Rides & Meet‑ups

Three speeds, one club. Everything is no-drop — we regroup at every turn and we wait at the top. Show up on whatever bike you own.
Not a rider? Skip to the calendar — First Fridays, takeovers and pop-ups land there too.

Next Up

Chalk's not down yet

The first route gets chalked the week we land in Oakland. Join the club and you'll get the date, the meet point and the route before anyone else.

Done: Club named, colours picked, badge drawn
Done: Beers named and brewingthe list lives on the tap page
Done: Routes picked6 candidates — none ridden as a group yet
Not yet: On the ground in Oakland2026
Not yet: Ride No. 1 dropsmembers hear first

Pick Your SpeedThree speeds · one club · nobody dropped

Chill

~10–20miles (target)

minimal climbing · social pace

most weeks — this is the house ride

Flat and forgiving. Conversation the whole way, coffee stop in the middle. If you haven't ridden in years, this is the one.

Lake Merritt laps — the club's living room. Flat, car-light, bail out wheneverBay Trail to Alameda — dead flat, water at your shoulder, turn around at the ferry

Rolling

~20–35miles (target)

real climbing · conversational but working

once or twice a month

You'll breathe hard on the way up and grin the whole way down. Some hills, nothing that breaks you.

Redwood Road — one long argument with gravity, redwoods holding the doorSkyline out-and-back — ridge running with the whole Bay thrown in for free

Spicy

~35–50miles (target)

serious climbing · regroup at the top

rare — when somebody calls it

The hills, properly. Bring gearing you trust and eat before you're hungry. Still no-drop — the fast ones wait, that's the deal.

Tunnel Road to Grizzly Peak — the Berkeley Hills toll booth — pay in sweat, keep the viewPinehurst to Skyline — steep, silent, all canopy — a climb you do in a whisper

Distances are the targets we're aiming for, not measured routes — nothing here has been ridden as a group yet. Real numbers go up once we've ridden them.

On the Card

Ink drying
The board's blank on purpose
Group rides, First Fridays, taproom takeovers and pop-ups all land here the week we roll into Oakland. Until then, these are the routes in the running:
In the running
Lake Merritt laps
Chill
Route candidate — not ridden as a group yet.
In the running
Bay Trail to Alameda
Chill
Route candidate — not ridden as a group yet.
In the running
Redwood Road
Rolling
Route candidate — not ridden as a group yet.
In the running
Skyline out-and-back
Rolling
Route candidate — not ridden as a group yet.
In the running
Tunnel Road to Grizzly Peak
Spicy
Route candidate — not ridden as a group yet.
In the running
Pinehurst to Skyline
Spicy
Route candidate — not ridden as a group yet.

What to bring

A bike that rolls, a helmet, a spare tube and something to inflate it with, and more water than you think. We don't leave anyone on the side of the road, but we can't patch a tube we don't have.

New to riding in the hills? Start on a Chill and talk to whoever's leading. Nobody here started fast. Join the club to get the meet point and the route the week of.

Join the club — membership is free

Members get the date, the meet point and the route before anyone else. No dues, no tryouts, no spandex. The pour after the ride is a member benefit — never for sale.

I'm 21 or over, and I've read the house rules.

21+. Rides roll out sober — always. The members' pour happens after the bikes are parked, and it is never sold.