Located 30 miles east of San Francisco in Walnut Creek, California, the Diablo Cyclists is a recreational road, touring and off road bicycle club. We are focused on providing cyclists of all levels an opportunity to ride, train and socialize with other bicycle enthusiasts. Our emphasis is more on the fitness, skill building, and social aspects of bicycling and less on racing. Please come out on one of our rides and get to know the friendly members of the Diablo Cyclists.

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DC members arrive in the Goldrush town of Volcano while on Jay's popular Old Sierra Century ride. Photo courtesy of Jay Kleinwaks.

DMD Ride Report

by Jay Kleinwaks "Gruppo Pumpkincycle"
April, 2009

"On every double there is one point when you are wondering why you are doing it and at the end you can’t wait for the next one."
—Comrade Steve Berry.

The crazy training ride Jack, Ward and I did paid off. DMD came off as a big success Finished (w/ Jack) 35 minutes faster that when I tried dmdhammering the course in 2006—which considering I was down 13 minutes getting to the Junction was a nice turn of events.

Saw Kitty at the start—unfortunately didn’t see here the rest of the day except when we were going in opposite directions on Diablo. How the heck she can be in such good cheery at 4:50 AM is beyond me but was appreciated, as I was real apprehensive going into the ride from 1) blowing up in 2006 and 2) pulling my back on Sierra Road every time we did a training rides over it.

Morning started off cool but nice.  Didn’t see Jack so thought I’d be soloing all day. About 1/3 up Diablo Jack pulled in next to me, but I had already set my sights on 3 young guys from Godspeak Messenger Service (must be the official messenger service of Ward Industries) who were setting a nice but not killer pace. Mini inversion layer on Diablo but high winds near the top, so it was good following their wheel all the way to the top. For the rest of the day seemingly whenever we left a rest stop they were pulling in.

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Ride Schedule
(see the Ride Schedule page for more details)

All rides leave at 9:00AM from Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek unless otherwise noted. Meet at the north end of the park near the restrooms at the baseball field parking area.

Fri., July 3
Independence Day
Show & Go
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Sat., July 4
Morgan Territory
55 mi. rating: R/H/M

Sun., July 5
Club Coffee & Pastry Ride
20 mi. rating: A/F/M

Sat., July 11
Cull Canyon
60 mi. rating: R/MH/M

Sun., July 12
Blackhawk and Dougherty
35 mi. rating: R/R/M

Sat., July 18
Lake Chabot Loop
60 mi. rating: R/H/M

Sun., July 19
Club Coffee & Pastry Ride
20 mi. rating: A/F/M

Sat., July 25
Peet's Coffee
50 mi. rating: R/H/M

Sun., July 26
Crockett Waterfront
40 mi. rating: R/MH/M

Sat., Aug 1
Palomares Canyon
60 mi. rating: R/MH/M

Sun., Aug 2
Club Coffee & Pastry Ride
20 mi. rating: A/F/M

Sat., Aug 8
Redwood Road
50 mi. rating: R/MH/M

Sun., Aug 9
Carquinez Scenic
40 mi. rating: R/MH/M

Sat., Aug 15
The Eucalyptus Trees
45 mi. rating: R/F/M

Sun., Aug 16
Club Coffee & Pastry Ride
20 mi. rating: A/F/M

Sat., Aug 22
Calaveras Reservoir
80 mi. rating: R/MH/M

Sun., Aug 23
Miner Rd and the Bears
40 mi. rating: R/H/M

Sat., Aug 29
Santa Cruz County Ramble
Start at Lexington dam, on Alma Bridge Road just east of Highway 17 and south of Los Gatos, at 9 AM. Car pool from the Rudgear Road park and ride lot at 7:30 AM
65 mi. rating: R/H/M

Sun., Aug 30
Find Old Dougherty
40 mi. rating: R/R/M

Sat., Sept 5
Morgan Territory
55 mi. rating: R/H/M

Sun., Sept 6
Club Coffee & Pastry Ride
20 mi. rating: A/F/M

Mon., Sept 7
Labor Day Show & Go
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