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Hey, did y’all have fun last month at the first annual Morgan Hill Family Bike Ride? What a great way to kick off the Fourth of July weekend! Kudos to event organizers – may you enjoy a long, successful run...or should I say, ride! While I’m add it, let me also congratulate Gilroy on another superb celebration of the stinking rose! (The Garlic Festival continues to be one of the top ten food festivals; of course, they could be in sole possession of the number one slot if they’d just bring back the Tour de Garlique Bicycle Ride!). So the most august month of the year has arrived. Are you hitting the hills, in preparation for next month’s Fremont Peak Hill Climb, down in San Juan Bautista? Who will earn ultimate bragging rights? If the August heat gets too much for you, remember that Out & About country stretches all the way to the coast! Strap the family bikes onto the car rack, and head over to the Monterey Recreational Trail! This fully paved, Of course, those of you who are tough enough to stand the inland heat won’t want to miss South Valley Endurance’s latest test of cycle speed, skill, suffering and high spirits! On August 15, SVE sponsors their second annual Concept Time Trial! Organizers call this one a “...fun time-trial based ride” and they welcome all mountain, road, and cross cyclists.
Racers have three categories from which to choose. The Beginners Cat (3-5), for MTB, road and cross features 24 miles of fully-paved road, including a very fast downhill. The Sports Cat (2) offers two options: a 39-mile, half-dirt route (that takes in some of Henry Coe and Harvey Bear) for MTB and Cross riders, as well as 24-mile, all-pavement route for those who prefer the road. The Expert Cat (1) sports similar options to the Sports Cat, this time for cyclists at the top of their game. Riders will be exploding out of Morgan Hill’s Concept Cyclery (1295 East Dunne Avenue) at 30-second intervals, and medals will be awarded three deep in each class. Lest you think this is a “ride-only” event, there will be all manner of breakfast and lunch food’n’drinks, as well as a bounce house for the younger members of your fan club! Make a fun day of it! To finish on a cooooool note, do you remember last November, when we featured Steve Fortino and how he was using bicycles in his work with severely developmentally disabled students? Well, here’s the latest direct from Steve: “Just an update on the SCCOE South County Post Senior special education ‘Riding for Life’ bike riding program. We are the proud owners of eight bikes. We had four donated and we bought four. My students are so excited. It is refreshing to ride with them; they ride for the pure enjoyment of it. To watch them it reminds me of when we all rode our first bike, feeling the wind in our face, the motion, the total freedom. My students even yell wheeeeeeee going down a hill and now I do to. We have six riders and five learning. I have issued a challenge the first student who can ride the entire length of the Coyote Creek trail 31 miles up and back will get a new bike of their very own. So they all are excited and in training. So through the sweat, pain, skinned elbow, knees and dirt, my students (looking through their tattered bike helmets) want to thank you and all your readers for your kindness and their donations allowing a few more people to experience the wheeeeeeee of riding a bike.” Open Invitations to Ongoing Rides Hollister Morgan Hill Concept Cyclery, R •
www.conceptcyclery.com Gilroy Sunshine Bicycles, R • Mykle Khong: myklekhong@hotmail.com South San Jose/Morgan Hill Monterey KEY: City–Group–Road/Mountain–Ride Days–Contact person and information. (Does your riding group want to be included here? Email me today!
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15-mile beauty stretches from Marina to Pacific Grove and 95% of it is completely separated from vehicle roads. Even better, it snakes along the beautiful Monterey Bay. How cool is that? (
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