Good point...! This is all really useful.


Thinking about this from another angle, I'm beginning to wonder whether this would make more sense to fit everything in:

- Take the cable car across town to Fisherman's Wharf
- Collect a bike and head for the bridge, via the Bay Trail and a stop at Fort Point
- Over the bridge and take in the viewpoints at Battery Spencer, then drop down past Vista Point to the fishing pier.
- Back up to the bridge, cross the bay and, after looking at the maps, take a quick trip to Baker Beach for an alternate view of the bridge.
- Carry on down Lincoln Blvd and then head across to Lombard St.Get the obligatory photo of a cablecar running down the hill with Alcatraz in the background.
- Drop down Lombard St and drop the bike back to the Wharf
- Cable car back to Union Square area.

Saves about 6 miles overall and saves a few ups and downs...and gets in a return trip on the cable cars. Unsure of best routing yet from Baker Beach to Lombard Street, however...