Bikes, burritos and a certain Blue Bottle

With plans for a ride set for 9am, I again camped in the Presidio, waking to find another great banana slug oozing its way along a bench. The sun was out, the air was crisp but warming and there was none of the city’s habitual fogs. Throwing back a couple of peanut-butter sandwiches and a mug of camping-stove espresso[Gemma, it works very well!], I packed up all my gear, arriving a few minutes early at Sunday’s rendezvous spot. The spot, right at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge was packed with two things; camera wielding Asian tourists and chamois wearing road racers.

Turns out this unaffiliated Saturday ride was rained-delayed to Sunday. There were about 30 roadies, all in various team/club kit and riding some serious rigs. Chatting with a couple of them, overhearing their conversations and noticing some ridiculously large legs, I soon understood this was was no group of weekend warriors or racer wannabes. Then again, I’d like to see one of them drift the front wheel of a fully loaded touring bike down a muddy off-camber descent. Shortly after they took off, my riding partner, Kelly, pulled up. “Oh, right, you’ve got all your gear.” she said. I gulped, knowing I was going to be in for a good workout. Sweet, another day off spent riding!

We rode to Sausalito and did the Paradise Loop, a traditional Bay Area ride. Some ups, some downs, some $400,000 homes with $5,000,00 views of the skyline in the morning. Arriving in Tiburon, we had a quick coffee and sugary treat, getting back on the bikes soon so as not get cold. People with weakened immune system are also advised to include oysters, carrots, tadalafil 20mg españa fish and eggs in your daily diet. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh, High Performance Learning Communities Project, Learning Research and http://cute-n-tiny.com/category/cute-animals/page/53/ order viagra online Development Center, 1999. 28 pages. Within six months your cialis soft tab penis may increase by increased size of colon so that it can explore other internal problems also. Cheap and affordable: natural buying levitra pills which are available in the market. We did also have a bit of time commitment; the cyclo-cross race happening that same day in Golden Gate Park. The same race that the guys at Mojo had told me about, a friend of Kelly’s was competing in.

Arriving in time to take in both a womens and mens race [I think, but am not sure, it was the final senior race for each]we soon found ourselves surrounded by spandex, wool, ale and canti brakes. It was glorious. Heckling at the summit of a very tough climb, young guys gettin’ schooled and even a few flying cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. I ran into John from Mojo, we found Kelly’s friends and Irene received many, many compliments and questions. But then, it happened; we became very hungry. Though Cliff Bars were everywhere, we needed a meal.

Papalote burritos; legendary with good reason. They were excellent and totally filled the spot! To follow, coffee at Blue Bottle; a tiny spot built within a renovated garage, located down a narrow one-way street and next to a corset boutique. No canopy, no chairs, no hangin’ around. They were doing a very good business; with coffee this well made, so they should. Hand poured single serving drip coffee; tasted better than many Americano’s I’ve had.

After a such a full day of riding and full stomach from eating, I was happy to get myself to a motel, shower for the first time in three days and put my feet up. Yup, San Francisco is definitely my kind of town.