| Hello SYVCC We hope you and all your family and friends are safe and have avoided the tragic events down South. Life is precocious, and catastrophic events come at us fast sometimes. Sending good thoughts to all of those who were impacted by the fires. Please Save the Date for the Clubs Member Winter Event at Firestone Brewery on Feb 22nd 4p-7p. We will give a State Of The Union of the SYVCC, and the causes and events we are going to be part of in 2025. We also plan to have a guest speaker. Food and the first round of drinks will be covered. Grab your Club Clothing and Socks if you have not picked them up yet at DR J’s. We have been getting really positive feedback on the new kits and will be doing a re order soon. We do have one Extra XL Jersey for $96 if anyone wants that, email me and we will put it aside for you. Sunday, January 12th Cachuma Lake
Trail Work Day 7:30am to 12/Noon Work 12:30 to Whenever we’ll Ride what we worked & more! Gate Fees are waived for Volunteers. Just inform the Ranger at the gate that you’re there volunteering for the trail work day. There will be coffee and pastries for the first 50 volunteers. 7:30-7:55 Meetup at the retired SBCO Fire Camp. Please don’t park near the boats and be courteous to our fellow park going fishermen, rowers & disc golfers, thank you. We will line the road to parking with SoCal League Course Tape. Please RSVP on the Event Facebook page or by texting (805) 868-6465 Everyone needs to bring: - Your signed waiver
- Gloves
- Long sleeve shirt
- Long pants
- Sturdy shoes or boots
- Personal water and drinks. No alcohol please.
- Your lunch and snacks
- Your bike riding stuff
- Your Bike Helmet
- Your best can do attitude!
There will be a limited amount of tools provided by SBCO Parks. Please bring the following tools for yourself to use in case tools run low. Tools like: Flexrakes, hard rakes, flat shovels, loppers, hand saws and hand trimmers. PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANY SORT OF POWER TOOLS, gas or electric, thank you. Only SBCO Park Rangers will be using power tools. Mark your personal tools somehow. When you arrive:
Turn in your signed waiver at the SYV MTB Tent. There will be waivers there too that can be filled out onsite.
Get your tool(s).
Hang out as we divide into work groups. (We need some experienced trail workers to act as crew leaders)
Please wear your helmet while working.
Be prepared to hike to our work areas in the Mohawk Trail Aera. Please do not ride your bike with a tool in hand. We may be able to have tools driven out to the trails. If that happens we will allow riding to those locations. All volunteers need to sign the SBCO Volunteer Waiver and turn it in before working starts. Minors need to be accompanied by an adult and have their waiver signed by their parent or guardian. Your support at this SYV MTB Community Cachuma Lake Trail Work Day is much appreciated. Our focus will be the trails that will be used to host the SoCal Youth Cycling League later in March. If enough volunteers attend we will have a group brush the Sweetwater Trail as well. 12/Noon we’ll all regroup and ride what we worked and go ride Trek Trails on the other side of 154. In order to ride Trek Trails you’ll need to sign their online waiver here trailsatra.com, please pick ride date of 1/12.. Thank you to SBCO Parks and the Cachuma Lake Rangers, the SoCal League and its volunteers and all of you who can find the time to help us out on Sunday, January 12th! Remember, many hands make light work!
Weekly RidesCLUB RIDES (Standard Rules Apply: helmets required, no head phones in the group, obey all traffic laws) – These rides are not for our members only, so if you have friends and family in town, invite them out on one of the rides, all are welcome! Saturday A RideStart: 9:15am
Duration: 3hrs 50 Miles
Where to meet: Solvang Park
Description: The Valley Loop: East on 246, Armor Ranch Rd, Happy Canyon, Baseline, Roblar, Los Olivos to Foxen Canyon, out to the top of Zaca Mesa, regroup, then down to Zaca Station, East on 154 to Ballard Canyon, or Alamo Pintado back to Solvang , pace 18-19mph avg. Saturday B RideStart: 9:05am
Duration: 2.5hrs
Where to meet: Solvang Park Solvang
Description: This ride is not a “hammer ride”. It will be led as a “no-drop”, 14-16 mph group ride. This pace may change depending on the route and the riders who show up. The plan is for this to be a fun, intermediate, social ride, where we can stop for coffee/smoothie after or close to the end of the ride. Saturday Woman’s Ride This will start back up after the Spring Time Change Wednesday Ride This will also start back up after the Spring Time Change
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