Last year, when I began riding “inappropriately long distances” as my friend Jason would say, I focused on completing the entire San Francisco Randonneurs‘ series. This year I wanted to mix things up, and my second year has been a veritable “Brevet Buffet”: I sampled rides from most of other the clubs in the Bay Area (with the exception of Fresno, which just launched their series this spring). In January, I rode an early Healdsburg to Napa 200k with the Santa Rosa Cycling Club; finished most of the Davis Bike Club’s brevet series (but had to skip out on their March 200k as I was out sick — I plan to make it up later in the year); and now, I just wrapped up my inaugural ride with the Santa Cruz Randonneurs run by Lois Springsteen and Bill Bryant.
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Camp-On: Pescaderooooooo
Another summer, another epic camping trip with the fabulous Ride-On crew!
Box Dog Bikes Summer Camp 2014
The fine folks at Box Dog Bikes organized their second annual camping trip that headed out to Anthony Chabot Regional Park in the East Bay hills this weekend.
Randonneur Ride Report: Antelope Lake Davis 600k
An evening start, drunken road rage, beautiful scenery and sleep deprivation — this challenging 600k had it all!
Randonneur Ride Report: Double Populaire Weekend
With the Davis 600k on the horizon, I didn’t want to ride too many miles the weekend before. So I chose two populaire-length permanents — one hilly and one flat — just to keep my fitness up.