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 ...

by Guy Neenan No doubt some cycling associates will be interested in the recent toning of physique and surge in cycling performance they've witnessed in me.  There is some caveat in the story of getting a prescription for betamethasone ointment and using it while maintaining an athletic lifestyle.  You must pay ...

by Franz Kelsch Last Saturday I finished, along with a limited group of 300 cyclists, stage 4 of the Tour of Utah, called the 300 Warriors. It was a great experience to ride a stage of a pro race on the same day when all the route signs were up ...

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 ...

by Franz Kelsch Franz and Ann finished the 111 mile Ulcer Century today.   This century is put on by the Bonneville Bicycle Club starting at Thanksgiving Point and going around Utah Lake.  It is a very big event with a lot of riders.  Unlike the Tierra Bella, it is rather ...

By John Pugliese This past Saturday was the 2008 Deathride (www.deathride.com), which is comprised of 129 miles and 15,000 ft of climbing over 5 passes. Although I didn’t get a ticket until May, I had been doing a lot of climbing and distance rides with ACTC.  I was questioning the ride during ...

by Marie Becker I'm back from my weekend up to the Sierra's for the Death Ride and I completed 4 passes!  Woo-hoo!! That’s the good news… the bad news is I was sagged off the bottom of #4 for hypothermia.  That’s the short version… The long version… For those of you not familiar with ...

by Jeffrey Urnes The short story (mine)  I finished right at 10 pm,  the last "I did it" rider this year. I did not feel bad at all during the ride, accept for severe "hot foot" climbing the Geysers.  This was do primarily to having  new orthodics in my shoes. I did the ...

by Deborah Hoag My goal for the year was to complete the stage race (the three hardest doubles). I had completed Muholland (the first one) when there was more than a 40 percent DNF. I then went on to complete Central Coast, and I had a great ride. But, I knew ...

by Franz and Ann Kelsch We posted three ACTC rides doing some of the new Utah Billy Goats. This time it was just Ann and Franz doing the rides. We will be posting them again in August if anyone can make their way up here. Here ...