Most Different Spokes rides are on weekends or an occasional holiday Monday. But it is possible to do a group ride every day of the week as long as you don’t mind riding with another bicycle club. If you are willing to do a little traveling you’ll be able to enjoy the company of fellow cyclists on new and interesting routes all around the Bay Area. Some of these club rides are in communities along the BART/SMART/Caltrain axes. But others really require a car and during the week the direction of bridge traffic can make those treks arduous and only for the most determined. Since almost all of these weekday rides are in the morning, if you have to travel by car towards San Francisco or Silicon Valley to ride, you’ll have to endure more traffic. On the other hand if the ride you’re interested in is in a countercommute direction, you’ll have an easier slog. Of course other clubs offer weekend rides as well.

Here’s what I found on club websites. Please check their websites for detailed information for specific dates.

San Francisco
For such a big city you’d expect there to be several cycling clubs. But other than racing teams (Roaring Mouse, Super Sprinkles, Dolce Vita) and maybe some shop rides it’s just SF Cycling Club.

SF Cycling Club
Club rides every weekday except Monday. Friday is the social coffee ride. Membership is $100 and three members have to vouch for you to join; I guess that’s to keep the riffraff out.

Rapha Cycling Club
The Rapha store in SF has a cycling “club” but it’s really a shop ride, not a club. But you do get to pay $95 for…something. Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon road rides into the Headlands. You’ll look fabulous amongst all the pastels and earth tones—so chic!

North Bay
Marin
Marin Cyclists
Marin Cyclists offer morning rides on TWTh. These are mostly at ‘social pace’. Tuesday is a loop around Tam; Wednesday is China Camp; and Thursday is a loop to Muir Beach. The club has both road and gravel rides. Membership is $35.

Sonoma
Santa Rosa Cycling Club
SRCC has morning rides at least on MWF. But if you look backwards in its calendar it had rides every day of the week. A big club, so no surprise. SRCC offers a free 90-day membership so you can see if you like hanging out with them; otherwise a membership is $25.

Napa
Eagle Cycling Club
Eagle has a Wednesday regular ride. It has regular rides every Saturday and Sunday but it’s unclear if those are simply placeholders. Membership is $35 but like SRCC they have a free,90-day trial membership.

Solano
Benicia Bicycle Club
Rides are usually Tuesday, Thursday during the week (as well as Saturday and Sunday club rides). Rides seem to have a “decide and ride” formula, i.e. whoever shows up can decide the route for the day. Rides divide into two groups with the faster group starting at 9 am and the ‘less fast’ riders at 10 am. Membership is $30.

East Bay
Alameda
Grizzly Peak Cyclists
GPC is now a big cycling club, almost as big as Western Wheelers even though its geographical base is much smaller. Its ride calendar is replete with rides almost every day of the month. They’re mostly road rides but GPC has a lively gravel contingent. Many of its weekday rides are after work rides rather than morning rides. However Wednesday has a huge morning ride that usually takes place in Marin but also hits roads east of the Oakland hills and into the Valley and northwards to Sonoma and Napa. This group has a sizeable e-bike contingent as well. Thursday is the Duros morning ride, a faster paced ride almost always in Marin. Lots of women on its rides. Club has the Berkeley ethos. (Read into that what you will!) Membership is just $20.

Berkeley Bicycle Club
This is the real thing: a racing club with a pedigree. Lots of Norcal champions have come out of and been associated with BBC including Cindy Olavarri, my fave. Group rides are training rides but the Friday ride is a “coffee” ride. Wednesdays they ride Pinehurst-Redwood. You don’t have to race to join a ride. These are folks whose goal is to get faster. $60.

Oakland Yellowjackets
I don’t see weekday rides on its calendar but there is at least one weekend ride every week usually Saturday. Each club ride has an easy/medium/hard variant. Racially mixed rides it looks like. $30 membership.

Team Alameda
Rides usually start in Alameda and go around the East Bay but they do have some rides further away. Road rides only. Regular Tuesday and Thursday morning rides as well as Saturday/Sunday rides. Membership is $35.

Cherry City Cyclists
Based in Hayward. Road rides every weekend usually on Saturday and a happy hour ride once per month on Thurday. Membership is $24.

Fremont Freewheelers
The club has rides every day of the week, mostly road but some dirt. Membership is $20.

Contra Costa
Hercules Cycling Club
Its website is a member-only Facebook site so I gleaned no information. The FB page has a group photo that shows primarily Asian faces and just one woman. Hercules’s ethnic composition is mostly Asian/Filipino. I occasionally see HCC jerseys when riding in my neck of the woods so I know they’re active.

Lamorinda Cycling Club
LCC is recreational part of the Lamorinda Racing Team. It offers a weekly Saturday ride. No website with a ride calendar; ride announcements are on Strava. $50 membership.

Diablo Cyclists
Based in Walnut Creek. No published weekday rides but a club ride every weekend out of Heather Farms. No published membership fee. Only road rides on its calendar.

Walnut Creek Senior Center
The Walnut Creek Senior Center (50+) has an avid cycling group that rides every Thursday at 9 am (8 am in July and August). About a 25-mile ride starting at Heather Farms.

Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club
Valley Spokesmen is the largest club in Contra Costa and also has a racing team. Offers a club ride every day of the week except Tuesday. Weekday rides vary from easy to fast. Every Wednesday at 10 am there is a club ride up Mt. Diablo. Membership is $30.

Major Taylor Bay Area Cycling Club
Major Taylor is a national network with a branch in the Bay Area although exactly where it is based is unclear. Only a members-only Facebook site so I was unable to finda ride calendar. But based on the low activity on their site my guess is that there are few if any weekday rides.

South Bay
Santa Clara
Almaden Cycling Touring Club
Along with Western Wheelers, Almaden is a really big club with a long history in the South Bay. Road rides every day of the week. Some dirt rides. Weekday rides tend to be leisurely to moderate pace. Membership is $25.

Western Wheelers
The other 800-lb. gorilla. This club is huge and has multiple rides every day of the week in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Lots of weekday morning choices from easy and short coffee rides to fast-paced sessions. Membership is $35.

Saratoga Cycling Club
Road and cyclocross. A recreational club but some members race. Rides almost every day of the week—short, easy rides and also training sessions. No membership fee!

I rarely manifest any interest in the Gay Games. This is increasingly the case for the club as well. Club participation was pretty robust up through GG4 (NYC). It probably was minimal up to 2013 (Cleveland). After that the club was in decline and interest in GG also withered. Then 2023 (Hong Kong/Guadalajara) didn’t have any cycling events. And now I find out that Valencia this year also has no cycling events. That struck me as strange because Europe in general has a super strong cycling culture and cycle racing is considered a “real” sport that gets TV and newspaper coverage along with your usual football mania. Cycling is not a fringe sport in Spain at all. I surmise that it was probably due to money because you need money to pay for road closures and a police escort for road events. Putting on a cycling event is not cheap as every club that does a century or a race can tell you. Is this a trend? If so Gay Games could implement a surcharge if you want to race on a bike. If you want to race at home, you need to buy at least a one-day license from USA Cycling or an annual membership. That’s going to set you back about $35 or so and up to $180. Register for a race? That costs about $35-$60 too. It’s not cheap to race…

Valencia is a bit controversial because after it was selected to host the 2026 GG, two right-wing parties won the local elections. One of them is vehemently anti-gay. The local organizing groups who had brokered Valencia becoming the host city now want people to boycott their own games. Talk abour irony! The Federation of Gay Games decided to proceed with the games anyway. I’m not sure which is the better decision: pull out or keep going. (I know some of you automatically answer, “Never pull out!”) The fact that the local organizers don’t want you to attend tells you that they believe participation is going to be a bad thing either for their community or for the GG itself. You have to give some credence to the local groups since it’s their community and they intimately know the inside politics. On the other hand I like the idea of thousands of LGBT athletes and visitors streaming into their city and being out loud and visible, sort of a ‘fuck you, honey’. Oh, and by the way how much money is our event bringing into your community? Yeah, keep sucking until you get your reward.

The next GG is going to be in Perth, Australia. I didn’t know much about Perth except that it’s hella far away. It’s a big city, well more than 2 million residents. As big cities always do, it has a LGBT community that is apparently big and organized enough to put on an event like GG. It turns out it has a LGBTQ cycling club: Perth Rainbow Flyers! It has a FB page but how active the club actually is I don’t know. There is a second cycling club PERTH LGBTI+ Cycling Group also on FB. With any luck the GG will have cycling events again in 2030. But you never know—somebody has to step up to plan and organize those cycling events like a road race, time trial, and mountain bike race. Perth also happens to have a velodrome, which introduces the tantalizing prospect of cycling track events! (You can get ready for that at Hellyer Velodrome in San Jose! Now there’s my excuse to get an awesome track bike…)

In keeping with tradition I’ll end up ignoring the Perth GG. But maybe in a couple of years there will be younger Spokers willing to fly that far as part of Team SF. Perth did support same-sex marriage in 2017 so it’s probably a more welcoming city than Valencia. And I read that it’s a pretty laid back place. Right now you can fly from SFO to PER for about $1,700 roundtrip, which seems doable though It might be quite different in 2030. (Those flights take about 24 hours one way including a stop over in Hong Kong. Economy seats?? I dunno…and sending my road bike and time trial rig? Not gonna be cheap!) We’ll see how Valencia turns out as what happens there may affect how the Perth event evolves.

Some centuries later in the year aren’t confirmed yet but many are. As is the case every year the registration fee goes up with each passing month. So register early for the best price. (But it’s not the best price if you have to unexpectedly back out later!) Foxy Fall is not yet confirmed but it’s a Davis Bike Club regular. This year brings the return of the Crater Lake Century out of Fort Klamath, OR! I with the Mt. Shasta Century (or Castle Crags Century) was still offered. (Sob!)

August
1 Saturday. Marin Century. $140-$80. 127-, 100-, 93-, 64-, and 37-mile routes. Registration is open.
2 Sunday. Civilized Century. $?. 100-, 75-, 60- and 35-mile routes. The 100-mile route starts in Redwood City goes up to SFO and returns before crossing the Dumbarton and returning around the South Bay. Limited to 200 riders. Registration opens May 3.
9 Sunday. Covered Bridge Bicycle Tour. $?. 101-, 85-, 68-, 44- and 23-mile routes. Limit of 2,000. This is Mid-Valley Bicycle Club’s 47th edition, just east of Corvalis. Country route with five historic covered bridges. Registration opens in April.
15 Saturday. Cool Breeze Century. $105. This ride starts in Ventura with a climb into the mountains near Ojai and then doubles back for a flat run along the coast to Carpinteria. Class 1 ebikes allowed. Registration opens April 1 (no fooling’!) Limit of 2,000.
15 Saturday. MCBC Dirt Fondo. 45-, 32-, and 24-miles routes on Mt. Tam and the Marin Headlands. Fundraiser for Marin County Bicycle Coalition. Limit of 300. Registration opens in April.
15? Saturday. Crater Lake Century. 100- and 62-mile routes. The return of an amazing century! Details are being worked out.
August 28-September 2 Friday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon Rally. $1,600. Multiple road and gravel routes. Limited to 600 riders. This year the Cycle Oregon Rally splits basecamp between Grants Pass and Jacksonville. Registration open January 22.
29 Saturday. The Bay Ride. $161. 135- and 35-mile routes. The 135-mile route loops around the Bay. This is a fundraiser for CalBike. Registration is open.

September
5 Saturday. Tour de Fuzz. $135-$115. 100-, 62-, and 32-mile routes. Similar road to the Wine Country Century and even starts at the Luther Burbank Center! You can preregister without payment to hold a spot until registration formally opens.
7 & 14 Saturday? Ride The Rim. $10 suggested donation. 33 miles. If you miss the Crater Lake Century in August, here’s another chance to ride around Crater Lake. The NPS closes part of the Rim Drive to cars on these two days. No information yet.
19-20 Saturday to Sunday. Bike MS: Waves to Wine. $20? start fee. Ride from San Francisco to Rohnert Park. Minimum $350? fundraising. No information yet but dates set.
21? Saturday. Tour of the Unknown Coast. 100- and 62-mile routes. $?. Tour the redwoods in Humboldt County. Last year the ride was cancelled. No confirmation there is a 2026 version. No information yet.
27? Saturday. Fall River Century. $? Beautiful rides east of Mt. Shasta. Limit of 500 riders. No information yet. or even a confirmed date.
26 Saturday. Lighthouse Century. $100. 100-, 75- and 65-, and 40-mile routes. Limit of 1,000. San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club’s other century. From Morro Bay a detour inland before heading back to the coast and halfway up Highway 1 and back. Registration opens June 7.
27 Sunday. Tour de Cure. $? plus $250 minimum fundraising. 100-, 64-, 32- and 1-mile routes. Rides out of the Palo Alto area. No information yet but date set.

October
3 Saturday. Best of the Bay. 200 miles. Date set but no information yet.
3 Saturday. Sacramento Century Challenge. $?. Routes down the Sacramento River Delta. Rotary Club fundraiser for at-risk youth. Date has been set but no other details.
4 Sunday. Vineyard Tour Umpqua. $?. 104-, 53-, 38-, and 17-mile routes. Sponsored by Velo Club Umpqua in Roseburg, OR. Part of a full weekend festival with sponsorship from local restaurants and wineries. Registration is not yet open.
10? Saturday. 3F Century. $?. 100-, 62-, and 37-mile routes. If you prefer a flat ride in the Valley in Colusa and Sutter counties. No word on 2026 event yet.
10 Saturday. Asti Tour de Vine. $105. 100-mile, 100k, 50k, and 25k routes. Rides in northern Sonoma county starting in Cloverdale. More information to follow. Registration is not yet open.
17 Saturday. Foxy Fall Century. 100-, 100k, and 50k-routes. No information yet. Limit of 1,500. Registration opens in July.
17 Saturday. Tour de Lincoln. 100k-, 50k-, and 25k-routes. $?. If Foxy Fall is too crowded for you, here’s a community ride just up the road in Lincoln. Registration opens April 1.
17 Saturday. Ride Santa Barbara. 100-, 62-, and 34-mile routes. $127-$74. It’s a longish drive south but Santa Barbara is a great place to do century with beach front views and fantastic climbs in the Santa Ynez Mountains including Gibraltar. Registration is open.

November
14 Saturday. Death Valley Century. $181. Limited to 300 riders.

As usual the number of centuries ramps up in late spring and early summer. Although several events do not have their 2026 information out yet, they are very likely to be offered as long as the clubs have volunteers willing to run the event. That is increasingly an issue. But so far only the Santa Cruz Mountain Challenge, normally in July, seems to have gone on hiatus. Unlike last year when registration fees ticked up yet again, fees this year seem to be roughly stable, which is surprising because insurance costs are continuing to go up. Be grateful you’re paying ‘only’ $100.

MAY
2 Saturday. Delta Century. 100-, 67-, and 26-mile routes. $75-$50. Very flat rides starting in Woodbridge tour the Sacramento Delta. Same routes as last year. Registration is open.
2 Saturday. Wine Country Century. 103-, 63- and 31-mile routes. $140-$110. A club fave and great food. It always sells out so register early. Limited to 2,500. Registration is open
3 Sunday. Grizzly Peak Century. 100-, 75-, 50-, and 30-mile routes. And a 100- or 65-km gravel routes. $110-$70. Limit of 1,000 riders. Registration is open.
8-10 Friday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon (Gravel). $650. Limit of 600. This is a gravel weekend in Tygh Valley in the middle of Wasco County. Selection of gravel rides. Camping with six catered meals, yoga, and camp activities. Registration opens January 22 is open.
16 Saturday. Davis Double. 200 miles, period. $160. Limited to 500 riders. Date is set but no information on registration yet. Route is the same as last year. Registration is open.
16-17 Saturday & Sunday. Siskiyou Scenic Bicycle Tour. 102-, 67-, 40-, and 21-mile road routes and a 58-mile gravel on Saturday; 63- and 39-mile gravel routes on Sunday plus a 29-to-38 mile road on Sunday too. $92-$39. Riding in the beautiful area around Yreka. Limit of 450 riders. Registration is open.
17 Sunday. Strawberry Fields Forever. 100-, 64-, and 30-mile routes plus three ‘gravel’ routes. $115-$60. Out of Watsonville and into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Registration is not yet open.
23 Saturday. Indian Valley Century. 100-, 64-, 40-, and 25-mile routes. $95-$75. A Rotary Club event in Greenville, which is in Plumas County south of Lake Almanor. Beautiful ride in the Indian Valley and Genesee Valley.
23-24 Saturday-Sunday. The Art of Survival Century. 100-, 60-, 38-mile road routes & 76-, 54-mile gravel routes. $80-$60. Rides near the Oregon border in NW California remembering the Tule Lake internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII. Road rides on Saturday; gravel rides on Sunday. Registration was to open January 5 but still not open. Registration is now open.
30 Saturday. Eastern Sierra Double Century. 190 miles. $181. Out of Bishop, CA. Mono Lake, Sherwin Grade, Mammoth, about 10,000 feet of vertical.
31? Saturday. Ojai Valley Century. 101-, 75-, 63-, and 31-mile routes? $?. A bit further south in Ventura County in the Ojai Valley out to Santa Barbara and back. No word on whether it will be offered this year but it’s a regular mainstay event. High cost is probably partly due to RFID tags being issued to all participants even though this isn’t a race. Website not updated for 2026.

JUNE

6 Saturday. Gold Country Challenge. 100-, 71-, 55-, and 37-mile road routes. $80-$60. Rides through the Gold Country around Grass Valley and Nevada City. Registration is open.
6 Saturday. Little Red. $100. 100-, 75-, 55-, 30- and 17-mile routes. Women only ride in northern Utah. Limit of 3,000. Fundraiser for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation (ovarian and breast cancer research) put on by the Salt Lake City Bonneville Cycling Club. Raise the minimum amount and the $100 fee is waived. Registration is open.
7 Sunday. Sequoia Century. 100-, 80-, 75-, and 62-, and 43-mile routes. $125-$80. A venerable century going from the Midpeninsula over the Coast Range to coastside and back. The routes change every year. Registration includes a ‘trial’ membership in Western Wheelers good through June. Registration is open.
12-14 Friday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon Joyride. $550. 69- to 22-mile routes. Multiple routes each day. Camping in Pleasant Hill, Oregon. Women and nonbinary only. Limited to 300. Registration is open.
20 Saturday. Mile High 100. 100-, 68- and 33-mile routes. $95-$75. Rides around Lake Almanor near Chester, CA and Lassen. Registration is open.
20 Saturday. Climb to Kaiser. $140-$125. 155- and 99-mile routes. The hardest climb in California: 15,000 vertical gain. Registration is open.
21? Saturday. Terrible Two Double Century. 200-, 121-, and 112- mile route. $? No information yet. Registration is not open.
27 Saturday. Alta Alpina Challenge. $150. Another version of the Death Ride. You pick the number of passes you want to do, up to 8. Registration is open.
27 Saturday. Giro Bello. 103 mile, 100k, and 50k routes. $125-$108. Similar to the Wine Country Century and in the same area. Date is confirmed but no information yet on 2026 version. Registration is open.
27 Saturday. Tour de Outback. $125. 104-, 53-, and 41-mile road routes; 52- and 36-mile gravel routes. Lakeview, OR is just over the California border and east of Klamath Falls, about 7 hour drive from San Francisco. A benefit for Lake County Search & Rescue. Camping and RV available at the county fairgrounds. Route is part of the Oregon Outback Scenic Bikeway. Registration is open.

JULY

11 Saturday. Death Ride. $216. 103 miles. Monitor, Ebbetts, and Pacific Grade summit for 14,000 vertical gain. This used to be a club ‘thing’. But now it’s just passé. Registration is open.
26? Saturday. Santa Cruz Mountains Challenge. $? 125-, 100-, 75-, 50- or 36-mile routes? No word yet on a 2026 offering of this venerable ride. Was not offered in 2025.

If you’re eager to get back on the bike after the holidays, you can start planning your century and big ride adventures with these suggestions. It’s almost time to turn a new leaf! For your delectation here is the preliminary listing of century rides. April is when the calendar really starts to get packed. Note that a couple of longtime rides, the Tierra Bella and the SLO Wildflower have moved their rides back to April, making for a very crowded schedule.

January


1 Wednesday. Resolution Ride/New Year’s Day Up Diablo. 39 miles. No fee. This isn’t a century but it’s the first “big” ride of the year and a club tradition. See the listing in the club calendar.

February


7 Saturday. Tour of Palm Springs. 102-, 85-, 56-, 36-, 24-, and 7-mile routes. $134-$81. This is by today’s standards a huge ride—many thousands of cyclists. It’s a long drive south but hey, it’s Palm Springs! Registration is open.

15 Sunday. San Tan Century. 100-, 63- and 34-mile routes. $90. If you’re willing to go further afield, how about a century in Arizona? This ride is put on by the Phoenix Metro Cycling Club. Starting in Chandler it heads out to the San Tan Mountains. But the total gain is just over 2,100 feet. This is the time of year to cycle in Phoenix, just 775 miles from San Francisco. Registration is open.
28 Saturday. Pedaling Paths to Independence. 65- and 25-mile routes. $69 and $53. This benefit for the Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is their annual fundraising ride out of Linden, which is just east of Stockton. It’s a small event of about 250-300 riders and feels more like a friendly small town gathering. It tours the rolling ag land south and east of the town. Registration is open.

March


7 Saturday. Solvang Century. 102-, 68-, and 52-mile routes. $176-$144. Limit of 1,000 riders. How the mighty have fallen–Solvang used to host as many as six or seven thousand riders and now even the limit of 1,000 hasn’t been reached. Registration is open.

7 Saturday. Blossom Bike Ride. 60-, 40-, 20-, and 7-mile rides. $72-$29. A metric century starting in the flat orchards in Reedley just outside of Fresno and east into the hills and back. Sponsored by the Lions Club. Reedley is about a 4-hour drive from San Francisco. Registration is open.

April


8-12 Wednesday through Sunday. Best Buddies Breakaway Camp. $25,000-$8,000. It looks like no more Best Buddies in Marin or Big Sur. Now it’s a “faux pro” camp if you have deep pockets to stay at a five-star hotel in Menlo Park for the duration of the camp. You get to rub elbows with Alberto Contador and ride in the Coast Range each day.
11 Saturday. Cinderella Classic & Challenge. 95-, 64-, and 42- and 24-mile routes. $95-$65. Limit of 1,000 riders; women/girls only. The Classic starts at the Dublin Senior Center just like last year and the routes through the San Ramon Valley are a bit different than in previous years. Registration is not yet open is now open. (Boys can do the club’s Evil Stepsisters ride instead.)
12 Sunday. Tierra Bella Century. 100-, 73-, 49-, and 29-mile routes. $120. The Tierra Bella moves back to April this year. You still have to be a member of ACTC in order to ride. So ACTC throws in a “trial” membership good until May 31 along with your registration. The overall rider limit is 1,000. The 100-mile route is limited to 200 registrants; 74-mile to 300 registrants, and the 49-mile to 200. Registration is open.
18 Saturday. SLO Wildflower Century. 100-, 80-, 65-, 50-, and 35-mile routes. $120. The 100-mile route returns! Spokers may recall that the 100-mile route takes in Shell Creek Road, which has the worst asphalt ever. Hopefully it has been repaved. Limit of 1,000 riders. Registration is open.
19 Sunday. Primavera Century. 101-, 62-, and 38-mile routes. $110-$60. This year’s century route goes back to the counterclockwise direction out Altamont Pass and then returning over Palomares and Calaveras back to Fremont. Registration will open December 1. is open.
16-19 Thursday through Sunday. Sea Otter Classic. 90- and 50- mile road routes. $197-$72. There are also gravel, MTB, and road races. If you’re into a party scene and lots of new cycling product on display, this is your event. Registration is open.

25 Saturday. Ride 4A Reason. 45-, 68-, and 110-mile routes. $150. Starting from either Fairfield, Vacaville, or Oakland, ride to Sacramento. No fundraising minimum but they would like to you gather donations. This is a fundraiser for Oakland and Alameda public schools. Registration is open.
26 Sunday. Chico Wildflower. 125-, 100-, 65-, 60-, 30-, and 12-mile routes. $110-$79. This used to be the ‘must do’ club ride qua getaway weekend. Terrific riding despite the incineration of Paradise eight years ago during the Camp Fire. Registration is open.
25 Saturday. Levi’s Gran Fondo. 114-, 87-, 69-, and 39-mile routes. $345-$150. An expensive day in the Sonoma hills no matter how you cut it partly due to providing timing chips But it’s a big event and a pro race with the accompanying atmosphere. Registration is open.

August
2 Saturday. Marin Century. 124-, 92-, 100-, 61-, and 37-mile routes. $155-$90. Registration is open.

3 Sunday. Civilized Century. $71. 100-, 75-, 60- and 35-mile routes. Limited to 200 riders. The 100-mile route starts in Redwood City goes up to SFO and returns before crossing the Dumbarton and returning around the South Bay. Registration opens May 3. is open.

16 Saturday. Cool Breeze Century. $113. 125-, 107-, 100-, 65- and 27-mile routes. A pleasant, not-too-difficult century down in Ventura county with great weather. Registration opens April 1 (no fooling’!) is open. Limit of 2,000.

30 Saturday. Tour de Fuzz. $135-$115. 100-, 62-, and 32-mile routes. Similar road to the Wine Country Century and even starts at the Luther Burbank Center! You can preregister without payment to hold a spot; registration opens in March. is open.

September
6 & 13 Saturday. Ride The Rim. $10 suggested donation. 33 miles. The NPS closes part of the Rim Drive to cars on these two days. Registration is not open yet. open. Now that the NPS is devastated, will it have money to put on this event?

7-12 Sunday to Friday. Cycle Oregon Rally. 303 to 140 miles. $1,534. Cycle Oregon has revamped its tour. Now it’s a week doing routes in two towns, Prospect and Diamond Lake. Asphalt and gravel. Limited to 600. Registration is open. closed Aug. 28.

13 Saturday. The Bay Ride. 130 or 40 miles. $167. 135 miles around the Bay from the Ferry Bldg or just 40 from the Ferry Bldg. to Oakland via Marin. A fundraiser for the California Bicycle Coalition.

27 Saturday. Napa Valley Ride to Cure ALS. 102-, 72-, 57-, 44- , 40-, and 23-mile routes. $100 registration and $200 minimum fundraising. From downtown Napa a tour through the Napa Valley and Pope Valley. Registration is open.

27-28 Saturday to Sunday. Bike MS: Waves to Wine. $70 start fee. Ride from San Francisco to Rohnert Park. Minimum $350 fundraising. Registration is open.

Eroica California. Eroica California seems no longer to be offered.

27 Saturday. Fall River Century. 200k-, 100 mi-, 100k-, and 25-mile routes. $85-$55. Limit of 500 but 100 day-of-event registrations too. Fall River Mills is northeast of Redding, about a 4.5 hour drive from SF. Registration is open.

27 Saturday. Lighthouse Century. $120. 100-, 75-, 64-, and 40-mile routes. Limit of 1,000. San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club’s other century. From Morro Bay a detour inland before heading back to the coast and halfway up Highway 1 and back. Registration is open.

28 Sunday. Tour de Cure. $?. $250 minimum fundraising and your registration fee counts towards your minimum. 100k, 50k, and 6k routes. Rides out of HP in Palo Alto. Registration is open.

October
4 Saturday. Sacramento Century Challenge. $115-$65. 100-, 63- 36-, and 16-mile routes. Rotary Club fundraiser for at-risk youth. Registration is open.

4 Saturday. Best of the Bay. $185. 200 miles. Registration is open.

4 Saturday. Bike The Bridges. 100k-, 50 mi, 50k, and 25 mile routes. $110-$85. Fundraiser for Special Olympics NorCal. From Martinez across the Benicia and Carquinez Bridges. Limited to 1,000 participants. Registration is open.

11 Saturday. 3F Century. 100-, 62-, and 37-mile routes. $85-$65. If you prefer a flat ride in the Valley in Colusa and Sutter counties around the Sutter Buttes. Registration is open.

11 Saturday. Asti Tour de Vine. $105. 100-mile, 100k, 50k, and 25k routes. Rides in northern Sonoma county starting in Cloverdale. Registration is open.

18 Saturday. Foxy Fall Century. 100-, 100k, and 50k-routes. $110-$60. Fee includes one-year membership in Davis BBcycle Club. Limit of 1,500. Registration is open.

18 Saturday. Tour de Lincoln. 100k-, 50k-, and 25k-routes. $?. If Foxy Fall is too crowded for you, here’s a community ride just up the road in Lincoln. Their website appears to have been hijacked. Contact them through Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TourdeLincoln/

18 Saturday. Ride Santa Barbara. 100-, 62-, and 34-mile routes. $180-$106. It’s a longish drive south but Santa Barbara is a great place to do a century with beach front views and fantastic climbs in the Santa Ynez Mountains including Gibraltar. Limited to 2,000. Registration is open.

November
15 Saturday. Death Valley Century. 100-mile, two 50-miles routes, and a 62k route. $181. Limited to 300 riders. Registration is open.

MAY


3 Saturday. Tierra Bella Century. 100-, 77-, 55-, and 33-mile routes. 100-, 74-, 49-, and 29-mile routes. $95-$85. Big changes this year for the Tierra Bella. Event start has moved from Gavilan College to Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy. More importantly you have to be a member of ACTC in order to ride. But they’re throwing in a “trial” membership good until May 31 along with your registration. The overall rider limit is 1,000, a drop from 1,200 last year. The 100-mile route is limited to 200 registrants; 74-mile to 300 registrants, and the 49-mile to 200. Registration is open.
3 Saturday. SLO Wildflower. 80-, 65-, 50- and 35-mile routes. $120. Limit of 1,000. The 80-mile route is still offered with hope of catching wildflowers. In 2022 the club went down to do this ride and had a great time. Registration is open. now closed. No day-of-event registration.
3 Saturday. Delta Century. 100-, 67-, and 26-mile routes. $75-$50. Very flat rides starting in Woodbridge tour the Sacramento Delta. Registration is open.
3 Saturday. Wine Country Century. 103-, 63- and 31-mile routes. $140-$110. A club fave and great food. It always sells out so register early. Limited to 2,500. Registration is open.
4 Sunday. Grizzly Peak Century. 100-, 75-, 50-, and 30-mile routes. And a 100- or 65-km gravel routes. $100-$70. Limit of 1,000 riders. Registration is open.
17 Saturday. Davis Double. 200 miles, period. $160-$140. The $140 is for Davis Bike Club members only; $160 includes a trial membership for non-DBC people. Limited to 500 riders. Registration is open.
17-18 Saturday & Sunday. Siskiyou Scenic Bicycle Tour. 104-, 67-, 40-, and 21-mile road routes on Saturday; 63-, 59-, and 39-mile gravel routes on Sunday plus a 35-mile road on Sunday too. $92-$39. Riding in the beautiful area around Yreka. Registration is open.
18 Sunday. Strawberry Fields Forever. 102-, 64-, and 30-mile routes; 40- and 20-mile gravel routes too. $115-$90. Out of Watsonville and into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Also, a gravel ride is being offered for the first time. Registration is open.
24-25 Saturday-Sunday. The Art of Survival Century. 100-, 60-, 38-mile road routes & 74-, 54-mile gravel routes. $80-$60. Rides near the Oregon border in NW California remembering the Tule Lake internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII. Road rides on Saturday; gravel rides on Sunday. Registration is open.
31 Saturday. Ojai Valley Century. 101-, 75-, 63-, and 31-mile routes? $187-$181. A bit further south in Ventura County in the Ojai Valley out to Santa Barbara and back. Information on the website is slightly confusing (not helped by the seemingly complete lack of editing and terrible spelling), likely due to hasty revisions to last year’s info. High cost is probably partly due to RFID tags being issued to all participants even though this isn’t a race. Registration is open.

JUNE


No Sierra To The Sea for 2025. ACTC has decided to stop offering its annual June Sierra to the Sea tour because of riding costs. Will we ever see this ride again?

1 Sunday. Sequoia Century. 100-, 75-, and 62-, and 38-mile routes. $135-$105. A venerable century going from the Midpeninsula over the Coast Range to coastside and back. The routes change every year. Registration is open.
6-8 Sunday to Tuesday. Cycle Oregon (Gravel). $598. Limit of 600. This is a gravel weekend on the Trask River in Tillamook County. Selection of rides. Camping on the Oregon coast along with fly fishing, live music, food, etc. Registration is open. has closed.
7 Saturday. Gold Country Challenge. 100-, 74-, 54-, and 35-mile road routes; also 18-, 42-, and 62-mile mixed terrain routes. $100-$65. Rides through the Gold Country around Grass Valley and Nevada City. Registration is open.
14 Saturday. Mile High 100. 100-, 68- and 33-mile routes. $102-$86. Rides around Lake Almanor near Chester, CA and Lassen. Registration is open. This event is postponed to 2026 due to road construction issues.
21 Saturday. Climb to Kaiser. $?. 155- and 99-mile routes. The hardest climb in California: 15,000 vertical gain. Registration is not yet open.
21 Saturday. Terrible Two Double Century. 200-, 121-, and 112- mile route. $170-$120. No information yet. Registration will open in March. is now open.
Alta Alpina Challenge. Will not be offered in 2025.

JULY

12 Saturday. Death Ride. $244. 103 miles. Monitor, Ebbetts, and Pacific Grade summit for 14,000 vertical gain. This used to be a club ‘thing’. But now it’s just passé. And the fee? Jumping the shark. Registration is open.

12 Saturday. Giro Bello. 101 mile, 100k, and 50k routes. $134-$107. Similar to the Wine Country Century and in the same area. New routes this year because of road work. Registration is open.
18-20 Friday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon Joyride. $546. 52- to 12-mile routes. Multiple routes each day. Camping in Tygh Valley, Oregon. Women and nonbinary only. Limited to 400. Registration is open.
26? Saturday. Santa Cruz Mountains Challenge. $100-$75? 125-, 100-, 75-, 50- or 36-mile routes? No word yet on a 2025 offering of this venerable ride. Was on hiatus in 2024, so this is ominous.

It’s almost time to turn a new leaf! For your delectation here is the preliminary listing of century rides. April is when the calendar really starts to get packed. Note that a couple of longtime rides, the Tierra Bella and the SLO Wildflower have moved their rides into early May.

January

1 Wednesday. Resolution Ride/New Year’s Day Up Diablo. 39 miles. No fee. This isn’t a century but it’s the first “big” ride of the year and a club tradition. See the listing in the club calendar.

February

8 Saturday. Tour of Palm Springs. 102-, 85-, 56-, 36-, 24-, and 7-mile routes. $134-$39. This is by today’s standards a huge ride—many thousands of cyclists. It’s a long drive south but hey, it’s Palm Springs! Registration is open. Day of event registration opens Friday 2/7 from 12 to 8 PM and Saturday 2/8 starting at 6 AM.
16 Sunday. POSTPONED. Velo Love Ride. 60 miles. No fee. This event had been put on by Chico Velo since at least the mid-Aughts if not earlier. It’s a much lower key event than their Wildflower, attracting only a couple hundred cyclists in a good year. It’s pleasantly flat and tours the scenic valley area around the Sutter Buttes providing an excellent early season metric. Unfortunately Chico Velo hasn’t been able to find a member willing to organize this long held ride. Note that the previously annual Ride Around the Buttes is no longer offered. So Different Spokes is going to go up there to ride it anyway as long as it doesn’t rain. See the listing in the club calendar. If you’re unfamiliar with the Velo Love Ride, you can read about it here, here, and here.
22 Saturday. Pedaling Paths to Independence. 65- and 25-mile routes. $69 and $53. This benefit for the Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is their annual fundraising ride out of Linden, which is just east of Stockton. It’s a small event of about 250-300 riders and feels more like a friendly small town gathering. It tours the rolling ag land south and east of the town. If you’re unfamiliar with this ride, you can read more about it here. Registration is open.

March

8 Saturday. Solvang Century. 102-, 68-, and 52-mile routes. $159-$129. Limit of 1,000 riders. This event changed after Planet Ultra took over from SCOR over two years ago. Under SCOR the event food was worse than forgettable. Registration is open.
8 Saturday. Blossom Bike Ride. 60-, 40-, 20-, and 7-mile rides. $66-$29. A metric century starting in the flat orchards outside of Fresno and east into the hills and back. Sponsored by the Lions Club. Reedley is about a 4-hour drive from San Francisco. Registration is open. Online registration has closed. No mention of day-of-event registration.

April

5 Saturday. Cinderella Classic & Challenge. 60-, 39-, and 21-mile routes. $85-$55. Limit of 600 riders; women/girls only. Girls 8-17 are free when accompanied by an adult. The Classic starts at the Dublin Senior Center this year and hence a new route through the San Ramon valley. Registration opens December 1. is open. Online registration closes April 3.
13 Sunday. Primavera Century. 101-, 63-, and 28-mile routes. $110-$50. Starting at Ohlone College in Fremont the 100-mile route again reverses direction this year and heads out Niles Canyon to Palomares before heading out to Altamont Pass and then back around Calaveras Reservoir before returning to Fremont. Registration opens December 1. is open. Registration closes April 8.
10-13 Thursday through Sunday. Sea Otter Classic. 90- and 50- mile road routes. $205-$155. There are also gravel, MTB, and road races. If you’re into a party scene and lots of new cycling product on display, this is your event. Registration is open. If you just want to attend the festival and not ride, a ticket is $35.
19 Saturday. Levi’s Gran Fondo. 138-, 117-, 86-, 68-, 46-, 28-, and 11-mile routes. $330-$110. Registration is open.
26 Saturday. Devil Mountain Double. 205/195- and 105-mile routes. $150-$75. Registration is open.
27 Sunday. Chico Wildflower. 127-, 102-, 100-, 62-, 60-, 30-, and 12-mile routes. $111-$79. This used to be the ‘must do’ club ride qua getaway weekend. Terrific riding despite the incineration of Paradise seven years ago during the Camp Fire. Registration is open.

August
3 Saturday. Marin Century. $150-130. 100 or 62 miles. Metric, regular century or the Mt. Tam century. Registration is open but closes on July 28..

4 Sunday. Civilized Century. $60. 100-, 75-, 60- and 35-mile routes. Registration is open. Here’s the ‘new kid on the block’. The 100-mile route starts in Redwood City goes up to SFO and returns before crossing the Dumbarton and returning around the South Bay.

9-11 Friday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon Joyride. $500. 52-12 miles. Multiple routes each day. Camping. Women and nonbinary only. Limited to 500.

17 Saturday. Cool Breeze Century. $120. 125-, 107-, 95-, 60- and 34-mile routes. A pleasant, not-too-difficult century down in Ventura county with great weather. Registration is open. Limit of 2,000.

31 Saturday. Tour de Fuzz. $135-115. 100-, 62-, and 32-mile routes. Similar road to the Wine Country Century and even starts at the Luther Burbank Center! You can preregister without payment to hold a spot. Registration is open.

September
7 Saturday. Mammoth Gran Fondo. $159-149. 102-, 70-, and 42-mile routes. Starting at 8,000 feet in the southern Sierras, a big loop through the eastern Sierras.

7 & 14 Saturday. Ride The Rim. $10 suggested donation. 33 miles. The NPS closes part of the Rim Drive to cars on these two days. Registration opens April 1. is open and closes on September 2.

8-13 Sunday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon Rally. $1,450. 298 to 198 miles. Cycle Oregon has revamped its tour. Now it’s a week doing routes in two towns in eastern Oregon, Elgin and Enterprise. Asphalt and gravel. Limited to 600. Registration is open.

14 Saturday. Napa Valley Ride to Cure ALS. $70 registration and $150 fundraising minimum. 100-, 62-, and 38-mile routes. Registration is open.

14-15 Saturday to Sunday. Bike MS: Waves to Wine. $50 start fee. Ride from San Francisco to Rohnert Park. Minimum $350 fundraising. Registration is open.

21 Saturday. Tour of the Unknown Coast. $134. 100- and 62-mile routes. Tour the redwoods in Humboldt County. Registration opens May 1. is open.

22 Sunday. Eroica California. $150. 97-, 73-, and 35-mile routes. Limit of 1,500. Only ‘classic’ bikes—usually 1987 or earlier—are allowed. See site for detailed rules. Mixed terrain routes. No information yet about 2024 event. Registration not yet open. POSTPONED.

28 Saturday. Lighthouse Century. $115. 100-, 75- and 64-mile routes. Limit of 1,000. San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club’s other century. From Morro Bay a detour inland before heading back to the coast and halfway up Highway 1 and back. Registration opens June 9. is open. is now closed.

28 Saturday. Sacramento Century Challenge. $115-$65. 100-, 63- 36-, and 16-mile routes. Rotary Club fundraiser for at-risk youth. Registration opens May 1. is open.

29 Sunday. Tour de Cure. $10 plus $250 minimum fundraising. 100-, 64-, 32- and 1-mile routes. Rides out of the Palo Alto area. Registration is open.

October
5 Saturday. Best of the Bay. $185. 200 miles. Registration is open.

12 Saturday. 3F Century. $65-45. 100-, 62-, and 37-mile routes. If you prefer a flat ride in the Valley in Colusa and Sutter counties. Registration opens spring 2024. Not offered this year. Yes, it WILL be offerred this year! Registration is open.

12 Saturday. Asti Tour de Vine. $95. 100-mile, 100k, 50k, and 25k routes. Rides in northern Sonoma county starting in Cloverdale. More information to follow. Registration is now open.

19 Saturday. Best Buddies Challenge. $50 fee plus $1,800 minimum fundraising. 72- or 38-mile routes. Best Buddies has moved its event to rides in Marin since Highway One is still closed.

19 Saturday. Foxy Fall Century. $85-35. 100-, 100k, and 50k-routes. Limit of 1,500. Registration opens in July. is open.

19 Saturday. Tour de Lincoln. $75-$55. 100k-, 50k-, and 25k-routes. If Foxy Fall is too crowded for you, here’s a community ride just up the road in Lincoln. Registration is not yet open.

19 Saturday. Ride Santa Barbara. $180-106. 100-, 62-, and 34-mile routes. It’s a longish drive south but Santa Barbara is a great place to do century with beach front views and fantastic climbs in the Santa Ynez Mountains including Gibraltar. Registration is open.

November
16 Saturday. Death Valley Century. $176. Limited to 300 riders. Registration is open.

MAY
4 Saturday. Delta Century. 100-, 67-, and 26-mile routes. $75-$55. Very flat rides starting in Woodbridge tour the Sacramento Delta. Registration opens in early 2024 is open.
4 Sunday. Wine Country Century. 100-, 63- and 35-mile routes. $140-$115. A club fave and great food. It always sells out so register early. Limited to 2,500. This is the 50th anniversary so SRCC has something special planned. Registration is open. SOLD OUT.
4? Saturday. Mr. Frog’s Wild Ride. 55-, 43- and 21-mile routes? $?. A challenging hilly ride out of Murphys including Sheep Ranch Road. No 2024 date yet. APPARENTLY NOT HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
5 Sunday. Grizzly Peak Century. 100-, 75-, 50-, and 30-mile routes. And a 100- or 50-km gravel routes. $100-$70. Limit of 1,000 riders. The start in Moraga is easy to get to and the delicious food is largely homemade. Registration is open.
18 Saturday. I Care Classic. 100-mile, 100-, 50- and 20-km routes. $95-$80. Riding in the Santa Clara Valley between San Jose and Gilroy. Run by the Almaden Lions Club. Registration is open.
18 Saturday. Tour delle Vigne. $75. 100k, 60k, and 30k routes. Flat valley rides out of Lodi sponsored by the Lodi Rotary Club. Registration is open.
18 Saturday. Davis Double. $160. 200 miles, period. Limited to 500 riders. Registration opens first week of March with route information to follow. Registration is now open.
18-19 Saturday & Sunday. Siskiyou Scenic Bicycle Tour. 104-, 67-, 40-, and 21-mile road routes on Saturday; 63- and 39-mile gravel routes on Sunday. $85-$55. Riding in the beautiful area around Yreka. Registration is open.
19 Sunday. Strawberry Fields Forever. 102-, 64-, and 30-mile routes. $100. Out of Watsonville and into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Registration is not yet open is open.
25-26 Saturday-Sunday. The Art of Survival Century. 100-, 60-, 38-mile road routes & 74-, 54-mile gravel routes. $80-$60. Rides near the Oregon border in NW California remembering the Tule Lake internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII. Road rides on Saturday; gravel rides on Sunday. Registration is open.

JUNE


1 Saturday. Gold Country Challenge. 100-, 74-, 54-, and 35-mile road routes; also 42- and 62-mile mixed terrain routes. $95-45. Registration is open.
1 Saturday. Ojai Valley Century. 103-, 63-, and 31-mile routes as well as 102-, 50-, and 35-mile gravel routes. $125-$105. A bit further south in Ventura County in the Ojai Valley out to Santa Barbara and back. (No Class 3 e-bikes.) Registration is open.
2 Sunday. Sequoia Century. 100-, 72-, and 62-, and 38-mile routes. $145-90. A venerable century going from the Midpeninsula over the Coast Range to coastside and back. The routes change every year. Registration is open but just 91 slots left.
7-9 Sunday to Tuesday. Cycle Oregon (Gravel). 65 to 115 mile options. $510. Registration limited to 600. Several route options each day around Big Summit Prairie, OR. Camping. Registration is open.
15 Saturday. Mile High 100. 100-, 68- and 33-mile routes. $95-$75. Rides around Lake Almanor near Chester, CA and Lassen. Registration is open.
22 Saturday. Climb to Kaiser. $140-$125. 155- and 99-mile routes. The hardest climb in California: 15,000 vertical gain. Registration is not yet open is open.
17 Sunday to 24 Sunday. Sierra to the Sea. 420 miles over 8 days. $1,650. Limit of 85 riders; 40 slots left. Registration is open.
29 Saturday. Alta Alpina Challenge. $205-170. Another version of the Death Ride. Registration is open.
29 Saturday. Giro Bello. $125-100. 101 mile, 67 mile, and 50k routes. New routes for 2024. Similar to the Wine Country Century and in the same area. No information yet. Registration is now open.

JULY


20 Saturday. Fall River Century. $75-50. 200k, 100k-, 100-, and 25-mile routes. Beautiful ride east of Mt. Shasta. Limit of 500 riders. Registration is open.
12-14 Friday to Sunday. Cycle Oregon Weekender. 127 to 30 miles. $500. Variety of gravel routes near McMinnville, OR. Camping near town. Registration is open
13 Saturday. Death Ride. $209. 103 miles. Monitor, Ebbetts, and Pacific Grade summit for 14,000 vertical gain. This used to be a club ‘thing’. But now it’s just passé. Registration is open.
29 Saturday. Santa Cruz Mountains Challenge. 125-, 100-, 75-, 50- or 36-mile routes? No word yet on a 2024 offering of this venerable ride. It’s not being offered this year.