So we did a little ride around Reno last Friday to check out the local bike shops, eat some good food, and have a few beers. It turned out to be an all day affair that was quite fun despite some really warm temperatures during the mid-day hours. Below is our route (clockwise for the most part) and the temperatures if you want to see when we were suffering!
The whole loop took just over two hours of riding time at a leisurely pace (about 25 miles total), but it kept us on the road from breakfast time to well past beer thirty in the evening! Here's a photo tour of our trip with a few comments.
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| Wet Hen Cafe for breakfast. Cute place, good service, great food! |
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| Reno Cycle and Fitness. Wifey scored a new helmet! Friendly staff. |
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| Great Basin Bicycles! Very friendly staff, walk in repairs, one of the best shops in town. We spent over an hour here chatting, trying on clothes, etc. I now own new bike shorts, a jersey, and more from this visit. |
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| Computrainer stations. |
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| Outside Great Basin Bicycles! |
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| Sierra Cyclesmith. Friendly....more clothing was tried on. Right after this, heading north on Virginia we found one of those magically disappearing bike lanes that leaves you in very busy traffic. Not cool. |
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| In response to the disappearing bike lane, we headed West on Del Monte Lane (after a traffic circle of death). We paused to admire the view on Windy Hill. |
So we visited two more bike shops after this....and somehow I forgot to snap pics. The first of these was Velo Reno on Lakeside. I'm not sure what to say about these guys. No one talked to us....at all....ever! There were only two other customers in the whole shop. We were there for 20+ minutes, trying on shorts, checking out leg warmers. Either way with so many good shops I won't be back.
The last shop was College Cyclery. These guys were very similar to Great Basin Bicycles. Super friendly, chatted with us, made us feel at home. We spent time just checking out the bikes and some more clothing options for wifey (she found her favorite bike shorts and a jersey here)! Definitely will be back here again!
Ok, bike shops are great....but it was beyond hot by this time and I was ready for a drink. Sooo......thank god we were in Mid-town!
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| We started by meeting friends at Midtown Wine Bar. Good beer and wine and friendly staff! |
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| Not all my friends want to be in the blog! |
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| Wall murals on the ride to the next stop.....food! |
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| The food! Great Full Gardens. Absolutely amazing food! Tastes great, good for you. If you haven't been here some on down and check it out! |
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| Obviously, I'm not the only one who likes it! |
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| The food! |
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| Time for another round....on to 1864 bar on California Ave. |
The night wrapped up with a walk over to Cheney St. where the old Holland Project building has been revamped into a bar called Death and Taxes. I was pretty much toast at this point so thankfully there are no pictures.
From there it was time to finish the ride back up the college hill and home. All in all a great ride and a good local adventure. So if you're bored with the routine try a local bike tour!
Thanks for posting! It's always good to find new places to stop when out cycling. I usually park and ride from Reno cycle with their groups. There's some nice riding out in the Huffaker hills, or off Foothill and down to old So. Virginia and up Toll Road.
ReplyDeleteAnother very friendly shop is High Sierra. They are on Steamboat Pkwy. right by R.C. Willey. Glad you had fun as that what it's all about!