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When you live near the ocean and can ride on the beach there is just nothing more relaxing. The time and miles slip away as the sounds of the waves on the shore encourage you to just keep pedaling.... read more
Topic: My favourite place/route to ride
Rush hour traffic around the Energy Corridor isn't much fun, but there is a solution! A lot of the destinations can be reached by bike. A few years back, the Energy Corridor District compiled ro... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
Our family are avid cyclists. My wife and I honeymooned by bicycle. We take family cycle-trips. We are also fans - and players - of Baseball. We regularly Cycle for three baseball reasons. ... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
After I was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps I was lost. Like many service members that experienced the horrors of war I was suffering from depression, PTSD, and a general sense that I di... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
I started to cycle in May for Bike month at work, I thought I was just doing it for fun but it's great exercise and I always feel good after my rides. I'm not going too far but 3-4 miles but it's ... read more
My partner and I just moved to the area and have been excited to explore! One of our favorite things to do on a weeknight is ride to Lake Fayetteville, hit the food truck park, then watch the sunse... read more
I have always found being able to bicycle places a huge relief when transportation issues become present, and Sacramento is a decent region to bike in. I've always loved just riding!!! When I can g... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
It was a dreadful morning, but 2,000 riders showed up for the Wine Country ride, leaving from Santa Rosa. I purchased a space from a rider who could no longer participate. It was in the 40's th... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
We had a wonderful time on Saturday May 6th, sharing the awareness with the lovely community of Patterson about the May Bike Month Challenge! The community was so warm and enthusiastic. Many local ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Thank you to Ally and the Newman Recreational Department for donating a bike to be raffled off at the farmers market Friday May 5. Congratulations to the WINNER! Thanks to all that stopped by the S... read more
Topic: Other
I recently bought this alluring used bike from a local lady. I have never owned a road bike but after doing Tri Santa Cruz with a mountain bike I was like, "No way! I am never dating a road race w... read more
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
My daughter and her boyfriend visited Shannon and I. I have extra bikes, so we set them up, and rode to Old Sac, saw some murals, and then grabbed food on the way home. Shannon tracked the milage... read more
Topic: A happy riding memory
On Friday April 28th we had the chance to spread the awareness of the exciting Bike Month Challenge for Love to Ride StanisCruise! The weather was pleasant, and the fans were enthusiastic. We enjoy... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
It's easy to be excited only two days in... but 2/2 on riding into the office!
Topic: My commute by bike
I quit riding for awhile due to the atmospheric rivers. Today was my first bike commute to work since I can't remember. I feel AMAZING! Everything seems positive, I didn't even need caffeine! Happ... read more
We loaded our vintage bicycles on the back of my little Impreza and headed north. The poor steel steeds were getting plummeted by the rain for most of those miles, and on the way home as well. The ... read more
Topic: Other
A few weeks after I moved to Bentonville, I decided to download the Rapha 62 mile gravel ride from a previous event and go it alone. I had no plans on this nice 60-degree Sunday, so I will go explo... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Nothing beats the Denver Metro Area to Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. I did a couple gigs there through the years and saw some riders making the climb to the top. I was intrigued to say the least and m... read more
Topic: My favourite place/route to ride
Yesterday, three friends and I rode 40 miles out to Millerton Lake. The recent/unusual rain covered the green hillsides with tiny whites,lupine, poppies, wild onions and golden fiddleneck.
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
I’ve been commuting to work primarily by bicycle since 2005. Currently I drive my daughter to school and park the car, using my bike to get from there to work. I often run errands and pick up groc... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
Some days it’s two wheels, some days it’s three... cruiser, touring, trike, or 29’r. Most days it’s a ride to/from work. Other days it’s a ramble to somewhere or a race to nowhere. Riding to get ... read more
Topic: A happy riding memory
I completed a couple of challenges last year on the ride spot app and I love the patches I received 💖 Time to complete some new challenges 🚴🏽♀️😀 @ride_spot @peopleforbikes
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I started being impacted by arthritis in one of my knees, and eventually the other one as well, in my 50s. The orthopedic surgeon said I was too young for knee replacement surgery, but he also sai... read more
As of yesterday, I am retired! [address removed] Thus I can't contribute my miles to my former team; but I intend to keep riding. First, though, I have hand surgery (CMC arthroplasty) coming ... read more
Topic: Other
Riding to work is one of the best moments of my day. I often add an extra mile to ride out onto the Santa Cruz wharf and listen to the sea lions bark, and look out over the Monterey Bay. When i... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
This put a big smile on the face during my morning ride the other day. A doe crossed the road in front of me, and as I approached the crossing I noticed two fawns had ducted low in the grass waitin... read more
Topic: A happy riding memory
I like to ride my bike to work, but not as much as I like to ride my bike from work.
Topic: My commute by bike
Instead of just going straight down La Rivera Blvd this morning, I jumped up over the levee to see the American River and use the bike trail. It took a few extra miles, some added minutes and drops... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
Come on everyone! Get out of the car and ride the bike. Aside from all the obvious reasons that riding a bike is better than driving a car, have you ever thought...Wow, this is easier than paren... read more
I love my bicycle. We are in love.
Topic: My Bicycle Romance
So we (the Sacramento TMA) worked with the Department of Water Resources (one of our members) to throw a bike repair event for employees in the Natural Resources Building today. During the 3 hour ... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
I grew up riding my bike. I would zip around my small town on and off road. With friends and on my own. My bike and I were inseparable. When I was on my bike, I knew joy. A joy I haven't felt in y... read more
Topic: My first time on a bike in years
A couple years ago I rented a Bike and was so bad at riding it I thought that was that. I ride the stationary Bike at the gym and decided that does not get me as much exercise as running. So Bike r... read more
Beautiful Sunday afternoon ride.
Topic: My favourite place/route to ride
We moved to Sacramento shortly after the pandemic began. My sister needed someone to home-school the kids while her and her husband worked and me and my dude had both been laid off. I hated dri... read more
Topic: Biking in the Coronavirus Era
There is nothing that calms my mind and focuses my attention more than a ride. The ritual of checking my bike before; taking in a breath and slowly releasing it at the start; the rhythm of a unifor... read more
Topic: My favourite place/route to ride
Today we got 21/24 of our team to commute to our all-team meeting by bike!
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
Many moons ago I used to take friends on bright rides around D.C. at night. We’d see the monuments, natural springs at the capital, from SE to NW finding the little things you wouldn’t otherwise se... read more
This winter we hooked up the sleds to our Yuba AT and had a blast. It was probably the best time we have ever had on a bike.
Topic: Ride with kids
Awesome time today at our kickoff tune-up event at EDD in downtown Sacramento!
Topic: Other
Siempre usé mi bicicleta cuando era muy pequeño, pero luego el miedo a las carreteras, los automóviles y la infraestructura de la ciudad me llevó a detenerme. Trabajar con una empresa que es muy ap... read more
Working remotely has it pros and its cons. For my lunch hour, normally I make lunch and then sit in front of the TV (how great!) or on my phone while eating. With the weather warming up I wanted ... read more
Topic: Encouraging others to ride
I rode 100 in one day on June 17th 2018. [address removed]
Topic: A happy riding memory
The Coastal Trail was completed from the Saint Marks Trail, near Saint Marks Florida, alongside Rt 98 to Medart , Florida, several years ago . During the past year, crews have been working to exten... read more
Topic: A happy riding memory
itinerary overview Days of travel: 7 days and 8 nights Number of trips: 3-5 people A journey that pushes your physical limits, explores parts of the unknown, and takes you on one of the best c... read more
One day a couple of years ago, I happened to be riding in the rain. A car was stopped next to me at a traffic light, rolled down his window, and said that he respected me for braving the conditions... read more
Topic: A happy riding memory
For the first time in many years, I can say I commuted to work for at least two days ea month for the past 12 months. Winter is obviously tough to ride on streets clogged with storm debris, gravel ... read more
Topic: My commute by bike
Riding can be fun and sometimes you can get a wonderful view that you can not always get while driving. Here was my view while riding this week
Topic: A happy riding memory
