Bike rides updated for 2012
Party Pardee Century — April 7, 2012 This 65-mile bike ride through the rolling foothills of Amador and Calaveras counties starts at Howard Park in Ione. A scaled-down version also available. Sponsored by Sacramento Bike Hikers.
Santa Clarita Century — April 7, 2012 Three options include100-, 50-, and 25-mile bike rides as well as a family-friendly ride. Begins at Valencia Town Center. Proceeds to the Santa Clarita Child and Family Center. Presented by Santa Clarita Velo Club.
Cinderella Classic — (see March 2012)
Julian Death March — April 14, 2012 The infamous Julian Death March is for the experienced and conditioned mountain biker. 12,000 feet of climbing for the 86-mile course; 9,000 feet for the 64-mile course and 7,000 feet for the 50-mile course. Presented by R&B Bicycle Club.
Tour de Ed — April Raises funds for financial assistance to injuried bicyclies in the Chico area. Starts at Chico City Hall parking lot. Easy 20 mile loop. Presented by Chico Velo.
CicLAvia – April 15, 2012 Car-free streets in some parts of LA. See website for details.
Primavera Century — April 22, 2012 Returns after a one-year hiatus. Four choices — 100 miles, 100K, 70K, 25 miles. Starts in Union City in East Bay. Sponsored by Fremont Freewheelers Bicycle Club
Mount Laguna Bicycle Classic — April 21, 2012 A timed cycling event with three options — 101 miles, 77 miles and 45 miles. The rides all start and end near Pine Valley, in San Diego County. Registration will cap at 400 cyclists. Presented by AdventureCORPS.
Mr. Frog’s Wild Ride — April 21, 2012 The 85K and 50K bike ride from Murphy’s explores southwestern Calaveras County in 2010. The fund-raiser for Feeney Park, a public park created and maintained by volunteers in the historic Mother Lode town. Riders in the long route can participate in a short time trial; prizes are offered. BBQ at the finish.
Sea Otter Classic Weekend — April 19-22, 2012 Three Gran Fondo bike rides of 94, 40 and 20 miles. See website for more Sea Otter Classic Weekend events. Monterey.
Bike Around the Buttes — April 21, 2012 This is a fund-raiser for the Diabetes Center of Yuba Sutter. Three courses — 17.5 miles, 40 miles and 100 miles. The century is essentially a flat course that passes through Meridian.
Tour de Cure – San Diego — April 21, 2012 Four options of bike routes – 10, 30, 50 or 100 miles – leave from the Cardiff Campus of Mira Costa College. Lunch provided by Phil’s BBQ.Fund-raiser for American Diabetes Foundation.
Hemet Double Century and Century — April 14, 2012 The southern California ride, ongoing since 1965, is a giant figure-8 loop of two 100-mile rides; a 100-mile only option is possible for either loop. Course closes at 10 p.m.
Napa Valley Cycle for Sight — April 21, 2012 Three options — 50, 25 and 15 miles — to raise funds for an eyesight and veterans program of the Rotary International chapter in Napa. Starts and ends at Justin Siena High School.
Tierra Bella 2012 — April 14, 2012 The annual ride is actually four different routes, from flat to hilly. The rides comprise 60K, 100K, 100 hilly miles and 126 hilly miles, all leaving from Gilroy. (Registration opens Dec. 3, 2011) Sponsored by the Almaden Cycle Touring Club.
Tour de Orange County — April 28-29, 2012 Bikes rides of 100, 55 or 25 miles to raise funds for abused or neglected children. Meets at Vanguard University, Costa Mesa.
Wildflower Century — April 28, 2012 Three route options — 50, 75 and 100 miles — for a scenic bike ride through scenic valleys and isolated mountains of San Luis Obispo County. Presented by San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club.
L’Etape du California — April 28, 2012 The 2012 Amgen Tour of California gives amateur cyclists a preview ride on the entire Stage 7 course from Ontario to Mt. Baldy. Limited to 2,500 cyclists. Registration opens in December.
Covered Bridge Bike Classic — April 28, 2012 The century, metric century and 18- and 11-mile loops start in Snelling. The two longer rides wind through the Sierra foothills and pass through the Robert’s Ferry Covered Bridge near Waterford. A fund-raiser for Healing Nations, which works with at-risk youth in West Modesto.
Wildflower Century — April 29, 2012 Shorter options offered for this ride picked as a top 10 by Bicycling magazine. Presented by Chico Velo Cycling Club.
Alpine Challenge — see May 2012. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Alpine.
Cruisin’ the Conejo – May Six routes, including two metric centuries and a full century, that leave from Thousand Oaks mark the 27th annual ride; sponsored by Conejo Valley Cyclists .
Temecula Challenge — April The bike tour in North San Diego County features four options of 25 to 100 miles. The 100-miler includes a time trial up the south grade of Mount Palomar measured by time-chip. The Rotary International ride raises funds for local scholarships and a literacy program.
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