Bike East Bay to Help Palo Alto NBG Cyclists to Oakland City Hall

Published on
On Sat  May 16, once they cross the Dumbarton Br, the only west to east crossing of the San Francisco Bay outfitted with a bike path, cyclists leaving Palo Alto City Hall will be joined by cyclists from Bike East Bay. On their way to Oakland City Hall, their numbers will grow as they reach certain destinations along this part of the National Bicycle Greenway route from San Francisco to Washington, DC. A route pioneered in part  by the now deceased, former Mr. Bike Oakland, Ron Bishop, the NBG and Bike East Bay are celebrating his life the next Saturday with a ride around Lake Merritt, followed by another ride to Berkeley City Hall along the bayfront.
 
Inline image 1
Oakland native, NBG Director, and “Awake Again, all the way back from head injury“,  author Martin Krieg will  be on the same, rare 1891 Eagle Hiwheel bicycle he used on the Palo Alto to Oakland  roads in 2009 when he rode  this amazing machine from Palo Alto to Salt Lake City <link>.  You can cross the Bay with Krieg and  the NBG by joining them at Palo Alto City Hall at  8AM. Their group will also include the most photographed cyclist on the planet, Peter Wagner, whose photo album at Flickr recently topped a million unique visits. A no-limits bike rider, Peter is also the most decorated Kinetic Sculpture racer in the history of that racing series.  

Once the ride lands in Alameda County, you can meet it in Union City in the parking lot at Bronco Billy’s Pizza Palace, 3940 Smith Street at 10:30 AM. Another group will meet  in Oakland at the Hilton Oakland Airport at Hegenberger and Doolittle at 12:30  before they then ride the car free trail trails between the Oakland Coliseum and the Oakland Airport  that Ron Bishop was instrumental in bringing about. 
 
Bike East Bay, a fast growing force for the welfare of San Francisco East Bay Area cyclists, recently shared honors with the powerful  San Francisco Bike Coalition as the  Advocacy Organization of the Year. As for the National Bicycle Greenway, other of their CA Mayors’ Ride events  this May can be found along with their coast-to-coast map at BikeRoute.com. 
—