Step 1 of taking a bicycle 120 miles out of San Francisco without a car: ride to BART station (the subway in the Bay Area ).
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If I’m in coach I much prefer to just sit in the lounge car
There’s a cafe downstairs and the views are the best
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@skinnylatte RailRat is great, and there's an even-lower-bandwidth option now, too: https://amtrak.live/
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@SnoopJ excellent!
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Can you take your bike on the bus connectors?
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Peter Saathoff-Harshfieldreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte I was wondering if you’d try using the Coast Starlight to get down there. I didn’t know you could bring a bike without a box on any Amtrak long distance trains.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Peter Saathoff-Harshfield last edited by
@pesh I’ve done it on the coast starlight and California Zephyr. Depends on the train and also sometimes the station.
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@skinnylatte I was wondering why you chose Emeryville over Jack London. Proximity of friends?
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@scott yep!
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Step 6: enjoy the view
Also some genius mum has got her kids knitting and they are so into it
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@skinnylatte Yeah, sadly that airport shuttle is basically the ONLY reliable transportation between SF and Monterey.
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@rednikki I was kinda annoyed at the cost but I’m going to just take that now
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Step 7: arrive in Salinas! Grab your bike
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@skinnylatte Thank you for sharing pics of your cool journey! I love them all
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The composition of the conductor + bike photo is <chef's kiss>And that billboard is giving Soviet Realism
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@jf_718 thank you!!
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@asl thanks so much!
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@artemesia I don’t think so. I haven’t seen bike racks
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Bus 20 to Monterey from Salinas Transit center is running every hour today (holiday schedule). I see a bunch of bikes, unsure if I’ll get on with mine. At least 2 bikes are Bike Fridays so if they fold it up I might be able to get on.
Pretty decent taqueira next door: Tacos Don Beto
Backup plan is to do a XL ride share to Monterey. It’s too cold / steep / long / dark, soon to ride there
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lol folding bike people very unwilling to help. But they’re also 75 years old so I’m waiting in the cold for the next bus or a rideshare. There also aren’t that many rideshares out here. This journey is not the fun bike commute many of my bike friends think it is. I don’t even think I can do this once a week. Every part of it is unreliable. Fun—on a vacation. Not if I’m heading to work
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@skinnylatte folding a bike friday takes 10 seconds though?
