Best Weekly Bike Ride

What makes for a “best” ride? Well, that’s a matter of opinion, so
selecting Team Alameda is a way of hedging all bets. The overactive
club has not just one weekly ride but as many as six on weekends and
weekdays, usually starting in downtown Alameda. They range from
leisurely beginner sightseeing jaunts to “Death Rides” like the one on
July 11, which went all the way to Markleeville, near the Nevada
border, covering 129 miles and climbing 16,000 vertical feet. Most of
Team Alameda’s 100-some members prefer a route somewhere between the
two extremes, heading, for example, into the Oakland Hills, to the
Berkeley Marina, or a “Peet’s to Peet’s” ride from a coffee start in
Alameda to a coffee stop in Danville. Membership is $25 per household,
but you can take a “test-drive” with the club for free.