What we’re about
WELCOME to the St. Vrain Chain Gang Bicycling Club (SVCG) based in Longmont, Colorado. Our aim is to promote and encourage cycling through a friendly club experience, where camaraderie is developed through group riding.
Our rides generally cater to the Advanced Beginner and Intermediate Road Cyclist, who are looking to improve their skill level. In the spring-summer season (March through September) we offer 2 rides per week (Tuesday and Saturday). For the rest of the year we do a Saturday ride, weather permitting. Our riding groups usually split into 2 or 3 groups based on pace. Most our routes typically follow the quietest and most scenic routes in Boulder County and the surrounding areas.
Our goal for all rides is to keep the experience of group riding FUN and SAFE! We are a recreational cycling club, NOT a race club; by joining our group you are expected to be part of the group, and not treat the rides as a race, or as a solo ride. Please take the time to read over our SVCG Group Riding Safety guide.
Before joining/signing up for an SVCG ride, be sure you can ride at the average pace we advertise for each group. If you do not meet this minimum fitness level, unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate you, as it is unfair to all other riders. (A Group Pace = 18+mph Avg, B Group Pace = 15 - 18mph Avg).
If you are a new member and intend to ride with SVCG, please sign our RIDE WAIVER as a way of acknowledging you have read our club rules,
We look forward to seeing you on one of our rides soon! ~Ride Safe and Often~
Nick, Peter & the SVCG Crew
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Bunny Hop from Bearded Brewer (24 mi)Bearded Brewer Artisan Ales, Longmont, CO
This week we go on a 24 mile hop to Rabbit Mountain leaving from Bearded Brewer.
Rabbit Mtn BB, SVCG · Ride with GPS
If it seems like a bit much for an early season ride, you can shorten this by about a mile and eliminate the steep climb by stopping at the Rabbit Mountain Trailhead Parking Area. Just wait for your group to come back down.
Be sure to verify the starting location each week as it will be at either Bearded Brewer on Airport Road or the Dickens Farm Nature Area.
We typically self-organize into three groups at the start of the ride:GROUP A: This group will be at a faster pace (19+mph average)
GROUP B1: This group will be at a medium/fast pace (17 to 19 mph average)
GROUP B2: Rides in the 15-17 mph range. This a NO-DROP group and we will strive to wait for everyone at particular re-gathering points on the route.
NOTE ABOUT SAFETY: The time of day this ride takes place is typically during heavier traffic times; our #1 goal is always to keep everyone safe, and to keep the car/bike relationship harmonious. With the large group sizes we often have, please ride single file and within the bike lanes, and do not obstruct traffic.
Weather make-up rides: If a regular Tuesday ride is cancelled because of unfavorable weather, we will make a best-effort to reschedule the ride (same starting location and time) for the following day (Wednesday).
- Santa Fe CenturyRailyard Park Community Room, Santa Fe, NM
This Meetup event is for members of the SVCG club that are signed up to ride the Santa Fe Century with the purpose of letting others in the club know they are going. It is for coordination only. The location is Santa Fe, New Mexico which is about a 6-1/2 hour drive from Longmont via I-25.
To register for the Santa Fe Century you will have to go to the website below.
Santa Fe Century – Santa Fe Cycling CommunityTwo gravel routes on Saturday, May 17th (53 miles and 26 miles).
Two paved routes on Sunday, May 18th (107 miles and 55 miles).Note from Paul C.: Me and two other club members rode the full century last year.
I posted a screen shot of the jersey they offer for $65 in the photo section of this meetup.
