The 2011 Rides & Events Schedule now includes a color-coded calendar, color key, and a table of holidays and observances. Thanks to all who helped create it. Full ride descriptions and route slips will be sent via email prior to each event.
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This year’s annual ride to the Rose Parade included 13 CSBG riders who mingled with almost that many more from the Covina Cycle Club. The route is about 35 miles round-trip from Covina Park to the end of the parade route at Maple St. and Sierra Madre Blvd.
After the parade, the riders enjoyed brunch at Nano Cafe in Monrovia (on Duarte Rd. just east of Mayflower). Randy Miller knew of the restaurant and alerted them we were coming. They opened a parking area for our bikes and closed it after we parked. We were served very well in their group dining area and the menu was good. Their main restaurant area is in a nearby room and was nearly filled. The food and service were excellent, and the group looks forward to stopping there again.
Yet another beautiful sunny New Year’s Day in Southern California!
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Our site has a new look! All of your favorite resources are still available, just organized a bit differently. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
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There’s a new bike shop in town! The Ontario Community Bike Shop is a place where people in the community can have fun and fix their bikes for the cost of parts, while learning at the same time.
The Ontario Community Bike Shop held its Grand Opening Party on Saturday November 20 from 2 PM to 7 PM at 132 E. H Street, Ontario. There was free food and a live band.
The students at Pitzer College gathered community interest and, hopefully, enough volunteers to make this a continuing cooperative.
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An estimated 17 members of the CSBG participated in yesterday’s Tour de Foothills. Thirteen rode the 62-mile metric, 1 rode the 31-mile half-metric, and 3 completed the full 100-mile century. After the ride, the participants enjoyed a fantastic Lasagna lunch and cookies catered by Old World Deli, and cups of Cold Stone ice cream — yum!! Some of us enjoyed a free massage to relieve sore muscles.
Overall, the reviews were very positive. The route was clearly marked, snacks were good and plentiful at the food stops, ride marshals provided excellent support — and the weather was perfect! We look forward to participating again in 2011.
(Click on photo to see full album.)
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America’s most popular cycling event, the AMGEN Tour of California, has selected the City of Claremont as the starting point for its grueling mountain Stage 7, which will occur on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The eight-day stage race from May 15-22, 2011, is considered the most important cycling race held in the United States, and draws many of the world’s top professional cycling teams from RadioShack to HTC Columbia.
A dozen CSBG members attended the announcement celebration at the Claremont Depot on Thursday October 7 at 5:00 PM.
Further details are provided in the press release.
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Thirteen CSBG members met at Claremont’s Memorial Park to ride in the city’s 4th of July Celebration Parade, the highlight of the 62nd 4th of July Celebration & Festival. The parade began at the corner of Indian Hill Blvd. & 10th St., moved south to Harrison then west to Mountain Ave., and ended at Larkin Park behind the Joslyn Senior Center. The parade had approximately 90 entries including bands, floats, specialty vehicles, musical and novelty groups, and dignitaries — including members of the CSBG!
Members wore their CSBG jersey and decorated their bikes (and, in some cases, themselves) with flags, streamers, stickers, hats, and other patriotic decorations. Riding about 2.5 mph, we rode serpentine or did circles in the street to the cheers of hundreds of parade watchers. One bystander raised her arms above her head, clapped her hands, and yelled “Claremont Senior Bike Group ROCKS!” Yes, we do!
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