Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor, San Jose Mayoral Candidate, and ACTC Member will be our speaker at the August 8th General Meeting.

by Don Axtell Almaden Cycle Touring Club lists ride pace as part of the description for each ride listing. These are average speeds, assuming the ride is all on flat ground with no wind. SL Slow Leisurely below 10 mph L Leisurely 10 to 12 mph LM Easy Moderate 12 to 14 mph M Moderate 14 to 16 mph MB Hard Moderate 16 to 18 mph B Brisk 18 ...

Introduction Welcome to the Russian River country. The river is named for the Russians who settled the area in 1812 as traders and sea otter hunters. They decimated the otters and withdrew in 1841. During the next 60 years the river and terrain kept the area isolated. The stage coach ...

by Franz Kelsch I have been mapping all the new billy goats in a program called MapMyRide.  If you go to the billy goat list on the ACTC website and click on one of the billy goats, it will take you to the map.  For the new ones (and some of ...

The November 2008 ride schedule is now online. The November Black and Blue Bottom is now online. Franz Kelsch ACTC Webmaster

The new online Membership Application has been a big hit.  In just the first few days since we launched it we have had 18 people use it to either join ACTC or renew their existing membership.  In almost all cases, the individuals choose to use a credit card to make ...

So you think you are a fast hill climber but wonder how you compare climbing some of the billy goats with other club members.  Now you can find out.  We have added a new page to the ACTC Website where some of the best times for selected Billygoats are shown.  ...

Connection speed to an internet site such as ACTC.ORG depends on many aspects. If you find the ACTC.ORG website to be usually sluggish, click the link below to run a speed test on our web server. RUN SPEED TEST To make a comparision, you can also test your speed at other ...

We have been having some issues with responsiveness accessing the ACTC website. The problem has been much broader than just the ACTC websites and has affected thousands or websites. The web hosting company has been replacing some hardware but there continues to be some intermittent issues. Franz Kelsch ACTC Webmaster

by Franz Kelsch, ACTC Webmaster The March Ride schedule has now been posted. A new mailing list has been added for mountain bike riders. So far 25 people have subscribed. Click here to subscribe (ACTC members only). See this page for information about all the ACTC email lists. Since we ...