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Friday Training Rides

Compiled by Garry Birch and Richard Brockie.
Sorted by start time.
  • Bay Area Velo Girls Club Rides
    Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
    Time:
    Meet: Various Bay Area locations
    Webpage: http://www.velogirls.com/current.html
    Restrictions: Women only

    Various rides happening most days with a women-only slant by the 2003 USCF Women's Club of the Year. Check their ride list for full details.

  • Marin Cyclists Daily Ride
    Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    Time: 07:00 AM
    Meet: Corte Madera Community Park, Marin
    Webpage: http://www.marincyclists.com/html/rideschedule.html

    23-mile Paradise Drive Loop, training ride, moderate to fast pace.

  • Cycletron Rides at Lawrence Livermore
    Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    Time: 11:40 AM
    Meet: Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
    Contact: Ken Hernandez
    Email: hernandez7@llnl.gov
    Webpage: http://www.llnl.gov/LLESA-groups/cycletrons/noonride.shtml

    There are three rides leaving daily. The rides are:
    • 11:40 - the slowest group
    • Team Hammerhead at 12:05 - the brisk group
    • The noon group at 12:05 - the "oh my god, I'm going to hurl" group
    Distances, routes, speeds, elevation gains differ by group and by day. For details, please look at the webpage.

  • Alum Rock and Hamilton
    Day: Friday
    Time: 12:00 PM
    Meet: Piedmont and Cropley in San Jose
    Contact: Santiago Bolon

    Meet at Piedmont and Cropley in San Jose at 12:00. Head south and go up Alum Rock Park, cut over to Hamilton road (don't know the name of the roads) and down Mt. Hamilton road to Alum Rock. Loop time from the meeting place back to the same point is around 45mins. The pace of this ride is brisk, normally it will go easy until we hit the climb to Mt. Hamilton rd. But there will be regrouping at the top anyway.

  • Noon Ride, The
    Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    Time: 12:00 PM
    Meet: Old Page Mill Road, Palo Alto
    Webpage: http://www.altovelo.org/

    From the Alto Velo website:

    For those that desire a bit of interval work, the noon ride at Page Mill and Old Page Mill road at 12:00 PM sharp is worth the aggravation of getting there. Pick up the pack about 12:06 rolling past the Park and Ride on Page Mill Road. There's always a 1-hour loop back to Page Mill and Foothill, with longer options on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The loop is about 22 miles.

    Doing the ride a couple of times a week will leave you with the sense that you're participating in a cycling epic. It's also good training for road racing, with an occasionally unruly pack that demands good bike handling skills. Frequently unfolding like a road race with surges and little attacks on the hills, you'll contest sprint points in the middle to the end.

  • Pleasanton Noon Ride
    Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    Time: 12:00 PM
    Meet: Foothill and Bernal
    Contact: Ron Castia (EMC˛ /Vellum Cycles)
    Email: ron@ebcyclist.org
    Webpage: http://www.ebcyclist.org/useful.htm

    Meet at Foothill and Bernal at Noon. On Mondays and Wednesdays the group splits into two, some do a Mt. Bike ride at Pleasanton Ridge. Tuesdays has typically been the big group road day.

    Routes are usually a consensus of the group, Calaveras out and back (30-35 miles), Kilkare(shorter route)(15-20 miles), and sometimes the Palomares / Dublin Canyon loop(35 Miles). Or even a group split depending on time constraints and abilities. This is a friendly group, with a good mix of riders, from experienced racers to strong tourist.

  • Specialized Noon Ride
    Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    Time: 12:00 PM
    Meet: Specialized, Morgan Hill

    No details about this ride apart from that it happens and used to run each day of the week. I do know that it is open to guests. Ring "Specialized" for details.

  • Diablo Cyclists (Fri)
    Day: Friday
    Time: 05:45 PM
    Meet: Countrywood, corner of Bancroft and Treat

    Easy ride to Danville. A flat ride to Peet's coffee in Danville. Bring lights for the return. Meet at Countrywood, corner of Bancroft and Treat @ 5:45PM.

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