Bay Area criterium training?
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Bay Area criterium training?
just found this from google searching:
Golden Gate Park Ride
When 6:00pm Tuesdays during Daylight Saving Time
Where Starts from Transverse and JFK in Golden Gate Park, ~3mi loop
What ~1hr fast outlaw training criterium
Port of Oakland Ride
When 7:30pm Tuesdays year-round
Where Maritime, Middle Harbor, and 7th in the Port of Oakland, ~2.5mi loop
What ~1hr very fast outlaw training criterium
Are these still going on every week? I'm assuming these are just training rides so no closed off streets and basically just a group ride in the format of a criterium, correct?
Also does anyone know of anything else similar to this around the bay area?
Golden Gate Park Ride
When 6:00pm Tuesdays during Daylight Saving Time
Where Starts from Transverse and JFK in Golden Gate Park, ~3mi loop
What ~1hr fast outlaw training criterium
Port of Oakland Ride
When 7:30pm Tuesdays year-round
Where Maritime, Middle Harbor, and 7th in the Port of Oakland, ~2.5mi loop
What ~1hr very fast outlaw training criterium
Are these still going on every week? I'm assuming these are just training rides so no closed off streets and basically just a group ride in the format of a criterium, correct?
Also does anyone know of anything else similar to this around the bay area?
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I can think of two more:
SJBC Twilight Training Crit (https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=548976)
Hellyer Tuesday Nights
Polo Fields Ride isn't crit'ish like POO (been) or SJBC (never been) i'd have to say.
SJBC Twilight Training Crit (https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=548976)
Hellyer Tuesday Nights
Polo Fields Ride isn't crit'ish like POO (been) or SJBC (never been) i'd have to say.
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'outlaw training'? are bandanas a requirement?
(image from sf0.org)
See the SJBC Twilight thread a bit further down for more info about the Tuesday night rides.
(image from sf0.org)
See the SJBC Twilight thread a bit further down for more info about the Tuesday night rides.
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Ah, thanks guys.
Is the POO(btw I love the abbreviation) ride as organized as the SJBC crits? Meaning is there a fee and is the group divided into different classes?
I live in Union City, pretty much smack dab in between Oakland and San Jose so I plan to try out both those rides.
Is the POO(btw I love the abbreviation) ride as organized as the SJBC crits? Meaning is there a fee and is the group divided into different classes?
I live in Union City, pretty much smack dab in between Oakland and San Jose so I plan to try out both those rides.
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POO is free, you just jump in. Not really organized, just a big mas of riders going hellsa fast round & round for an hour. If you get dropped, you can wait and get back on. Plenty of parking on the course which is wide open roads with almost no traffic.
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BTW, in GGP, the Tuesday night rides are on roads (JFK, MLK, etc., so we may roll through a few stop signs ), the Thursday night rides are in the polo fields, a closed 2/3 mile oval, no stop signs or cars, but during the school year there are clueless soccer and lacrosse players crossing the track to get to the fields in the middle. Thankfully though the fields are closed for the summer.
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StudioVelo in Mill Valley has a loosely organized Tuesday evening hammerfest. We depart from the shop at 6:15 doing a clockwise loop around Corte Madera & Tiburon to the ferry terminal and back the way we came. I'd advise being very familiar with Paradise loop before participating.
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StudioVelo in Mill Valley has a loosely organized Tuesday evening hammerfest. We depart from the shop at 6:15 doing a clockwise loop around Corte Madera & Tiburon to the ferry terminal and back the way we came. I'd advise being very familiar with Paradise loop before participating.
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Anybody know of any Tuesday hammer fests that are in the Penninsula (burlingame, san mateo)?
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Ask and you shall receive. The Tuesday rides are fast & furious & fun. Much faster than the Th or Sat/Sun PV Rides, since racer dude can recover by the weekend. Not so crit'y though.
https://www.penvelo.org/secondary/rides.html
btw, here's the POO route. Good turnout last night.
https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...and-loop278007
https://www.penvelo.org/secondary/rides.html
btw, here's the POO route. Good turnout last night.
https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...and-loop278007
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If you're in Davis during the week, cross the Causeway and join the Tuesday evening South River Ride. Leaves from McClatchy HS at 6pm, promenade down to Freeport. Once it crosses the drawbridge to the Yolo Co. side, it's game on! Not really crittish in the sense of cornering, because it's on the open road, but it's flat, windy, and intense.
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They ride in the Great America parking lot across from the Santa Clara golf course, south side of Tasman. If the parking lot is unavailable, then people gather across the street in the golf course overflow parking lot and head out for 3 laps around Alviso. Noon for both, Tu/Thu. Usually a very fast ride.
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Bay Area criterium training
Probably wont have to wait on the ups. Ill be right there with ya. That trail sounds good. Dont know where it starts. I work off winchester and 85 so i think its close. want to make that the Thursday ride? Any idea how long it is?
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They ride in the Great America parking lot across from the Santa Clara golf course, south side of Tasman. If the parking lot is unavailable, then people gather across the street in the golf course overflow parking lot and head out for 3 laps around Alviso. Noon for both, Tu/Thu. Usually a very fast ride.
edit: 3 laps, musta been about 18 miles?
haven't dl'd yet.
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If you're in Davis during the week, cross the Causeway and join the Tuesday evening South River Ride. Leaves from McClatchy HS at 6pm, promenade down to Freeport. Once it crosses the drawbridge to the Yolo Co. side, it's game on! Not really crittish in the sense of cornering, because it's on the open road, but it's flat, windy, and intense.
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It's just a group ride, the oldest in Sacramento. It was the only ride in Sacramento "back in the day." Like caloso said, it leaves McClatchy High School at 6 pm and usually is over around 7ish. Easy pace until you take a right off of the Freeport Bridge.
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StudioVelo in Mill Valley has a loosely organized Tuesday evening hammerfest. We depart from the shop at 6:15 doing a clockwise loop around Corte Madera & Tiburon to the ferry terminal and back the way we came. I'd advise being very familiar with Paradise loop before participating.
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I live in SJ. Every wed night I see people race around
Hellyer-Piercy Loop
https://www.strava.com/segments/18540038
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https://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ca...25286221375497
It's just a group ride, the oldest in Sacramento. It was the only ride in Sacramento "back in the day." Like caloso said, it leaves McClatchy High School at 6 pm and usually is over around 7ish. Easy pace until you take a right off of the Freeport Bridge.
It's just a group ride, the oldest in Sacramento. It was the only ride in Sacramento "back in the day." Like caloso said, it leaves McClatchy High School at 6 pm and usually is over around 7ish. Easy pace until you take a right off of the Freeport Bridge.
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There is the Early Bird Crit training series that happens in Livermore now. Takes place in the early months of the year before crit season starts.
Fremont Race team does laps on Thursday nights in a business park in Fremont during the year.
Fremont Race team does laps on Thursday nights in a business park in Fremont during the year.