SOCIAL: Bike to Caltrain buddy?

[Eric Arons]

Hey Kristina,

I'm guessing there is going to be a lot of group riders that day, and there
will also be a lot of stations for grabbing some stacks as well, but if
you're talking about Thursday, I can join you from about 17th and Valencia
to take you the rest of the way. I usually catch a train leaving around
7:45 or 8.

There are a few different routs, but I tend towards Valencia to 14th, then
jog that over to 13th then to Division to Townsend. The easiest place to
get a form is to pick it up from the "storage" area (Warm Planet) next to
the train station just to the right before you approach the entry off
Townsend. Most people stick them on the wheel mount on the bike. It's
enough to see it. You should write on the sign both destinations (starting
and going). Many (myself included) just put both destinations on both sides
so it's easily seen (i.e. 4th King/Palo Alto)

When you get on, ask for some help if you want, but the idea is that you
want to try to match your bike with others who are either going a longer
range or going to the same (if there are already bikes on the rack). If
there's a empty rack you can put yours there as well.

Hope it goes great!

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Kristina Pappas
<kristina.pappas at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Social,
>
> I'm planning to ride my bike to work for the first time this week on
> bike-to-work-day. I'm not a very confident cyclist so I wanted to ask
> the more experienced folks on this list for help and advice.
>
> - I work in Palo Alto, so will be riding from the Mission
> (21st/Valencia) to 4th and King station. I can't find info about a
> group ride that day, so I'm wondering if there is one, and/or if
> someone rides that route and is willing to be my buddy for the
> morning. :)
> - I've read the bicycle info on the Caltrain site but would appreciate
> any advice re bike/Caltrain etiquette - for example where do you get
> bike destination tags and are there any (spoken or unspoken)
> guidelines around them?
> - Any other tips for newbies?
>
> Thanks!
> Kristina
>
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