About DBC
Learn about DBC's mission, history, board of directors, and more
- Some of us are just starting out.
The Davis Bike Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cycling and cycling-related activities. Based in Davis, California, our membership has a wide variety of cycling interests and abilities. The DBC hosts a variety of rides and events: recreational and family rides, multi-day tours, randonneuring and ultra-distance events, and racing . What all of our members have in common is a love of bicycling and the desire to promote it as a fun, healthy, safe, and environmentally sustainable means of transportation.
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Short rides, long rides, tours
- Gold Lakes Tour, 2011
The club offers scheduled rides nearly every day of the year, and non-members are welcome on any ride. Most of our rides are concentrated in Yolo and Solano counties, with distances averaging from 15 to 60 miles. We also offer tours to club members in good standing. Tours range in length from weekends to multi-week trips, heading to destinations in California, the greater United States, and Europe.
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Events, big and small
- Foxy's Fall Century: Wooden Valley Volunteers
Each year, the club hosts several large, organized cycling events. The Davis Double Century, considered to be the premiere 200-mile ride in California, is held on the third Saturday in May. Foxy’s Fall Century, on the third Saturday of October, offers riders their choice of 25-, 60-, or 100-mile routes. These and other club-sponsored events are planned and run entirely by our enthusiastic club members, who volunteer their time and energy in making sure all participants have a great day on their bicycles.
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Davis Bike Club Race Team
- Some of the DBC Race Team on the 2010 Amgen Breakaway Ride
The Davis Bike Club Race Team is a subgroup within DBC. The DBC Race Team supports all levels of racing. It actively promotes underrepresented categories, e.g. women and juniors, with increased levels of support. Other programs include elite, masters, and mountain & cyclocross. The Team also supports the UC Davis Cal Aggie cyclists, making it easier for them to continue racing past the collegiate season. The Aggies are also an integral part of the DBC junior development program, providing mentoring for DBC's youngest racers.
Learn more about the DBC Race Team here.
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Our club, our community
- March Madness miles become helmets for kids (Barry Bolden, Gerry Peterson, Jeff Hall)
Davis Bike Club is a strong supporter of our local community, donating time, money and labor to a number of organizations benefiting cyclists and other charitable endeavors in Davis and the surrounding region. For example, during our annual March Bicycle Madness, club members pledge to ride as many miles as they can; those miles turn into pennies that are used to purchase helmets for local school kids whose families might othewise not be able to afford them.
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Member benefits
- How many miles will you ride for March Madness?
Along with friendship, camaraderie, and good company on a bike ride, Davis Bike Club members enjoy these other benefits:
- Changing Gears, our online monthly newsletter
- Monthly club meetings, featuring guest speakers and other presentations of interest to cyclists
- Discounts at many local bike shops
- Free admission to the US Bicycling Hall of Fame
- Eligibility to participate in March Bicycle Madness
- Opportunities to join club tours
- E-mail listserv, enabling club members to tap into the knowledge base of their fellow cyclists.
Learn more about DBC:
- We'll see you on the road...
Please join us! We’ll see you on the road.
