Bigfoot Bicycle Club

This ride deserves the “classic” ranking.  Some riders will say “I rode it once and never again.”  But, after finishing today I realized it takes everything out of you no matter how fast you ride.  Love it or hate it, it is one tough ride. Today we were greeted with sunny skies, short-sleeve temperatures, little [...]

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Our hopes were high for a sunny day, but typical Humboldt weather plagued us.  The roads were wet and the sky was foggy.  My bike shorts were so wet I was oozing slug slime on the way up the Korbel climb.  Courtney Wood and Luke Ramseth put down a new fast time of 2:40 despite the [...]

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When: Saturday, February 11th, 9:00 AM Where: Arcata Community Center parking lot, across from HealthSport Finish: BeachComber, formerly Hank’s Coffee House, Bayside Distance: 50 miles, with 5,159 feet of climbing GPS INFO HERE Please join the Bigfoot Bicycle Club for a tough training ride next Saturday. The time to beat from last year is 2:45 [...]

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We had a small but enthusiastic turnout. Everyone thought, “what am I doing here?” But, after about 15 minutes of showers the skies cleared up and everyone enjoyed the break in the weather. Other than a short hail storm on Bear River Ridge, it was the best weather we had all week. Those who chose [...]

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We are still on rain or shine.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the rain will turn to showers as predicted by the National Weather Service.  Saturday might be the nicest day of the week. We are starting at 10:00 on Saturday.  Please come early if you have not renewed your club membership for 2012. [...]

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