Be a part of a dynamic team of DBC Board members who shape our fun rides, tours and special outings. There are currently one or more rides scheduled each day of the week and two tours (S. Korea Oct. 2024, Etna May 2025). Your good energy and ideas are needed to build camaraderie and add… Read More »Seeking a Tour and Ride Director
from Race Team directors Heidi Verbeek and Ray Spore The Golden State Race Series will take place in Rancho Cordova on May 4-6 – 3 days of racing, time trial, criterium and circuit. DBC is also represented in the Prairie City Mountainbike series which are still going. We also have a few riders from the UCD… Read More »Race Team News – May 2024
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
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
The San Francisco Bike Coalition is sponsoring free bike valet parking at Giants home games at Oracle stadium for the 2024 baseball season. See their website for details
For the past 14 years the cities of Davis and Sangju, Republic of Korea have had a successful ‘sister-city program’ primarily focused on middle and high school student exchanges. Since Davis and Sangju share designations as ‘bike capitals’ for their countries, the sister city program is now proposing to expand the exchange opportunities to… Read More »Trip to Sangju, Korea planned for October 2024
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
Here is a link to a great post by the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates on riding in wet weather. If you are riding when it’s wet, take a look and stay safe
It’s BACK! Register now for the popular 4th of July criterium which returns for 2024 after a 4 year absence! We are presenting a new exciting figure 8 course in downtown Davis, with start and finish on 3rd St between E and F St), in front of the old B&L Bike Shop. Streets on and… Read More »2024 Helen Pool 4th of July Criterium
The slides from Dr Applegate’s lively and informative talk on nutrition are posts here
