Southern California - Comprehensive SoCal ride calendar

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Dubbayoo
04-19-08, 05:05 PM
Can someone point me to a list of Socal organized rides? I haven't done one century yet.
voltman
04-19-08, 05:20 PM
http://www.socalcycling.com/funrides/index.asp
You can also try active.com.
prendrefeu
04-19-08, 05:40 PM
bikeboom.com is another alternative, although more oriented towards the urban cycling scenes and social rides.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=387587
Dubbayoo
04-19-08, 05:59 PM
http://www.socalcycling.com/funrides/index.asp
You can also try active.com.
Those are the sites that prompted me to ask. socalcycling is pretty bare and active.com doesn't let you search by geographic area.
mkadam68
04-19-08, 06:05 PM
This (http://www.cibike.org/page7.html)is the best & most comprehensive I've seen.
twowheeltom
04-19-08, 06:09 PM
This one is pretty good too. Lots of organized distance rides.
http://www.bbcnet.com/RideCalendar/RideListDate.asp
alicestrong
04-24-08, 09:48 AM
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition tries to maintain a fairly broad calendar. (http://www.la-bike.org/events/calendar.html)...
DesnaePhoto
12-16-08, 09:44 AM
Just bumping this thread, as this is exactly the type of information I was looking for. Hard to plan for rides if you don't know of them. Now if I could just get more time out of the classroom to ride ...
Pamestique
12-16-08, 06:34 PM
Can someone point me to a list of Socal organized rides? I haven't done one century yet.
Not certain your training schedule but there are two you should consider:
The Cool Breeze
http://www.cibike.org/page5.html
and
AMTRAK
http://www.ocw.org/Amtrak/Default.asp
Also check out the Western States ride calendar:
http://www.bbcnet.com/RideCalendar/RideListDate.asp
The Tour de Palm Springs is coming up February 2009. And Solvang in March.
triplebutted
12-16-08, 06:41 PM
I just ride and ask the guy next to me "hey, wot's going on this weekend" :)