SF2G — Bike Commute to Silicon Valley
Community of Bay Area cyclists who bike commute from San Francisco to Silicon Valley. Multiple route options; Fridays are No Rider Left Behind. ~42-mile daily routes.
The vibe
Commute the fun way, 42 miles
SF2G — San Francisco to Google — started as a handful of cyclists who decided the 42-mile commute down the Peninsula was more interesting by bike than by Caltrain. It has since grown into a full community with multiple daily routes, a mailing list, and a culture that’s accumulated over years of pre-dawn departures from coffee shops in the Mission and Nob Hill. The main routes run south through Daly City, along the Peninsula, and into Mountain View — passing the campus campuses of some of Silicon Valley’s biggest employers.
The daily ride groups self-organize by pace, and there’s enough variety in the route options that riders can calibrate distance and terrain. Fridays run a dedicated No Rider Left Behind format, which means the group stays together and nobody gets stranded on Sand Hill Road. The rest of the week the pace is more competitive — people have meetings to get to, and some of them prefer to arrive fast.
Joining is straightforward: sign up via the Google Group at groups.google.com/group/sf2g, check the route map on the site, and show up at the departure point that makes sense for where you’re coming from. Bring lights — early morning departures in fog are a given.