“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.” William SheddThe late Jeanne Meadows, ACTC President in the 1980’s, once wrote an inspirational article to promote cycling as her fountain of youth. Now that I am nearly her age when she penned that article, my health ...

On this bright December Saturday morning, more than forty ACTC members, led by Jim Schallau, volunteered at the Turning Wheels for Kids (TWFK) Big Bike Build to assemble over 2500 new bicycles to be given free to underprivileged children. Jim and Marjorie Schallau, Past-President Herman Wadler, and I have been helping ...

On our September low-cost self-supported Italian trip, it was predicted to rain and perhaps snow up at Passo Stelvio by noon that day. We all started bright and early and nearly everyone made it to the top before the rain. As we were waiting it out, warm inside a cafe with an ...

“Sitting, more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV, and is more treacherous than parachuting. We are sitting ourselves to death.” — Dr. James Levine, Mayo Clinic Sitting, like smoking, is clearly not healthy. Heart diseases and many forms of cancer prefer sedentary bodies, obesity and diabetes thrive with inactivity, ...

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible ...

At a recent talk "Forgetting Names, Should I be Worried?" Stanford Professor Sharon Sha presented data showing that today's medicine has no cure for Alzheimer disease (we know that). Patients' mental capacity merely decreases at a slower rate with these medicines. The only two antidotes where patients retained or actually regained ...

Although we don't wear our philanthropy actions on our sleeves, ACTC is a not-for-profit organization so we strive to have a zero-sum annual budget by donating a steady and predictable amount to bicycling-related organizations. ACTC is run by volunteers so all the proceeds from members' dues, Tierra Bella, and Sierra ...

"Simple Gifts", a Shaker song by Joseph Brackett celebrates a sentiment that is as applicable today as when it was written in 1848. 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the ...

40th Anniversary 1976-2016 Vibrant, strong, energetic, responsible, gentle, and generous are terms that come to mind when thinking of our beloved Almaden Cycle Touring Club. We will be celebrating ACTC's 40th Anniversary in January 2016, and hope to have one of the founding members, first VP and 2nd President Peter Enright at that General ...

If only a bicycle could talk Take me cycling around the block Up and over the mountain Rest at that beautiful fountain Encircle that clean and serene lake To feast on pastry and cake Take me to a museum Market, coffee, and gymnasium Turn around against that fierce wind To find what follows is more head winds If stolen, will ...