By Louise McCracken It was a 5:00 am start with Jon Kaplan, Barbara Murphy and Fred O’Leary. I was nervous as this was going to be the longest ride I have ever set out to accomplish. Jon had complete faith in me to finish. And to give ...

by Dave Zajac Wanted to give my report of my first DC. Thanks to all of you who offered me some great advice prior to the ride as it all really helped. I decided to focus on three items from all the great advice 1. Don't start with the 7:30 group 2. Keep Heart ...

by Franz Kelsch - For the version with music and more details go to my personal blog entry. There were twelve club members who took on the Solvang Double Century challenge this year, including Joe Farinha, Dave Zajac, Jon Kaplan, Gary Franck, Barry Schwartz, Marnel King, Barbara Murphy, Fred ...

We had a large turn out to the Tour de Franz last year (the photo at the top of this website was taken on that ride). This year's event will be on Saturday, March 22, to coincide when the tour founder reaches a new milestone (age wise). We ...

The start time has been changed as follows: 7:30 am for most riders 8:00 am for fast riders Route Sheet for LDTR on 3/15/08

By Franz Kelsch Today was a long distance training ride. The route started at the normal location and headed down to Bailey and then up Metcalf. I biked from my home and met up with Gary F. in Morgan Hill, timing it so we would meet the other ...

March 1, 2008 by Barry Schwartz I signed up for the Death Valley Double Century in December thinking I would have plenty of time train. I was 10 pounds overweight and I had not ridden a long ride since the death ride (July). Due to the excessive rain in January ...

by Franz Kelsch photos by the group About 25 cyclists enjoyed a weekend of biking together for the Patterson Overnighter, led by Russ and Sheila. We all started in Milpitas with more than half of the riders on tandems, I believe about 8 tandems. It was a bit cool as we ...