Favorite Pedal Tours of Northern California

Get ready to go riding in one of North America's most hospitable yet challenging regions for bicycle touring! Culled from eight years' worth of Pedal Tours columns in "California Bicyclist," the rides in this book will lead you to destinations that offer scenic vistas, out-of-the-way wineries and backcountry roads. You will explore 44 mapped routes in areas as diverse as the rugged Sonoma coastline, the hilly San Francisco Peninsula, the Napa Valley and the High Sierra Nevada. Terrains, mileages and points of interest offer something for cyclists of all abilities. So mount up and let "Favorite Pedal Tours" guide you through the hills and valleys of California's most prolific cycling area.