SIRS ON BIKES

Chairman: Jerry Butler
Alternate: Karl Reseck

Monthly bicycling is a combined activity of Branch 35 and all branches in Area 16. Rides are monthly on the 2nd Thursday of the month. There is no ride in December. Attendance, including guests and wives, averages about 12 to 16 riders, but more are welcome.

The rides are planned to be 15 to 20 miles on paved bicycle trails so that almost any type bike is usable. Some rides have optional ride distances. The pace is moderate and riding on streets is kept to a minimum. The rides start at 11:00 AM and include a lunch break at a restaurant.

Events are announced in each branch’s monthly newsletter and by e-mail to all interested members.

The list of rides for the year 2012 is:

The following are excerpts from the above ride announcements that provide a brief description of each ride:

We will ride the Coyote Creek Trail from the Holiday Inn, just north of the highway 101/85 interchange. The ride is a flat 12 mile round trip, plus an optional 6-mile loop. Lunch will at the Coyote Creek Golf Course.

We will ride the rolling Los Gatos Creek Trail for about 7.5 miles from Blackford School to the town of Los Gatos for lunch. Then ride back for a total of about 15 miles.

We will ride the flat Foster City Bay Trail for about 10 miles from Marine Parkway to the Poplar Creek Golf Club at Coyote Point for lunch. Then we ride back (approximately 20 miles round trip).

The bike ride will be on the Stevens Creek Trail for a level 12-mile round trip to Shoreline Park with an optional 5-mile loop north to the Palo Alto Duck Pond. Lunch is planned at Michaels Restaurant in Shoreline Park.

We will begin the ride at the Coyote Hills Regional Park and continue on the Alameda Creek Trail where we have lunch in downtown Niles. After lunch we will ride back for a total of about 18 flat miles, plus an optional scenic loop that adds about 1 mile.

We will ride the paved trail along the ocean shore from Poplar Beach near Half Moon Bay to Pillar Point and then to Princeton where will have lunch. The total ride is 13 miles.

We will ride the Brisbane part of the Bay Trail near several marinas and office buildings along the Bay Shore. We will stop at a point near the north boundary of SFO, where we will have lunch, then return, for a total ride of 15 miles.

The ride from Mountain View to Alviso will begin at the La Avenida Trial Head and follow the Stevens Creek Trail for 1.5 miles where we connect with the Bay Trail. We continue the ride 3.5 miles on the levees and old service roads as we cross the waters north of Moffett Field. We then head for Sunnyvale Baylands Park and follow the trial through the park and then to downtown Alviso for lunch. The ride is 19 miles round trip.