These rides are open to all comers – PenVelo does not sponsor, run, plan, lead, or direct these or any other rides. Before participating in one of these rides, please read the Warning and Assumption of Risk at the bottom of this page (click HERE).
A word of warning – more often than not a newcomer is challenged by the pace. Don’t be discouraged though! If you get dropped there’s plenty of great riding along the route and you can get back in with the pack when it comes around the loop and heads north on Canada Road. Heck, we all got dropped when we started doing these rides!
*** ALL RIDES START AT THE NORTH END OF CANADA ROAD BY HIGHWAY 92 (map)***
8:15am Saturday – “no wait” ride
Start at 92/Canada. After riding counter-clockwise around the Portola Valley loop, there’s a regroup at the Chevron station on Woodside Road, immediately after turning off Whiskey Hill Road. Strava link: http://www.strava.com/
8:00am Sunday – “no-wait” ride
Fast pace.
Start at 92/Canada. After riding counter-clockwise around the Portola Valley loop, there’s an optional regroup at the Chevron station on Woodside Road, immediately after turning off Whiskey Hill Road. Strava link: http://www.strava.com/
6:00pm Tuesday and Thursday – “no wait” rides
Very fast pace, typically averaging 22-24 mph.
These rides start on the first Tuesday after the beginning of daylight savings time in March, and end on the third Thursday in September. Note, this time span largely coincides with the Racing Season. These rides are very fast paced with a great deal of aggressive riding.
On Tuesday night, the ride turns east (left) off Canada Road onto Woodside Road at Roberts Market and continues around the Portola Valley loop in a clockwise direction as indicated in the Strava links below. These rides differ from the weekend rides as they’re routed directly along Alpine Road. On Thursday, the route is the same as the Tuesday ride except in the counter-clockwise direction, by turning west (right) onto Woodside Road.
Tuesday night Strava link: http://www.strava.com/
Thursday night Strava link: http://www.strava.com/
Women’s Rides
Women-only rides will be held sporadically throughout the year. Most are for club members only and will be announced on the PV Women’s Google Group. The dates, times and routes for rides open to the public will be announced on social media outlets such as Facebook and Instagram. Of course, women are welcome to participate in any of the group rides described above.
Suggest a ride!
If none of these rides appeal to you, you could suggest a ride on the PV mailing list, to see if anyone else is interested!