Wisetrips Travel Blog

My friends and I decided to bike the long stretch along Canada Road, from Woodside to Sawyer Camp. Bicycle Sunday normally closes a 3.8-mile section of Cañada Road between the Filoli entrance and Highway 92 to motor vehicles from 09:00 to 15:00. We parked at the nearby Woodside Elementary, and I changed into road cycling clothes. This would be my first ride on my brand-new X-Lab RS7, and I was eager to see how it handled. Th…

Today, after test-riding the X-Lab RS7  road bike and the X-Lab GT8  gravel bike at the local Sports Basement in Almaden (the shop finally had both bikes in stock), I decided to buy the RS7 base model in white, size large. At $ 2099 , it offers the best value and felt excellent on the road. I considered the X-Lab RS7 Di2 version with electronic gear shifting for $2899 (an $800 premium), but decided the added cost and comple…

With the promise of continued beautiful weather (70 degrees Fahrenheit) in Santa Cruz, I planned a Saturday morning cycling trip around Happy Valley (using Komoot as my guide). When Alex arrived at 09:00, we loaded his bike into my Toyota Sienna and headed to Gateway Plaza in downtown Santa Cruz, where we'd start our ride. On arrival there, we unloaded the bikes and started the ride. At first, we encountered a few homeless…

With beautiful weather in the San Francisco Bay Area, it was time for a nice bicycle ride from Half Moon Bay to Purisima Creek. I met up with Alex in Palo Alto, and we loaded our two bicycles into the Toyota Sienna. We drove another 55 minutes to Half Moon Bay, parking in the empty parking lot across from Half Moon Bay Sportfishing & Tackle . After unloading the bikes, we changed into our biking outfits and started the r…