by Hans Strandgaard In the early 2000s our family moved from our East Davis home into a larger country property. One of the big selling points for our new home was the nearby Russell Blvd bike path that went all the way into town. I had ridden the Russell path a few times during my… Read More »A Yolo County/Davis Treasure: the Russell Blvd. Bike Path
For casual club rides, riders should keep a 2 – 3 foot gap between their front wheel and the rear wheel of the rider ahead. Novice riders should err closer to 3 feet for added safety, while more experienced and faster riders can maintain a 1 – 2.5 foot gap to optimize drafting while staying safe. In all cases, avoid wheel overlap.… Read More »Maintaining Safe Following Distances on Casual Club Rides
We had a total of 207 finishers (includes finishers from the Worker’s Ride) in the 2025 Davis Double Century Ride. 48 of the riders were new CTC finishers — about 25% of the riders, which matches with last year’s numbers, welcome to the club! Roughly a 90% completion rate in total. History does like to… Read More »Davis Double Century 2025
Have you ridden by a huge pothole or other road hazard and wondering how to report it to the for repair? Here is a handy link from Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates that shows how to report hazardous road conditions to the appropriate city or county agency (Davis, Yolo, Solano, etc.) Some you can even report… Read More »Report Hazardous Road Conditions
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Starting June 1, 2025, we will migrate the DBC listserv to a more modern and reliable Google Group. As was the old listserv, the discussion group is open to anyone who is interested in Davis-area cycling, and who abides by the expectation below when posting to the list. Typically the group is best used for… Read More »Sign up for the DBC Discussion Group
from Race Team directors Heidi Verbeeck and Ray Spore March and April results included here are not necessarily comprehensive. MARCH ROAD RACESLand Park Criterium, Sacramento Men WomenCat 4: Allison Austin 14thCat Masters 40+ 1/2/3/4 Heidi Verbeeck 2nd Bariani Road Race MenCat 5: Zhaoqian Wang 17thCat 50+ 1/2/3 David Montgomery 24thCat 60+ 1/2/3 Graham Hymus 11th… Read More »Race Team News, May 2025
Ready for a fun challenge to get more people on bikes and spread the joys of biking? From May 1-31, May is Bike Month is back, and there’s never been a better time to enjoy riding a bike! The challenge is an excellent opportunity to explore how active and sustainable travel choices can benefit the… Read More »May Is Bike Month is here!
Deb Banks was the guest speaker at the February 10, 2025 DBC members and friends social. You may view her presentation slides here.
Rides often organize into a paceline to save considerable effort when you are in the draft of the riders in front of you. The lead in a paceline will use 30% more power than the riders behind at about 20-25 mph. Usually the faster / longer version of the club rides will ride in a… Read More »Paceline Riding Tips
