San Francisco bike tours

Streets of San Francisco Bike Tours guide and co-founder Eoin Canny explainied the history of mural art in the Mission District during a tour in San Francisco. Streets of San Francisco Bike Tours, launched in early 2011 by a group of friends who are passionate about both San Francisco and bicycles, and who’d worked as travel guides internationally before returning home to lead their own tours.

An escalating row of Victorian houses known as “Painted Ladies” on the edge of Alamo Square Park, overlooking the San Francisco skyline, at the start of a Streets of San Francisco bike tour.

Timothy McCarthy, of Berkeley, Calif., consulted a trail map at Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County.

This part of the tour included a hiking and mountain bike jaunt along some of the park’s many trails.

Paula Froke, of New York, rode along the Embarcadero in San Francisco during a Streets of San Francisco bike tour.

Visitors sampled both wine and cycling memorabilia during a stop at Velo Vino Napa Valley in St. Helena, Calif., founded by the family that makes Clif Bars and Clif Family wines. Velo Vino offers wine tastings and wines and speciality foods for sale, as well as bike tours and cycling events.

Winemaker Bruce Regalia, left, chatted with Tim and Melissa Booth, of Albuquerque, N.M., during a wine tasting.

The “Cupid’s Span” sculpture across from the Ferry Building along the Embarcadero in San Francisco which provides the backdrop for a picnic lunch.