Bike ride on Shoreline Trail

At the Bay side of the Alameda Creek Trail is the Shoreline Trail. You can see the details about my bike ride on Alameda Creek Trail. This is temporarily closed due to a small dangerous section of soft mud due to a broken levee. And it certainly applies during rainy season. But this is not a big problem anymore. But now, the path is usable. You will have to walk the bike for a few feet and you are all set on to the Shoreline Trail.

Alameda Creek Trail

The Shoreline trail is a dirt path. But I have read that it is okay for a road bike. I personally have a road bike as well but I have slightly wider tires.

‘Well, in OUR country,’ said Alice, still panting a little, ‘you’d generally get to somewhere else–if you ran very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.’

‘A slow sort of country!’ said the Queen. ‘Now, HERE, you see, it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!’.

- From “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll

Watch out – it is very windy. Another thing that a friend warned me of is about broken glasses or thorns (from nearby plants) that could cause flats.

Here are a few images of the Shoreline Trail.

Shoreline Trail Shoreline Trail

At the end of Shoreline Trail is the Dumbarton Bridge. It will look as though there is no way to get to the bridge and there will be steel fences – but do get closer and look carefully, there is a small door like opening to the other side of the bridge from where you can either go to the side of the Dumbarton Bridge (fishing piers) or get on to climb the Dumbarton Bridge.

Dumbarton Bridge

The Shoreline Trail is a very nice ride – you will almost be in the middle of the bay waters.

You can see nice reflections of light on the water.

Shoreline Trail

Ahem..ahem..here is my self portrait.

Shoreline Trail

And of course, lots of birds.

Shoreline Trail

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