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Santa Barbara Area Cycling and Group Rides

Saturdays: 8:00 am (65 miles) fast pace
(Lake Ride from the Dolphin Fountain)

This ride usually does the lake loop around Lake Casitas. Hills first, 192/Foothill Rd to 150 back along the coast. Some people only do the hills on 150 and return. Regroups at the top of the 2nd climb, lake entrance, and the top of Bates.

Saturdays: 8:30 am (35-45 miles)
Club Echelon
has a ride at 8:30 am starting from the Vieja Valley School - The ride is an intermediate ride (35 to 45 mi).  There are 3 designated regroups.

Also, here is also a “B” ride for people who want a more casual pace or are new cyclists and want to learn how to group ride. It departs at 9:00 am.

Sundays: 9:00 am (35 miles)
Weekend World's fast pace
East Beach Bathhouse parking lot

To the Rincon and back. The start is usually late by a few minutes but the pace more than makes up for it. Regroup at the top of Bates Rd. (Rincon).

Tuesday/Thursday: 8:00 am (35 miles)
(Dolphin Fountain)

Same route as Sunday Worlds, 35 mile loop to Rincon. The pace can be anywhere from a piano cruise at 18 mph to a blazing 30+ mph, great training ride nonetheless in either case. Some start at ROCO at 7 for a warmup or to climb.

Tuesday: 9:30 am ( 4 Different Routes - about 2 hours)
Skills Training

Meet at Platinum Fitness in Montecito (113 Middle Road) and leave by 9:30 returning at 11:30. This is a social ride with a focus on skills training not hammering. There are 4 different routes for the ride: 1 for each Tuesday in the month and on any month that there is a 5th Tuesday we will do something completely different.

Tuesday: 12:00 pm (15 miles)
Goleta Training Ride

Meet at Fairview and Cathedral Oaks at noon. High intensity race pace workout of about 45 minutes. Out Cathedral Oaks, up Glen Annie, regroup on the descent. Right at the light. Right at the stop sign at Calle Real. Sprint up to the base of Ferran. Fast pace back to Cathedral Oaks and Fairview.

Tuesday and Thursady 12:15 pm (25 miles)
Bathhouse Ride

Meet at the west parking lot entrance to the Bathhouse at noon ready to leave by 12:15. Regular regroups, out to Carp and back. about 1:45 total ride time.

Wednesday: 12:30 pm
OSM Hill Climb
3 miles about 7% average
Meet on Old San Marcos Road just before the bridge. TT pace to the top at San Marcos Pass. Keep your own times.
Some people time from the center of the bridge to the tree at the top, others time to the stop ahead sign a little further up.


Thursday: 12:00 pm
OSM Hill Climb

3 miles about 7% average
Meet at noon at Giorgi Park (about one block before the climb starts), ride whatever pace you want, regroup and commiserate at the top.

Evening rides (during Daylight Savings Time - March to November)

Thursday: 5:30 pm
Thursday Evening Ride

25 miles about 1.5 hours
M
eet at Foothill & Glen Albyn (first left after Alamar going east). Up Glem Albyn and around to Las Canoas, Mountain Drive, Park Lane, Bella Vista, and down at Ladera. It's about 2 hours round trip.


Thursday: 5:30 pm
Thursday Evening Women's Ride

Distance, Pace and Duration varies

North County Cycling (Solvang Santa Ynez Orcutt Santa Maria)


The Saturday Valley Loop Ride
, Solvang CA
It meets every Saturday @ 9 AM at the Bulldog Cafe in Solvang. Different times of year require different types of training so we will adapt the ride as is needed.


For you dirt riders:

The SGDC Every Wednesday Night MTB Ride
Time: 6 PM
Where: Meet at the Main Entrance Gate of the SGDC on Zaca Station Road in Los Olivos
Duration: 2 Hours

Contact Mike for more info on the Valley Loop Ride and the MTB ride:

The Saturday Cutter Ride, Orcutt CA (40-80 miles)
Rotates 13 beautiful routes
Leaves 7:05 sharp from the Albertson's parking lot at Clark and Bradley for a steady to fast pace ride through the central coast.
Contacts:

Robert Martin   
Jim Hamlin   



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