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Mondays: FTWNB Ride
630a at the Conservatory of Flowers > 17miles
Calling all femme, trans, women, and non-binary cyclists, join us every Monday for our FTWNB ride!
We’ll head down to Ocean Beach at a relaxed pace, pedal along the sandy Great Highway, and make a left past the SF Zoo. From there we head through St Francis Wood before finishing up at the top of Twin Peaks! After we descend Twin Peaks, join us for breakfast and coffee at The Mill.
On the first Monday of the month, we invite all FTWNB allies to join us on the classic route and show their allegiance by riding in the back to make sure no cyclist is left behind :)
On the last Monday of the month, join us on a counterclockwise loop of the northwestern side of the city with views of the Presidio, Legion of Honor, and Great Highway. We’ll backtrack our usual route through Golden Gate Park for a wildcard destination for coffee & pastries! Check the calendar at the bottom of this page for more information about where we’ll be stopping.
Tuesdays: Headlands + Arsicault Bakery
630a at the Southern Golden Gate Bridge Pavillon > 25miles
Join us every Tuesday for a heady trip through the Headlands. Fly up Hawk Hill and ride your steed around Rodeo Beach. Might as well deplete your phone’s battery while you snap some photos of the view at the Battery Townsley lookout. Bunker down against the wind on winding Bunker Road. Return to that Hawk Hill summit like a bird to its nest, then make a quick descent back to the city. Arsicault Bakery awaits, and although some will tell you that croissants only go straight to your ‘arse,’ we say the more arse the better. The queens of kouign-amann never turn down a pastry. Croissants are made of watts, anyway.
Riders typically arrive at the bakery around 8am.
Read one Fatcaker’s description of the Tuesday ride here
Routes
Thursdays: Wildcard
630a at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park or at the Golden Gate Bridge Pavillon> Follow us on Instagram for ride calls > 15-30miles.
The devil you know beats the devil you don’t. One exception: if you’ve never had a stacked bite of Devil’s Teeth Baking’s breakfast sammies before. In that case, the devil you don’t know is going to be your new best friend.
Thursday’s ride calls for a wildcard, but don’t worry—no matter what, we promise enough spirited sprints to whet your appetite.
If it’s not Devilishly good breakfast sandos on the menu, it might be Butter Love Bakeshop (where better to show off your new Butter Me Up jersey?). Or we might freewheel into Flywheel Coffee’s open tables after a spin through Golden Gate Park. Maybe we’ll complete our own Cinderella story (perfect-sized piroshki are the new perfect-sized shoes) at Cinderella Bakery. There’s also a fifty-fifty chance we’ll end up crushing a croissant at Fifty/Fifty Coffee & Tea.
If the uncertain path of Thursday’s ride stresses you out, don’t worry. We sport donuts on our sleeves as a sign of devotion to the Pastry Gods. In return, these gods offer us passage across the city tarmac.
Riders typically arrive at the bakery around 8am.
Coffee & Pastries
First Thursdays Donut Alley
630a at the Northern Golden Gate Bridge Pavillon > 30 miles
On the first Thursday of each month, FCC travels to a different land. In mystical (and mist-ical) Marin, riders float by on the seaside MV-Sausalito bike path before taking a stroll up Camino Alto. Then we drop down into our favorite hole-in-the-wall shop (it’s not called Donut Alley for nothing). A modest exterior disguises the truth: the inside of this boutique is a pure fairytale. Folks with flour on their hands will hand you golden rings topped with warm sugary magic. And, unlike in the story of Hansel and Gretel, they won’t even try to eat you afterward.
With bellies warmed by fried dough and coffee, riders gently exit this fairytale and return to real life across the bridge. But photos of the warm treats and warmer company prove the magic happened.
Routes
🍩 Basic Donut - https://www.strava.com/routes/3121620963564227640
⛰️ Dirty Donut https://www.strava.com/routes/2881049624625806194
🌴 Donut Paradise https://www.strava.com/routes/2934319123444352492 (returns ~9am South side of the Golden Gate Bridge)