Prompted by Thomas De Gendt’s mysterious crash during Stage 5 of the UAE Tour in Abu Dhabi, Rene Herse Cycles added a blog post, discussing the potential factors involved in using hookless rim design, tire size selection, supple tire sidewalls, and using them under high temperature conditions (Abu Dhabi) Thy conclude hookless rims and tires… Read More »Hookless Rims and Tire Failures
On July 4th each year, packs of super-fast bicycles speed through downtown streets in the Davis Criterium. Hear how road racing got its start in 1868 in Paris to become a global sport that draws millions of spectators around the world. Heidi Verbeeck and Ray Spore, race team directors for the Davis Bike Club, tell… Read More »Gear Up for Bike Racing
A good friend and a founder of the Davis Bike Club has passed away at the age of 95½ years old. Helen and her husband Lee, along with two close friends, opened B&L Bike Shop in 1964 in Woodland and then in Davis. They purchased Foy’s Bike Shop in Woodland in 1984. Founding the Davis… Read More »Helen Pool
One Man’s Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle You are invited to join Stories on Stage Davis on February 10, 2024, featuring a reading from Scott Alumbaugh’s book On the Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle. Scott Alumbaugh is a long time… Read More »On The Pony Express Trail
The slides from Dr Applegate’s lively and informative talk on nutrition are posts here
The Davis Double Century is scheduled each year on the third Saturday in May. Ride 200 miles in one day through Yolo, Napa, and Lake counties on the most popular and one of the best supported double centuries in California The route includes just under 9,000 feet of climbing with a few longer climbs. Nearly… Read More »Davis Double Century Ride
Join us next on May 17, 2025 to ride 200 miles in one day through Yolo, Napa, and Lake counties on the most popular and one of the best supported double centuries in California
Give a Davis Bike Club membership, and it won’t need to renew until March 1, 2025. Read about DBC membership and if this seems like a great gift for someone you know, go to our online membership sign up page and enter your giftee’s info.
Past Tours: Here are some past tours that you might want to try to reschedule or as ideas for new tours 2008 Santana Tandems Hawaii2009, Vermont Bike tours, South Island of New Zealand.2012 Sojourne Bike tours, Vermont Bike and Brew,2013 VBT Bike and Barge Netherlands2017 Bike the Gap2019 Iron Donkey self guided bike tour of… Read More »Tour Ideas
Thanks to all who volunteered and participated in yet another successful Foxy’s!
We look forward to seeing you again in 2024!
