Trail spanning 500 waterside miles in total will lead you back in style cruise a few miles north to the Albany Bulb to take in this one time dump now a public park for added adventure When the munchies hit check out restaurant Gather 2200 Oxford St for locavore paradise Vegan cinnamon buns at Cinnaholic 2132 Oxford St make the most appropriate dessert Bike buddies abound on the East Bay Bike Party rides they roll the second Friday of the month and at the worker owned Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative 1988 Shattuck Ave Used bike go to Recycle Bicycle 3120 Sacramento St hooks up steeds in style Serious bike gadgetry porn awaits on Rock the Bikes website e backbone of the Bays burgeoning bike music scene the group even sells smoothieready bike blenders the Berkeley equivalent of the latest Birkin bag dont limit yourself these two EAST BAY locations have lots to offer the traveling cyclist east bay map BIKE SHOPS 1 Missing Link Bike Co op 2 Recycle Bicycle 3 Spokeland Bike Co op 4 Bay Area Bike Rentals 5 Changing Gears CAFES 6 Cinnaholic 7 Gather 8 Beer Revolution 9 Souley Vegan HOTELS 10 French Hotel 11 Waterfront Plaza Hotel ROCKTHEBIKE COM EASTBAYBIKEPARTY WORDPRESS COM Caitlin Donohue loves her city and loves being the culture editor at the San Francisco Bay Guardian sfbg com where she writes about food sex street art weed and bike life @ CAITLINDONOHUE PHOTO BY MICHAEL MOORE NOV DEC 11 MOMENTUMPLANET COM 38 PHOTO BY BHAUTIK JOSHI Tony photographed at Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin poses with one of the custom lowrider bicycles he builds as a hobby DOUG SCOTT ORIGINALSCRAPERBIKES BLOGSPOT COM REDBIKEANDGREEN ORG
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