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SAN DIEGO BICYCLE TOURING SOCIETY
A San Diego bike club specializing in fast recreational road riding

The San Diego Bicycle Touring Society offers:

  • Steady 45 to 50 mile Saturday rides.
  • Hard but measured-pace 70 to 100 mile Sunday rides.
  • Recreational-paced 25 to 55 mile Tuesday rides.
  • Some overnights and summer trips in the Sierras or the Grand Canyon area.
  • Rides start at various San Diego County locations and cover most of San Diego county.

For a free bulletin with all the rides call 619-426-8192 and leave name and number on the machine, or visit the Performance Bike Shop at 7730 Ronson Rd. (Ronson and Convoy) and check the free ride bulletins.

The Tuesday Ride schedule follows; for the Saturday and Sunday rides please obtain a complete bulletin and membership application. All Tuesday rides meet at 9:15 AM and leave at 9:30 AM (except where noted otherwise).

  • 42 miles Tuesday February 23 B+ Join Philip (home 619-282-8611 cell 619-866-8512) for lunch in Escondido and return via Elfin Forest. Click here for a ride map. Meet at the Moonlight Beach upper parking lot, Fourth and C Streets in Encinitas (Thomas 1147 B7). Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

  • 40 miles Tuesday March 2 B+ Join John (619-647-3212) for a ride to Alpine. Meet at Denny's Restaurant at the corner of Fletcher Pkwy. and Navajo Rd. in El Cajon. (Thomas 1251 B4) Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

  • 42 miles Tuesday March 9 B Join Jim (858-453-4587) to Vista for Lunch. Meet at Moonlight Beach, upper parking lot, 4th St. and C St. in Encinitas (Thomas 1147 B7). Leave at 9:30 AM.

  • 30 miles Tuesday March 16 C+ Join Brenda (619-444-7465) for a back country ride and El Monte Park. Meet at 1954 Valley Rim Rd. in El Cajon near the Greenfield Dr. exit (exit 20) from Highway I-8. (Thomas 1252 D3). Call for directions! Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

  • 45 miles Tuesday March 23 B Join Christopher (619-225-5360) for a Miramar Dam Ride. Meet in the parking lot south of the Mission Bay Visitor Information Center on E. Mission Bay Dr. at Clairemont Dr. (Thomas 1248 D7). Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

  • 35 miles Tuesday March 30 C+ Join Bruce (619-583-5652) for lunch at Java Depot in Solana Beach. Meet in the parking lot south of the Mission Bay Visitor Information Center on E. Mission Bay Dr. at Clairemont Dr. (Thomas 1248 D7). Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

  • 45 miles Tuesday April 6 B+ Join John (619-647-3212) for a 56&Rancho&4S&Del Mar thingy. Meet at Barnes & Noble, Del Mar Heights Rd. and El Camino Real, Del Mar Highlands Shopping Center (Thomas 1188 A5). Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link.

  • 45 miles Tuesday April 13 B+ Join Jim (858-453-4587) for lunch in Bonsall and Lilac Rd. Meet at the south end of Kit Carson Park, off Bear Valley Parkway in Escondido (Thomas 1150 B2). Leave at 9:30 AM.

  • 40 miles Tuesday April 20 B Join Hersh (619-697-6309) for an East County Explore. Meet at Lake Murray, upper parking lot, off Lake Murray Blvd. at Kiowa Dr. (Thomas 1250 F7). Leave at 9:30 AM.

  • 47 miles Tuesday April 27 B+ Join Philip (home 619-282-8611 cell 619-866-8512) for the Mount Laguna Triangle Ride. Meet near the Post Office behind Major's Diner at 28870 Old Highway 80 in Pine Valley. (Take I-8 east to the Pine Valley exit.) Leave at 9:30 AM. Hilly! Mapquest link

  • 45 miles Tuesday May 4 A- Join John (619-647-3212) for Highway 67, Scripps Poway Parkway, Pomerado and Highway 52 hills! Meet at West Hills Park on the south side of Mast Blvd. east of Highway 52 in Santee (Thomas 1230 H5) (just west of school). Leave at 9:30 AM.

  • 40 miles Tuesday May 11 B+ Join Philip (home 619-282-8611 cell 619-866-8512) for the Engineer Loop Ride. Meet in Julian, one block southwest of Main St., at the corner of 4th St. and B St. (Thomas 1136 B7). Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

  • 45 miles Tuesday May 18 B+ Join Jim (858-453-4587) for the Pine Valley loop. Take the Tavern Rd. exit from I-8 and meet at the Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine Blvd. in Alpine (Thomas 1234 A6). Leave at 9:30 AM. Mapquest link

A = hard 75 miles
B = steady 50 miles
C = social with a purpose 30 miles
D = beginners 25 miles

Maps of some favorite starting points (NOT TO SCALE):

Mission Bay Visitor Information Center.

Trestles parking area.

Oceanside Harbor.

Doyle Park.

Please e-mail comments, corrections and additions to the webmaster at pje@efgh.com.

Page updated February 22, 2010.