The nearest I've seen are in Snelling and Winters, out by Davis. I think they're in the summer.

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There are a few informal, non-USCF sanctioned events:

http://www.scaledup.com/...metrialseries06.html

http://scccc.cccx.org/teamsc/timetrial/

Coming from Oregon, I'm extremely dissappointed with what's available in the Bay Area, where there are so many cyclists.

Maybe it's because of the difference in sanctioning organizations -- In OR, OBRA is focused on "citizen racing" It seems like the USCF concentrates cultivating new Lance Armstrongs and "development programs" (read juniors who they hope will become Lance Armstrongs).

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Funny comment coming from you ... as I am primarily a roadie (because I can't run thanks to injuries sustained at the hands of a teenage driver talking on a cell phone) who has been quite rudely treated by YOU on this forum.

Bob C.

I kind of like the fact that roadies can be jerks. They almost make me seem like a nice guy.

I've been around roadies for years. I've been around triathletes and triathlons for only the last two. I greatly prefer the triathlon environment. People are so much more friendly.

I know plenty of roadies that are very nice people. In fact, the curious thing I noticed is that the more skilled and accomplished a bike racer is, the more they tend to be humble and genuine. It's the wannabe folks who are prima donnas and genuine pricks. Most of the guys I know who have languished in the Cat.3 and 4 ranks for years ... and many of the masters racers ... I don't know. I can't see how they find helmets to fit their heads.

I know 4 or 5 pro roadies and a young man who recently made the national junior team. They feel so priveledged to be able to do what they're doing that they treat everyone around them like they were a sponsor. (Now, in the heat of battle in a race, another side of them often comes out ... so I hear ... but I'm never around to see that.)

All that having been said, I've yet to meet a triathlete who wasn't a really nice person to know.

Bob C.

Hey,

I know you are somewhere near #7.....do you ride on Thursday just outside Stirling?

Drove past a group that was meeting just off the 401 b/w Belleville and Stirling. Was envious as I was not riding.

Tamara

The local club here does 1 TT/month in it's race schedule. First pre-season one was Thursday, decent turnout and good number of Triathletes were there. Proud to say I did my fastest ever 40K at it. It all goes downhill from here :)

The one glitch, there are a few members that will adamantly tell a rider that Tri-bikes are not allowed in the club. AT all. Kinda deters us from wanting to join up.

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