March 2, 2026

New Members

Paul Lim

Ride and Event Schedule

Please note that you can always find updated ride
information on the club webpage "Calendar" tab

Saturday Club Rides

Ride Start: 8:00 AM Captain Kidd's

Level, Distance, Climb, Route, Ride Leader

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L1 62 miles 3,714 ft

Bundy/Palisades/Temescal

Luis Murillo

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L2 57 miles 2,308 ft

Bundy/Mandeville Canyons

Luke Lohnes

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L3 41 miles 960 ft

Temescal & Palisades Overlook

Scott Aldridge

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L4 32 miles 576 ft

Sweet Wheat - Culver City

Carl Tank

Monday Bundy/Mandy

Led By Richard Gould

Ride start: 9:00 at Manhattan Beach Pier

Route: Bundy/Mandeville via Homewood

L1 Pace: 53 miles, 2,491 ft

Regroups at Ocean Ave bathrooms, tops of climbs

Tuesday LA Explorers Ride

Led By Mario Obejas

Ride Start: 9:00 at Captain Kidd's

Route: Baldwin Lookout/Ken Hahn/Braddock Return

L2/L3 Pace: 38 miles, 1,630 ft

We go up the Baldwin Hills overlook climb in two steps, and enjoy the view. We then descend to the La Cienega pedestrian bridge to enter Ken Hahn park and ride through the various water elements before reaching our DTLA view from the MLK monument. We will avoid the park exit at Stocker; instead we exit through the pedestrian bridge. We then descend and and jog west to Culver City for a return along Braddock and through Playa Vista.

We haven't been to these two vista points since July, 2025. Join us!

Wednesday Hilly

Led By Carl Tank

Re-Starts on Wednesday, March 11

Ride Start: 4:00 at Captain Kidd's

Route: Wednesday Hilly Ride

L3/L4 Pace: 25 miles, 1,839 ft

This short late afternoon ride is ideal for members who would like to improve their overall riding performance and become better climbers. The ride incorporates short hill climbs and rollers in Palos Verdes, making for a nice hill climbing training ride. Gorgeous ocean view vistas are a bonus we added, free of charge. Highly recommended to have front and rear lights.

Wednesday Running Group

Location: Aviation Park (North of RB Performing Arts Center)

Start time: 9:00 - 10:00

Leaders: Tom Aaker & Diana Bailey

Every Wednesday at 9:00 AM a group of BCCCSB friends meets for a run on the track next to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Please come join us - the track offers free, ample parking, restrooms and water fountains.

Thursday Social Ride

Ride start: 9:00 at Manhattan Beach Pier

Ride Levels

· Group 1: L1/L2 (18-22 MPH), Ride Leaders - Mark S. / Matt P.

· Group 2: L3 (16-18 MPH), Ride Leaders - Yi Hwa K. / Gary P.

The 25 mile Thursday social ride route heads north along the beach and along Ballona Creek to Centinela, then return for a loop on Westchester.

This is a multilevel ride, L1 to L3, with three regroup stops. Post ride coffee at ~11 AM usually at Cafe Bonaparte on Pier Avenue Plaza.

Thursday Gravel Ride

Led By Bob Kellogg

Ride start: 8:30 at Manhattan Beach Pier

58 miles, 4,364 ft

Route: Paseo Miramar

We head up the coast to Amalfi and Sullivan Ridge. After a rest stop at the Nike station, we'll cross on Mulholland to Temescal Ridge. At the hub junction we'll head down the hill to the Parker Mesa Overlook and one of the best views of the coast. Then it's back onto pavement for the slog back home. Although the off-road segments are all fire roads, the steep pitches and length of the ride will require some endurance. A gravel or mountain bike will work just fine. You can start in Santa Monica if you want to cut out some of the road portion.

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Thursday Niteriderz

Led By Linda Campbell/Luis Murillo

Ride Start: Malaga Cove Plaza @ 5:30 PM Route

L1/L2 pace - 14 miles 1,143 ft

Come join the NITERIDERZ group for a challenging, yet friendly, playful, yet sprinty, evening ride around the west side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. This is a fantastic way to improve your hill climbing abilities with a great group of riders. Group meets in front of the Neptune Fountain in Malaga Cove Plaza Parking Lot.

Lights front and rear required.

Friday Java Ride

Led By Mike Bechtol

Ride start: 9:00 at Captain Kidd's

Route: Elabrew Coffee - Santa Monica

L4 Pace - 34 miles 624 ft

An easy paced, flat ride to a local cafe or bakery in the South Bay or Westside. Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee or pastry and good conversation with friends.

Laura Lohnes, Trish Botsko and Mike Bechtol jointly share the ride leader responsibilities for most of the Java rides. We are looking for other ride leaders who are willing to join our Java ride team as a regular leader. Interested? Let any of us know.

Sunday Funday Ride (same ride, all levels)

Led by Gary Parsons

Ride start: 9:00 at Captain Kidd's

Route: Whale Watch - PV Interpretive Center

31 mi, 1,469 ft

Enjoy a beautiful ride up the west coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula with views of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, and maybe an occasional whale. The route is mostly flat with a few rolling hills thrown in for fun. We will make a bathroom and water stop at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center scenic overlook (aka Whale Watch) before returning back home.

We typically break into a faster and slower group if we have a large diversity of rider levels. Post ride refreshments at a local cafe a possibility after the ride.

Unsure of your ride level? Here's a handy guide what to expect at each level. The speed is average for flat road and no wind.

Featured Business Member

Parisian style dining with a coastal California breeze

53 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

Cafe Bonaparte is a perfect place to stop for refreshment after a ride, conveniently located in Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza.

We bake. We cook. We do everything. IN HOUSE!

We pride ourselves on preparing and baking everything fresh. All ingredients are prepared in-house and cooked from scratch! We make our pastries and bread daily.

Saturday Rides

L1 - Topanga/Old Topanga/Stunt

Led by Luis Murillo

L2 - Bundy/Tigertail/Kentner

Led by Mike Bechtol

L3 Mandeville Canyon

Led by Carol Fern

L4 - Tongva Park + Canals

Led by Carl Tank

Shout out for Carl sweeping sand off the bike path north of the Manhattan Pier. Big thanks from all of us.

Other Club Rides

Sunday Jackson Market

Monday Bundy/Mandy

Led by Richard Gould

No ride last week.

Tuesday LA Explorer

Signal Hill/Naples

Led by Mario Obejas

Wednesday Runners

No runners last week.

Thursday Social Ride

Thursday Gravel Ride

Led by Bob Kellogg

Bob K and Matt Staal on the Pump Track.

Thursday NiteRiderz

Led by Linda Campbell & Luis Murillo

Friday Java Ride
Led by Trish Botsko

Casino Cafe in Culver City

Other Events

The 3 Amigos ride again in Brentwood.

Alex & Marc Claessens and Mark Goldberg completed the LA Firecracker Ride in Chinatown.

All the pictures below are from a trip taken by club members to Red Rock Canyon and Death Valley National Park. It was a 6 day event with up to 400 miles and 30K feet of climbing.

We were fortunate to have flowers blooming in multiple areas.

Flowers everywhere in this picture.

We were also fortunate to see water in Badwater Basin. Yi Wha, Heidi, Diana and Krissy cooled off their feet.

The 2 pictures above overlook the valley and are from Dante's View, which required a 26 mile climb with over 5K feet of elevation gain.

As Heidi and Yi Wha indicated, the last part was a challenge, but everyone made it.

We rode to Ubehebe Crater which was one of many good climbs.

On the final day, there was yet another climb to Daylight Pass.

Dave Owens sporting an appropriate jersey for the final day.

Death Valley had beautiful scenery all throughout the ride.

The roads were typically in great condition with rare sightings of vehicles.

After a morning ride, we hiked up Mosaic Canyon which involved a bit of scrambling.

Lizard Head Guides organized and supported the trip with snacks and refreshments along the way. They could fit over 20 bikes on top.

They provided dinner around the campfire on the final night.

Thank You to all who send in photos!

Didn't see the photo you wanted?

If you are wondering why there is no photo of a club ride that you did, it's because no one sent a photo in on time!

To ensure that your photo appears in the newsletter, please send it by 5:00 PM on Sunday!

Photos should be sent to: newsletter@bcccsb.org. Also, please let us know the date, ride leader, and the ride the photo was from. If there was something special that should be in the caption, please include it in your email.