Club Membership

Please join Mendocino Coast Cyclists and help us promote and improve bicycling.
Members receive discounts at The Outdoor Store, Catch a Canoe and Bicycles Too, and Fort Bragg Cyclery.
Click on image below print it, fill it out and send it with your dues to Mendocino Coast Cyclists, P.O.Box 742, Fort Bragg, CA 95437.

Please fill out a disclaimer and send with your membership application to participate in Club events.

New Bike Club Logo 2010

The new bike club logo

Monthly First Saturday Group Ride

Starting May 1st 2010 Mendocino Coast Cyclists will host a group mountain bike ride to be held the first Saturday of the month through September 4th 2010.
Everyone is welcome!
Ride leader Roo Harris will be meeting at the end of the pavement on Road 409 (about 3.5 miles east of Hwy 1) at 10 a.m.
Bring water, food, and proper clothing for a 2-4 hr ride.
The route will depend on the ability of the riders that show up. An easier short ride followed by a longer hard ride will also be a possibility.
We love riding and helping others enjoy the Mendocino Coast on a bike!
A note from Roo,
Any cyclists who are thinking of coming should make reservations with Roo Harris prior to the first Saturday of each month trail ride. Please call (707) 937-4238 to make reservations. Without reservations the ride will not be scheduled for those dates. We at Mendocino Coast Cyclists look forward to showing you our back yard.

Enjoy,
Chris

Strategic Plan for the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County and Cyclists

Here is a link to the Draft Strategic Plan for the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County

Bicycle riders are being excluded from most of the proposed trails in the Strategic Plan for the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County. Access to trails along the coast is very much desired by local and visiting cyclists. Riding a bicycle is an enjoyable and healthy way to see the coast and brings many visitors to our area. Mountain bikes do not need a "class one bike path" to ride on. Cyclists can walk stairs, tight corners, and other obstacles so in reality no trail is unusable to them. The idea bicycles are more damaging to "sensitive natural resources" then hikers has not been backed up by scientific studies. "Access to trailheads and parking" is less important to cyclists then it is to hikers since riding to the trail is a possibility. Allowing bicycles on new trails should be open to review. "Land management agency policies" have been changed to allow cyclists in the past and should not be used to automatically exclude them. Bicycle riders have contributed their time and money to acquire right of ways and build trails on the coast but have not been included in forming policies for trails. Mendocino Coast Cyclists would like to help insure bicycling is included on the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County.

Sincerely,

Chris Clutton

Past president Mendocino Coast Cyclists

Mendocino Coast Regional Park

Proposed Bicycle Facilities for the Mendocino Coast Regional Park Hwy 20 east of Summers Ln

Presented by

Chris Clutton of the Mendocino Coast Cyclists

The following improvements are suggested for cyclists at the Regional Park east of Summers Ln.

Bike path from the Hwy 20 bike lane to activity areas and park trails.

Sweet Trail

Jump Area

Bike racks near activity areas.

Loop trails open to bikes through the park.

Trail open to bikes from park trails to the A&W Haul Rd and Jackson State Forest.

Bike skill areas located near a parking area and park trails.

Pump Track

Bicycling facilities are a good choice for the Regional Park

Having the opportunity to help build, maintain, and use a bike trails and skill areas can motivate young people to become active cyclists. Not all youths like participating in team sports. Cycling can be enjoyed alone or in a group. Cycling is an activity that people can participate in throughout their life. Young people should have a safe place to improve cycling skills in a well-designed area with experienced guidance.

Mendocino Coast Cyclists

The Mendocino Coast Cyclists Club (MCC) is interested in partnering with Mendocino Coast Parks and Recreation Department to help plan, layout, build, and maintain bike trails and skill areas at the Regional Park east of Summers Ln.

MCC is a club formed in 2003 with the mission to Advocate cycling in all aspects. Promote responsible and safe trail and road use.

MCC currently has over 70 members and more than 100 receive e-mails.

MCC has held trash clean up, trail building, and maintenance workdays on Jackson State Forest and more are planned for 2010.

Ongoing group rides are held three times weekly (weather permitting).

MCC also holds a yearly mountain bike race and has helped with cycling events held by Fort Bragg Cyclery, Catch a Canoe, and Bike Mendo.

Chris Clutton

Past President of Mendocino Coast Cyclists

Please respond if you have something to add!

Enjoy,

Chris