As we head into the 2nd half of winter, and with the Grizzley Peak Century around the corner, we have a longer than normal route served up for you! This route combines Pinehurst to Redwood Road South, over to Palomares Road, and back north through Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, and Alamo to Walnut Creek.

Looking for at least one person to potentially lead a shorter variation of this loop that turns in Castro Valley and heads back via the Dublin Grade instead of continuing on Palomares Road. Email me if you are interested in leading this route / group. andy @ racycles . com

We will meet at 8am and roll at 8:30am from the shop, and head up the bike path towards Moraga and Canyon, turn left on Pinehurst, then left on Redwood Road all the way over to Castro Valley. We will stop at a market / corner store in Castro Valley, before heading over to Palomares Road. This is a somewhat isolated road, so please bring your repair kit and nutrition so that you can be self sufficient. Once we descend Palomares, we take a left on Highway 84 / Niles Canyon Road to Sunol for our next re-group and bathroom/food stop. Then we head back north Foothill Road to San Ramon Valley Blvd which turns into Danville Blvd back to Walnut Creek. After we hit Rudgear Rd. we will turn left onto Castle Hill to Lancaster to Lilac to Newell to Olympic to Blvd Way.

Please ensure that you download the route to your Garmin/Wahoo, or save it to your Strava App for reference.

Please plan your nutrition and hydration based on the two planned stops, and take the length of the route into consideration.

Please share this ride with your riding groups and partners! If you have any questions please email me andy @ racycles . com.

This Saturday we have tentatively planned another installment of our Women's Shop Rides!

We will meet at 8:45 at the shop for restrooms and last minute tire pumping. The plan is to roll at 9am.

*The weather looks a bit wet! Soaking wet roads or steady rain will cancel the ride.*

The route planned is to roll from the shop to Pleasant Hill Road, left on Reliez Valley Road, and over to Alhambra Valley Road for a climb up to Pig Farm. A quick re-group at the top of Pig Farm, then a fun descent down to Bear Creek Road for the Three Bears. Once in Orinda we will turn left and head through downtown Orinda and continue on to Moraga. A left turn at the end of Moraga Way then right turn onto St. Marys Road, and finally hopping onto the bike path back to Olympic Blvd and Boulevard Way back to the shop!

Please dress and plan nutrition appropriately!

The ride will be led by Marta as usual!

If you have questions please email me - andy @ racycles . com

In the spirit of getting some winter base miles and a flatter route in the mix, our next shop ride will be out to Livermore and back via Danville / Blackhawk / Highland / Collier Canyon.

Back by popular demand - this ride will be led by Eugene!

From the shop we will roll down Danville Blvd and out to Blackhawk via Camino Tassajarra to Highland, and then loop through Livermore, up Collier Canyon, and back via Camino Tassajarra to Danville Blvd again. About 55 miles, and a whopping 1700ft of vertical.

There will be one stop in Livermore at the Chevron just after we pass under the freeway coming off North Livermore Ave. The Chevron station is on the right hand side of the road.

We will meet at *8:00am* at the shop, and roll at *8:30am*. Very wet roads and/or steady rain will cancel the ride. A little damp and/or slight chance of rain and we still ride! Please keep an eye on this event discussion page for updates.

Please RSVP on this event page so we have an idea how many people are coming!

Please plan your nutrition and hydration accordingly, and make an effort to save the route to your phone, or GPS device.

Email me with any questions - andy @ racycles . com