NorCal Bikers

NorCal Bikers

Front page
Archive

NorCal Bikers is dedicated to all things two wheels. Our motto is "Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad", we are bikers and cyclists, both road bikes and mountain bikes and motorcycles too. If we had scooters, we'd ride them too.

2 Wheels Good,
4 Wheels Bad

Friends of
NorCal Bikers

Intellectual Poison
Rio Strada Racing
MySportstream
Mountain Monkeys
BONC
IMBA
MTBR
The FredCast
SingletrackWorld.com
Mountain Biking California
Mountain Pass Times
Gold Country Trails
Cycle Folsom
Ibis Cycles: Blog
Ibis Cycles
Two Wheel Soapbox
The Kneeslider
YourMTB
Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz

Member Bikes
Erik's Ibis Szazbo
Erik's Ibis Mojo
Erik's Phat Cruiser
Erik's V-Strom
Jay's Onix
Jay's Reign

NorCal Bike Shops and Stores
Spokesman
Auburn Bike Works
Art's Cyclery
Sierra Trading Post

NorCal Biker Trails
Auburn SRA
Delaveaga
Wilder
Clementine
Downieville
Hole in the Ground
Northstar
Salmon Falls
Spooner-Kingsbury

Bike Repair Sites
Utah Mountain Bike
Park Tools

Photos/Video
Grouse Ridge
Northstar DH Pictures

Misc. Links
Keep Tahoe Blue
Tahoe Rim Trail
Pink Bike
NSMB e.Magazine
Cycling News
Pez Cycling News
Velo News
GMap Pedometer

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Cycling Injuries/Deaths Bay Area Search

Its pretty ridiculous that we need something like a search of Cyclists Killed and Injured in the San Francisco Bay Area but its nice to have if you're planning a ride in a county you don't know very well. This will give you a pretty good idea of the most dangerous roads in each county.

And nope, they do not extend down to my neck of the woods, that would be too easy.

Correction, the data isn't sliced very deeply at all, just rough stats for each county. Oh well. Still a little sobering to see projected bicycle fatalities through the end of the year.

Posted 3:52 PM by Erik Got something to say?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Asshole Alert

Erik and I had a great ride Sunday, 62 miles, 4000' of climbing and bright sunny spring weather. We rode from Rocklin out to Lincoln and then up to Auburn, back down to Granite Bay then home. We only encountered 1 asshole who I could not even believe what he did. So we were descending down Highway 49 to the Confluence, which is a very twisty road with many sharp 15mph corners. In a car you can't really go all that fast, but on a road bike you can pretty much beat cars down the hill. We got stuck behind two cars that were going about 20 mph the whole way. So we're just content to ride mellow to the bottom enjoying the fine weather and the chance to be outdoors. Then out of nowhere the car behind us thought it would be a good idea to pass us two roadies on a corner and cut in front of us, so he could be a whole 30 feet ahead of where he was if he had just stayed behind us. We were sooooo pissed. And now we're following this jack hole down the hill who is now stuck behind the same two cars that were were. There was just absolutely no reason for what he did other than to be a total asshole. The guy starts yelling get off the road and various other profanities. Luckily he turned right on 49 towards Cool, while we continued down Old Foresthill to the Confluence. Just one of the stupidest things I've seen in a long time. I'm just banging my head against the wall for not thinking to memorize his license plate number. I had plenty of time to do it, but I think my adrenaline was on redline, and I was only thinking about getting to the bottom of the hill safely. Any ways it was white sedan perhaps an Oldsmobile or such with a Marine Corps sticker in the upper right of the rear window.

Posted 9:07 PM by Jay Got something to say?

Monday, March 10, 2008

This is Tragedy

I saw this on the news last night, Sheriff's deputy hits cyclists, killing 2 and there's just no silver lining here at all. Maybe except that he only killed two of the cyclists and not all three.

But that's a pretty slim silver lining. Pretty horrible for everyone concerned really.

Posted 8:54 AM by Erik Got something to say?

Home