General

Housekeeping: I tidied the route notes and added quick summaries. When you post a mechanical issue, name the actual part so the next person can find it.

Who has the group first-aid kit? I want to check the gloves and replace the expired wipes.

Welcome to the Foothills Cycling archive. We are going to keep ride plans, route notes, photos, wrenching tips, and race logistics here so new folks can catch up without scrolling forever.

New rider note: intro pace stays social. If the front group surges, regroup at every posted turn.

Admin note: please keep photos in the photos channel unless they are directly attached to a ride plan.

Sunday route is up: 68 km, two climbs, regroup at the Millbrook bakery around 10:30. Rain plan is the usual flat loop — check here Saturday night.

Reminder that the shared tool roll lives with Marisol during the week and comes to Sunday rides.

Volunteer ask: one sweep rider needed for the beginner route this month.

New member orientation is Saturday at the cafe patio. Bring one thing you wish someone told you early.

Being able to dig up our old tire-pressure arguments has already settled two debates this month. Worth writing the details down when you post.

Clinic recap and route cards are now attached as PDFs when we have them.

Pulled up the spoke length Theo posted last winter in about ten seconds. This is why we write things down.

Weather moved fast this month. If you changed a route on the fly, drop the reason in routes and weather.

Membership note: welcome new folks before posting inside private race-day threads.

We should tag posts with clinic, route, photo, classified, or race when it is obvious.

Maintenance month: bring noisy drivetrains to Thursday wrenching before they become Sunday problems.

Photo organization note: one hero shot per ride thread, bigger galleries in photos.

Please avoid posting personal addresses in public channels. Use DMs for pickup details.

Route library cleanup is underway. Old cue sheets stay attached for reference.

Safety reminder: call out glass, dogs, doors, and loose gravel early and loudly.

Group shot from the anniversary ride is up in photos. Pick your favorite there so we keep this channel for ride stuff.

Cross season is making everyone spicy. Keep race strategy in race-day.

Winter lights check starts now. No night ride without front and rear redundancy.

Anyone available to sweep the family ride on the first Sunday of next month?

Holiday schedule: rides are smaller, coffee stops are longer, and yes we will still post the route.

That is a full year and a half of Sundays logged in here now. Wild to scroll back to that first foggy bridge rollout.

Two years of Sunday rides, wrenching nights, and race weekends are all in here now. New folks, take your time scrolling back.

Year in review: 74 rides, 12 clinics, 5 new gravel-curious graduates, 3 race podiums, and exactly one flat fixed in under five minutes.

2025 planning thread: gravel skills in February, spring climbing block, July century, September cross clinic, and winter night rides after daylight savings.

New year, same rule: if it helped someone on a ride, write it down here so the next person finds it.