Oakland Yellowjackets Bicycling Club

The San Gregorio General Store has to be one of the few general stores in the country with it's own website. And it's most certainly the only with its own website and live music.

Back in mid 1800s when San Gregorio was a major stop on the stagecoach route from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, the place included a 10-room hotel that catered to road-weary travelers. There was a couple of saloons, a Chinese laundry. Even a cheese factory. The building still stands but is no longer a functioning hotel. However, the original stagecoach stop stands across Highway 84 from the store. More info here and here, if you're interested.

Nowadays, the general store is a rest stop on both the Advanced and Intermediate Peninsula rides. So if OYRers get there between 11 and 1, they'll be treated to some live music from the Montara Mountain Boys.

Rumor has it that despite the prominent bike rack outside, the proprietors don't actually like cyclists. Use clip covers if you have them. Take off your shoes and leave them out front per the sign by the door.

Down in San Mateo County at the foot of the formidable Tunitas Creek Climb, there's a little hut just for cyclists. Husband and wife Bill and Christine acquired a farm on Tunitas Creek and they're converting it into a non-profit dedicated to the food justice movement.

On this farm, they've transformed a one car garage into "The Bike Hut". The small store offers cheap ($.25) water bottle fill ups and features organic/vegan energy snacks and drinks. There's even a couch inside to crash on (but no bathrooms as of yet). Pretty cool.

Here's the blurb from their website:

We have a one-car-garage-sized building right on Tunitas Creek Road which is now named The Bike Hut. Since this road is so popular with bicyclists, we wanted to provide them a rest stop. The Bike Hut will be open at all times on an honor-system basis. We'll provide organic teas and fair-trade coffees as well as homemade drinks and sweet and savory snacks. There's a small picnic area and you can refill your water bottle for only 25¢.

You can't miss The Bike Hut - it's bright red and a great place to take a pause before starting the ascent up Tunitas Creek Road to Skyline Blvd or having just ridden downhill.

If you're doing the Advanced or Intermediate routes on the OYJ Peninsula ride this weekend, you'll get a chance to cool your heels at the hut before making the ascent up Tunitas to Skyline.