Hot off the presses, the Zine/Book version of the blog is now available!
The book is available at these San Francisco stores (in many more stores soon, some outside SF, check back):
Modern Times Bookstore (Valencia and 20th)
The Green Arcade (Bookstore) (Market @ Gough)
Needles and Pens (16th and Guererro)
You can also order books online at the press website, postcarpress.org.
The zine/book features five trips, including Mt. Diablo State Park, Yosemite, West Marin hikes, Lake Tahoe, and Big Sur. In addition to a different medium, we’ve cleaned up the information and images for each trip from those given on the blog. The book is printed on a heavy card stock, each trip printed on a single sheet (front and back), about postcard size, and the binding is a functional screw post that enables you to rearrange the order of the pages or take one card with you on a trip without having to take them all. We’re pretty excited about the design, and have put a lot of time into both the functionality and aesthetics of the book. We plan to create and release additional volumes, including additional trips in the near future–in the meantime the book has something both for the novice and experienced post-car adventurer.
Be in touch if you have any questions. You can reach us here.
A jpeg of the first page.
Front of Mt. Diablo trip profile in the book
I missed the gallery window… could I possibly buy a copy of your awesome book from you in person? I live in the city.
If that’s not possible, I’ll drop a note in the mail asap.
By: Erin on December 10, 2008
at 11:18 pm
The design reflects the content- I like it!
By: RJ on December 28, 2008
at 4:43 pm
so great! i will have to pick one of these up!
sorry i missed this post–i would’ve put it on my christmas list. 
By: kit on December 30, 2008
at 8:40 pm
hey kit,
glad you like the book! you live on the peninsula right? we’re not in stores down there yet, but i hope to start distributing some down there in the next couple months. in the meantime they are available online. if you have any suggestions for bookstores/bike shops that would be good for the book, let me know!
By: bikeculturetheory on December 30, 2008
at 10:35 pm
I’m headed to pick up a copy of your book right after work. Just called Needles and Pens on 16th and they have it (also happens we are going to Upudi for dinner). And I can’t wait to check it out.
We have been itching to do something like this for some time and the $7 is well worth the money to get us out and about.
We’ve been car-free for two years and have felt trapped in the city at times.
I look forward to future posts.
By: Mike on February 3, 2009
at 9:34 pm
I picked up a copy from Needles and Pens a few weeks ago. This is an excellent zine/book/adventure-guide/publication!
Inspired by your wine country / harbin springs tour, we just got back from our own bike trip to Napa and Sonoma via the Vallejo Ferry over Memorial Day Weekend. Five of us went up there, and we had a fantastic time. Thanks again for writing the guide.
By: Chris on May 27, 2009
at 3:14 am
Hi Chris,
Thanks! We’re happy to hear how people are using the guide — did you guys bike CA 29 the whole way from Vallejo? (That stretch sucks). How did you get back? We’ll be posting a few more new trips soon, stay posted.
By: bikeculturetheory on May 27, 2009
at 5:08 am