by Sheila Stevens In 2007, Russ and I were riding our first organized double century (Davis) on the tandem when we met another tandem couple wearing matching Terrible Two jerseys.  Russ commented that it would be really cool if we could get matching TT jerseys ourselves.  It was the most ridiculous ...

by Franz Kelsch We couldn't help but be intrigued by the ride posting of 18 billy goats.  We realized that would be impossible for us to do but the ride posted by Russ and Sheila had the great flexibility of offering three sequential rides, or laps, with a fixed route and ...

by Jon Kaplan Just back today from Eastern Sierra.  It was definitely an adventure.  Getting there (to Bishop) on Friday took 9 hours – Tioga Pass and Sonora Pass were closed, and Route 4 had chains required.  So we (Patrice Carney, Vince Cummings and I) wound up going up north and ...

by Deborah Hoag Central Coast Double (Second Leg of Stage Race, 3 hardest 200 milers) starts and ends at City Park in Paso Robles. The route takes you over the Santa Lucia Range to the Pacific Coast via Adelaida, York Mt., and Santa Rosa Creek into Cambria. The route then takes ...

By Brian Birkeland I stumbled upon a short article in the Salinas Californian newspaper that Mazda Laguna-Seca Raceway has started a Twighlight Cycling Series on the track and that for a $10 entry fee anyone can ride their bike on the 2.2mile track. So I showed up on Friday May 15th from ...

by Franz and Anne Kelsch It has been a few weeks off from cycling, starting with Franz breaking his hand in a cycling accident and then us traveling across the US from the Northwest corner to the Southeast corner. We tried to get in some exercise most days, but mostly ...

by Vince Cummings I rode my first double in Davis on Saturday. I was happy to finish and I really enjoyed it, even though the last 45 miles were painful and slow. My weekend started on Friday morning. I packed up everything I needed and was on the road by about ...

by Barley Forsman I'm a big fan of visualization before a big ride - I like to think through the ride the night before and image where I'll be and how I'll feel at certain key points in the ride. Usually I pick spots that have historically been hard for me ...

by Deborah Hoag ACTC had a showing for Devil Mountain Double 2009, which included eleven riders; Art Cruz, Barry Schwartz, Barely Forsword, Peter MerillI, Jeff Urnes, Ken Emerson, Steve Saeedi, Udi Yuhjman, Man Fai Tam, Paul Ries, and Deborah Hoag, and four supporters Ben Waters, Ken Holloway, Rick McCaw, Brian Chun. DMD is the first ...

by Vince Cummings I decided to make the Worker's Ride my big training ride prior to  doing the Davis Double in one month.  I knew I needed to get an early start so I could have time for breaks and still finish 140 miles or so before the barbeque ended.  So ...