Friday, December 7, 2012

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Truth: we are terrible about updating this page. Until we get it together to develop a better site, please be sure to check our Facebook page for latest ride info and other shenanigans!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

HillJillys Road Ride:
Saturday, September 22nd, 9:30am


Anyone else notice that the roads seem to be filling up more and more with cyclists as we ease ever closer to Levi's GranFondo at the end of the month? This weekend, we join the party! 

 Meet at the Flying Goat in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square on Saturday at 9:30am for our old favorite Windsor Wonderland route. Kristy will lead us out on this relatively flat road loop that heads up to Windsor via Fulton, Olivet, and Mark West and comes out to about 30 miles. RSVPs appreciated. As usual, beginner-friendly, everyone welcome, and no one left behind!

Monday, September 10, 2012

HillJillys MTB Ride + Ice Cream Social + Gear Swap!: Saturday, September 15th, 9:30am


We've got something special planned for post-ride this week: ICE CREAM & GEAR SWAP! Yes, indeed, you read that right. We'll meet at the usual time for a mountain bike ride in Annadel, and then mosey over to Megan's house afterwards for an ice cream social and gear swap. HOORAY! 

Need to know: 
- Megan is an ice cream maker extraordinaire and is concocting the deliciousness by hand. Oh my. 
- You can bring your favorite ice cream toppings or other appetizer-y snack. 
- Is your closet/garage/basement/attic hiding a pile of cycling clothes or parts that you don't use? Go get it and bring it. We'll have a swap for trading; if you've been needing more cycling clothes for your growing cycling habit, but money is tight, you might be able to score something new-to-you for your fix. (If you're going to take but not bring, a cash donation would be swell.) 
- You can bring bike parts & exercise-y gear, too, and if you have something you want to move--but not for free--you can add a price tag and try to sell it to a fellow HillJilly. 
- You don't have to do the ride to do the social. If you can't make the ride, join us at Megan's house at 1pm. 

For the ride, meet on Channel Drive at 9:30am on Saturday, at the bottom of Cobblestone. If you're coming only to the social, RSVP here and we'll message you the address. Hope to see you!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

HillJillys Road Ride:
Saturday, September 1st, 9:30am


We're doing a truncated version of the bakery ride this time 'round--instead of starting in Santa Rosa, we'll meet in Sebastopol and head out to Wild Flour in Freestone. 

Meet at the Andy's Market coffee stand in Sebastopol (right on the bike path!) on Saturday at 9:30am. RSVPs appreciated. As usual, beginner-friendly, everyone welcome, and no one left behind!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

HillJillys MTB Ride:
Saturday, August 25th, 9:30am


Oh, Annadel, how we love your trails. We feel the light starting to shift, the shadows getting longer, the days getting shorter, and we know our summer days are numbered... so shall we make the most of another chance to ride!

Meet Saturday at 9:30am on Channel Drive, at the bottom of Cobblestone. RSVPs appreciated! The know-how to go now: beginner-friendly, everyone welcome, and no one left behind.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

HillJillys Road Ride:
Saturday, August 18th, 9:30am

Busy weekend of bike stuff in Santa Rosa, and we jump in with a road ride of our own! Twyla will lead us out on skinny tires from Santa Rosa; route to be determined...

Meet at the Flying Goat in Santa Rosa on Saturday at 9:30am. RSVPs appreciated. As usual, beginner-friendly, everyone welcome, and no one left behind!


Other Weekend Bike-y Happenings...
Saturday: Annadel MTB Race (not racing? come to the finish for food, beer, exhibitors, heckling...)
Sunday: Sonoma County Bike Expo (including the awesome Velogenesis + a morning Ride About Town + Bike Monkey's Fat Tire Ladder Crit)

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

HillJillys Road Ride:
Saturday, August 4th, 9:30am

These are unnerving times for cyclists in Sonoma County. We hope that the opportunity to exert your right to the road amongst the company of other women on bikes helps allay some of those fears.

We ride road this weekend. Kristy will lead us out of Healdsburg, up West Dry Creek, across and over to Canyon, and back to town; should be around 30 miles or so. Meet at the Flying Goat in Healdsburg on Saturday at 9:30am. As usual, beginner-friendly, everyone welcome, and no one left behind!! RSVPs appreciated!

Bike Coalition Silent Ride, Friday, August 3rd at 5:30pmThe recent spate of death and injury on our local roads makes it clear that we're facing an issue of safety that goes far beyond cycling (pedestrians and other drivers are also suffering from too many car preventable  collisions), but the deaths of cyclists still hit especially hard. Even if you don't consider yourself a "cyclist", please join the SCBC Silent Ride on Friday. More details here.