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On June 13, the Alta Alpina Cycling Club will host the Ride the Wild Sierras cycling event that allows bicyclists to join an organized ride while also being able to customize it to their abilities.
The event has three categories riders can choose from: the Eight Pass Challenge, The Kid Carson Challenge and the Build Your Own Challenge.
The Build Your Own Challenge allows riders to go to the club's Web site and answer different questions to determine their ability and what course is the best fit for them.
This challenge includes routes over six different mountain passes or a combination of passes. The passes available are Daggett Pass, Luther Pass, Carson Pass, Blue Lakes Road, Monitor Pass east and Monitor Pass west.
“This is a great way to explore the passes,” said Michael Bayer, the ride director for the club. “This is a great place to ride a bike.”
Bayer said this is the first time the club has offered an event that allows riders such a variety of options.
"We think it is just keeping with the times to allow you to adjust an event to your abilities,” Bayer said, “instead of having a one-size-fits-all event.”
Bayer said the benefits of the organized ride is that they bring in restrooms, food and water into remote areas that do not normally offer those amenities.
“This is the one opportunity of the year to ride the passes with a safety net and knowing there will be food and water waiting for them,” Bayer said.
The other ride is the Eight Pass Challenge, which is a 198-mile excursion over eight mountain passes. Bayer said this ride is designed to complement the Death Ride, which has been put on for 28 years by the Alpine County Chamber Commerce and until 2007, the Alta Alpina Cycling Club.
Bayer said the club stopped volunteering for the Death Ride when Alpine County decided it could host it alone.
The Death Ride goes over five passes and is 129 miles long. Bayer said that ride gets around 3,000 participants a year, which is the maximum amount of people allowed on the course due to safety reasons.
The Eight Pass Challenge is “designed to give to the cycling community who cannot do the Death Ride,” because of the amount of participants, Bayer said.
He said he expects a total of 250 cyclists to participate within the three ride categories and approximately 100 in the Eight Pass Challenge.
He said that as of Friday night he had about 200 people confirmed for the event.
The third ride category is the Kid Carson Ride, which is designed for children and families. That ride is 7-27 miles long, depending on the participant's skill level.
People interested in participating, can register at altaalpina.org. Registration is open until all spots are full. Bayer said the event would go on as planned, rain or shine.
The event has three categories riders can choose from: the Eight Pass Challenge, The Kid Carson Challenge and the Build Your Own Challenge.
The Build Your Own Challenge allows riders to go to the club's Web site and answer different questions to determine their ability and what course is the best fit for them.
This challenge includes routes over six different mountain passes or a combination of passes. The passes available are Daggett Pass, Luther Pass, Carson Pass, Blue Lakes Road, Monitor Pass east and Monitor Pass west.
“This is a great way to explore the passes,” said Michael Bayer, the ride director for the club. “This is a great place to ride a bike.”
Bayer said this is the first time the club has offered an event that allows riders such a variety of options.
"We think it is just keeping with the times to allow you to adjust an event to your abilities,” Bayer said, “instead of having a one-size-fits-all event.”
Bayer said the benefits of the organized ride is that they bring in restrooms, food and water into remote areas that do not normally offer those amenities.
“This is the one opportunity of the year to ride the passes with a safety net and knowing there will be food and water waiting for them,” Bayer said.
The other ride is the Eight Pass Challenge, which is a 198-mile excursion over eight mountain passes. Bayer said this ride is designed to complement the Death Ride, which has been put on for 28 years by the Alpine County Chamber Commerce and until 2007, the Alta Alpina Cycling Club.
Bayer said the club stopped volunteering for the Death Ride when Alpine County decided it could host it alone.
The Death Ride goes over five passes and is 129 miles long. Bayer said that ride gets around 3,000 participants a year, which is the maximum amount of people allowed on the course due to safety reasons.
The Eight Pass Challenge is “designed to give to the cycling community who cannot do the Death Ride,” because of the amount of participants, Bayer said.
He said he expects a total of 250 cyclists to participate within the three ride categories and approximately 100 in the Eight Pass Challenge.
He said that as of Friday night he had about 200 people confirmed for the event.
The third ride category is the Kid Carson Ride, which is designed for children and families. That ride is 7-27 miles long, depending on the participant's skill level.
People interested in participating, can register at altaalpina.org. Registration is open until all spots are full. Bayer said the event would go on as planned, rain or shine.
