Riders in the East Bay

Recently solved in East Bay

Every request that ended with a rider helping a rider. No names unless the helper chose to be named; never a location.

Where riders meet

• Grizzly Peak turnouts and the Steam Trains lot at Tilden on weekend mornings.
• Redwood Road / Skyline above Oakland and the Joaquin Miller lots.
• Mt Diablo — the Junction ranger station halfway up and the summit lot.
• The Junction at Mines Road / Del Puerto Canyon (the bar at the top) — every rider on Mines stops here. Good place to find help heading either way.

Cell dead zones

The app pings riders by where you are. If you can't post, nobody gets pinged — so know where the signal drops before you need it.

• Mines Road south of the Livermore vineyards is dead for roughly 40 miles. If you break down on Mines, you are walking to the Junction or waiting for the next rider — which, on a weekend, is rarely long.
• Morgan Territory Road: no signal through the middle section; the Clayton end and the Livermore end have it.
• Mt Diablo summit works; the North Gate and South Gate roads are patchy.
• In the urban East Bay, signal is fine. The Caldecott Tunnel bores are the exception — don't stop in them for any reason.

Fuel gaps

• No fuel on Mines Road between Livermore and Patterson — about 60 miles via Del Puerto Canyon. Fill in Livermore; the Junction sells no gas.
• No fuel on Mt Diablo or on Morgan Territory. Clayton, Danville and Livermore are the last stops.
• Skyline / Grizzly: Montclair and Berkeley are close enough that this is rarely the problem.

If you break down on the key routes

• Mines Road: this is the East Bay's Hwy 1 — far, quiet, no signal. Carry a plug kit and a small fuel bottle. Post from Livermore before you go in if the bike's been acting up; post from the Junction if it happens on the way.
• Mt Diablo: rangers at the Junction (halfway) and the summit. Downhill coasting works for a dead engine on most of the descent.
• I-580 / I-880 / Hwy 24: Freeway Service Patrol runs weekday peaks on all three. Get off the shoulder first, then post.
• Caldecott: if it dies in the tunnel, keep rolling if you can; Caltrans monitors and will respond. Do not stay in a bore.

Help fill East Bay

The meter at the top is the number of riders in East Bay who said they'd stop. When it reaches 40, a rider stuck anywhere in the region is usually within a few miles of someone. The riders you bring are the ones who'll be nearest when it's your turn.

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