Drinking:
<Best Cheech n’ Chong Big-Bambo Album interpretation>
- Oh no, not me man! You can get brain damage from beer & bikes!

</not CnC>
Seriously, I don’t drink and drive; bad juju wicked evil knarly wreck-city. I have done myself out thrice too many times with painful suffering, broken ribs, ripped flesh… no. Me and beer and bikes don’t mix anymore. However – that doesn’t stop me from walking to a pub, have a couple, and walking home.
Breweries on the Path:
Between SF and Eureka there are a few breweries on Hwy 1 and 101. If I drink, it will be at the end of the day when we’re done riding. Here’s the list of potential candidates in no particular order:
- Fort Bragg – North Coast Brewery; they make fantastic beer! And – it’s one of my planned overnight stays.
- Eureka - Lost Coast Brewery & Pub: Equally spectacular gold-medal winning brewery. I plan on spending the night here too.
Nearby Breweries (too far off the beaten path, but we still drool about them):
- Boonville - Anderson Valley Brewing
Healdsburg - Bear Republic Brewing
Hopland - Mendocino Brewing Company
Larkspur - Marin Brewing Company
Novato - Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant
Novato - Pacific Hop Exchange
Petaluma - Lagunitas Brewing
Saint Helena - Silverado Brewing
San Francisco - too many to list!
Santa Rosa – Russian River Brewing
Sausalito - Sausalito Brewing
Ukiah - Ukiah Brewing
Dates:
- Targets are 4th of July in Westwood, CA for the snowmobile races.
- Probably Fresno around mid-month.
- SF near the tail end of July, and we take it day-by-day after that. I’m on holiday so there’s no hard set date to be back per se.
Pack Ah:
My Battery Pack (providing I do not receive duds from HK) will be 15S24P @ 5Ah each, so that’s:
- 72 / 3 = 24; 24 * 5 Ah = 120 Ah @ 63V, or 7560 Wh. I suspect it will only take 8 hours to charge with my new Meanwell assembly.
Distances:
- From SF to Fort Bragg via Hwy 1 is 142 miles with an elevation climb of 7764 feet.
- From Fort Bragg to Eureka via Hwy 1/101 and the “Avenue of the Giants†is 194 miles with an elevation climb of 8814 feet. My pack should make these legs well enough if we ride judiciously without significant headwind.

Bases covered,
KF