ACTC Rides Information

Silicon Valley Bikes Festival May 6th

We need volunteers to staff the ACTC table on May 6 at Kelley Park! Volunteers get free admission. Please consider riding to the fest and help work our table from 11 - 1:30 or from 1:30 to 4. Contact the comms guy at communications@actc.org to volunteer. http://www.siliconvalleybikesfestival.org/

Amtrak Buses

by Jerry Schonewille Many bicyclist are familiar with Amtrak trains and some use them in their tours but few know about Amtrak buses. Buses serve as connectors between outlying cities and cities that have train service. They can get you to Reno or Lake Tahoe or Las Vegas but ...

Mountain Charlie

by Jerry Schonewille The ACTC riding academy held a bicycling touring class September 20-21, 2008 that included a self contained overnight ride from Los Gatos to New Brighton State Park in Capitola. I know the leader, Tony Le, and sort of invited myself along. First, I have to say I am ...

Touring – Expect the Unexpected

by Jerry Schonewille So I was in the middle of a 60 mile tour from Turlock to Mariposa, with 3000 ft of climbing, noticing that 5 gravel trucks had just passed me yet there was almost no other traffic on this country road.  Then an oil truck passed and I instantly ...

High Sierras Tour June 2008

by Jerry Schonewille This ride grew out of an idea of joining Donnie's 3-Day Ride to the Start of Sierra to the Sea and then doing “something” after that. That something turned out to be 1-week of riding self contained in the High Sierras. Originally the plan was for ...

LDTR for 1-26-08

Click for Route Sheet for 1-26-08 for LDTR ride. Meet at Meridian & Redmond (Almaden Coffee Roosting). Park on Oak Glen Way. All paces are welcome - ride is lead at MB pace. Shorter options or meet along the way. Friday night the ride leaders sent out this ...

UDT – Heading West to Half Moon Bay

For the UDT ride for Saturday, September 1st, meet at the Hwy 9 Park and Ride in Los Gatos. Ride starts at 7 am. We will have three ride leaders as follows: B-S pace Franz Kelsch 848-9535 MB pace Scott Guilladeau 307-7505 M ...

Tour de Franz – 8/25/07

Franz and Ann offer their house for a post or mid-ride BBQ/party! There are two club rides. One starts at their house in Gilroy (total of 50 miles) and the other starts in San Jose (total of 80 miles). Both rides start at 9 ...

Chilly Chili Campout 3/16-18/2007

by Jerry Schonewille This 3-day campout at Sunset Beach is a long time ACTC tradition usually held in the middle of March. The odd name is derived from the typically cold conditions (chilly) and the Saturday night feast (chili). Sunset Beach is only about 40 miles from Los Gatos so riding ...

Coalinga Loop Overnighter

by Jerry Schonewille This weekend adventure started over twenty years ago by Brad Wade. In recent years Pam Downs has led both a spring and fall edition. If you like riding lonely remote roads with little traffic then this tour is for you! The ride starts in King City and goes ...

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Syndicate

February 16th 2019
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New Goat Planned for 2021

Coming soon... Camp Pomponio BILLY Goat. Ride while it is green.
March 14th 2018
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Silicon Valley Bikes Festival May 6th

We need volunteers to staff the ACTC table on May 6 at Kelley Park! Volunteers get free admission. Please consider riding to the fest and help work our table from 11 - 1:30 or from 1:30 to 4. Contact the comms guy at communications@actc.org to volunteer. http://www.siliconvalleybikesfestival.org/
February 5th 2018
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2018 ACTC Appreciation Dinner – Register Now!

ACTC Appreciation Dinner is Saturday March 17! Register by Friday, March 2 for discounted price. Information & registration at http://www.actc.org/events/appdinner/
February 25th 2017
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2017 ACTC Appreciation Dinner – Register Now!

ACTC Appreciation Dinner is March 18! Register by Friday, March 3 for discounted price. Information & registration at http://www.actc.org/events/appdinner/
July 6th 2016
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2016 ACTC Olema Rally – Register Now!

The 2016 ACTC Olema Rally is a fun campout held Aug 5-7 this year. Information is at http://actc.org/events/rrr/rally.pdf. Register by July 23 at http://www.actc.org/events/rrr/register.php.

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