The City of Irvine a consultant coming all the way from Copenhagen to help establish a more bicycle friendly community. City of Irvine’s Mobility Programs Analyst Tony Cruz will bring one of the consultants to meet BCI. We hope they will be able to join us as guests for the morning club ride!
If interested, please arrive early to meet and greet them at 8:30 before our regular 9:15 roll out. Get a chance to hear what Irvine would be like if taken over by Danes.

Niels Hoe, is the founder of HOE360 Consulting. He has worked with cycling, green mobility and urban planning and Strategy for 20 years and holds professional work experience from both the Public and Private sector from positions at the Danish State Railways on combination of cycling and public transport, the City of Copenhagen on the Bicycle Program, before founding HOE360 Consulting in 2012.

Niels holds in-depth knowledge on Copenhagen’s transition to a world-class cycling city, combined with international, spanning five continents, experience in how “upcoming cycling cities and nations” can Initiate the transition and improve cycling conditions. Read more about Niels Hoe

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The Public is welcome.

6:30 Social Time with food & refreshments
7:00 Presentation
Afterwards, there’ll be a drawing with prizes.

Guest Speaker: Nancy Kim, PT OCS 
Topic: “Exercise for Cyclists"  - Nancy will show us the top exercises for cyclists to improve performance and prevent injury. 

Nancy Kim is co-owner of Alloy Personal Training Irvine 

• A Physical Therapist for 22 years. Has worked in outpatient orthopedics, both at hospital-based and private practices.

• Currently works with Luna Physical Therapy, which delivers outpatient orthopedics at the patient’s home.

• Nancy is a co-owner of Alloy Personal Training Irvine with her husband, a brand new small group personal training gym at Westpark Plaza. 

• An Irvine resident over 20 years. 

• During her free time, Nancy enjoys taking their son to Parkour training, teaching him to ride a bike, and doing outdoor activities with family such as hiking, going to the park and pool.

As promised, Alloy has shared the specific exercises demonstrated at our meeting -
AND they joined supporting BCI as a sponsor!

Also on the Program: Bil Sellin, Ride Coordinator will help explain to all how Ride with GPS works, and how, as a BCI Member, we can get turn by turn route cues through a smart phone or GPS device for free. For tips in advance, see this info and get set up: install the Ride with GPS app on your phone, and sign up for their free ‘starter’ account if not already a user.
We will also attempt to explain, with help from other members, how to link your GPS device, watch or smart phone app to Challenge Hound to feed your rides to the BCI Ridership Challenge.
If not already , sign up for Challenge Hound and then find the link hidden behind our Members Only lock page to join the current annual ridership challenge !

Mark your calendars! Future meeting dates:
June 5 - Keri Caffrey will discuss CyclingSavvy 
Aug 14 - Presentation TBD
Oct. 30 - Annual Meeting, Keynote Speaker: Tony Cruz will share about his bike racing career
If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The public is welcome.

6:30 PM: Social Time with food and refreshments
7:00 PM: Presentation with guest speakers Kevin & Ximena Ansel

Topic: Bicycle Tour from Seattle to Boston

Kevin, Ximena, and their friend Joe, toured across the country in 2022. They biked through Northern Cascades National Park, Glacier, Yellowstone, Devils Tower, Mt. Rushmore, the plains of South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. They traveled through Michigan, Ontario, Canada, then into Buffalo, New York, and rode 360 miles on the Erie Canal Trail to Massachusetts. The sights, the beauty, and the people of America made this trip unforgettable.  They look forward to sharing their adventure with BCI.  

Bio:

Kevin and Ximena Ansel have been bicycle touring together for 28 years. A few of their 47 tours include riding the Trans America route, the West Coast from Vancouver, Canada to the U.S.-Mexican border, the GAP & CO trail, a trip over the Rocky Mountains, tours in Oregon, the South West, Canada, and France. They both love the outdoors and have completed backpacking trips in the Grand Tetons, Sierras, and the Grand Canyon. They have also helped in a cattle drive moving 400 head of cattle from their summer grasslands to their winter pastures. Information about their trips can be found on their Blog:  http://www.AnselAdventures.com

There will be a raffle and refreshments - please come on down!

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org.

The Directors meet every month to handle the business of the club.
Members are welcome to attend; and if you have any business or suggestions, please let our President - or all Directors @ BoD@BikeIrvine.org know so it can be placed on the agenda!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82947398226
Meeting ID: 829 4739 8226
Minutes of past Board Meetings are available.  

Join us for our Annual Meeting, elections and dinner!

The Annual Meeting is an important club function where we celebrate our 2023-24 Board & other volunteers, participate in the Election of Officers for 2024-25, have dinner and enjoy time with cycling friends.

President Marc Urias will preside over the business of the Annual Meeting. Please note: in past years the The Spirit Award for the member of the year was presented. But this year the Spirit Award will be presented at the December Holiday Pot Luck Party instead.

Dinner is $30 per person.
Catered by Stonefire Grill.
Menu:

- Lemon garlic chicken breast
- Pepper garlic tri tip
- Vegetarian pesto pasta
- Garden Salad with ranch dressing
- Breadsticks
- Soft drinks & coffee
- Cake

BYOB and enjoy cocktail hour from 6:00-7:30. . We are required to have a server so plan to hand over your bottle upon arrival and enjoy a professional ‘pour’ - last round will be before 7:30 when you can take your bottle out to your car.

A portion of the costs of this evening is being subsidized by the club’s treasury.

In order to plan the correct headcount to the caterer we must have all reservations and payments in by October 15th at 9pm.   

We wil pull together our annual slide show - please submit your best photos from 2024 to our shared 2024 photo album,

The New BCI Jerseys are here!

Great news! We will be distributing the new jerseys to those who paid for them on three Saturday mornings before the ride: This is the 3rd Saturday.

Why so early? Our volunteers want to ride! You need time to change clothes and/or put your jersey in your car. We need time to put the tables and jersey inventory back in the car.

If you don’t remember what size you ordered, no problem! We have a list of all the orders.

If you ask a friend to pick up your order, please text them giving them permission. They will need to show the text when they pick up your jersey. 

If your friends ask how they can buy a BCI  jersey, they can add their name to the waitlist.
Once we have 25 people wanting to purchase a jersey, we’ll re-open a store.

The New BCI Jerseys are here!

Great news! We will be distributing the new jerseys to those who paid for them on three Saturday mornings before the ride: This is the 2nd - 1 more to go!

Oct. 19 - 8:05-8:35

Why so early? Our volunteers want to ride! You need time to change clothes and/or put your jersey in your car. We need time to put the tables and jersey inventory back in the car.

If you don’t remember what size you ordered, no problem! We have a list of all the orders.

If you ask a friend to pick up your order, please text them giving them permission. They will need to show the text when they pick up your jersey. 

If your friends ask how they can buy a BCI  jersey, they can add their name to the waitlist.
Once we have 25 people wanting to purchase a jersey, we’ll re-open a store.

The Directors meet every month to handle the business of the club.
Members are welcome to attend; and if you have any business or suggestions, please let our President - or all Directors @ BoD@BikeIrvine.org know so it can be placed on the agenda!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82947398226
Meeting ID: 829 4739 8226
Minutes of past Board Meetings are available.  

The New BCI Jerseys are here!

Great news! We will be distributing the new jerseys to those who paid for them on three Saturday mornings before the ride: This is the 1st of 3:

Oct. 5 - 8:05-8:35

Oct. 12 - 8:05-8:35

Oct. 19 - 8:05-8:35

Why so early? Our volunteers want to ride! You need time to change clothes and/or put your jersey in your car. We need time to put the tables and jersey inventory back in the car.

If you don’t remember what size you ordered, no problem! We have a list of all the orders.

If you ask a friend to pick up your order, please text them giving them permission. They will need to show the text when they pick up your jersey. 

If your friends ask how they can buy a BCI  jersey, they can add their name to the waitlist.
Once we have 25 people wanting to purchase a jersey, we’ll re-open a store.

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The Public is welcome.

6:30 Social Time with food and refreshments
7:00 Presentation : Guest Speaker / Program:

Brain Health:
What you can do
to help keep your brain healthy
as you age

by BCI Member, Kent Peppard, Ph.D.

BCI provides 2 of these 4 key areas of prevention; Our passion for cycling fitness as well as our social connections; Learn and discuss more about preserving our brain health as we continue to age.

Kent Peppard, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who specializes in geriatric neuropsychology, which involves the assessment of neurocognitive disorders such as delirium, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and the various types and causes of dementia.  He has a special interest in Alzheimer’s dementia and how we can lower our risks of developing this devastating disorder. He has been in private practice in Irvine, CA for over twenty five years. For fourteen years he was involved in clinical trials testing new drugs developed to better treat and possibly cure Alzheimer’s disease.  He lectures to healthcare professionals as well as the general public on the topics of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, MCI, normal age-related cognitive decline, and how to keep our brains healthy as we age.
His office is in Irvine : KentPeppardPhD.com

There will be a raffle and refreshments - please come on down!
Here is a ‘hand-out’ that Kent will be sharing with attendees.

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org.

The Directors meet every month to handle the business of the club.
Members are welcome to attend; and if you have any business or suggestions, please let our President - or all Directors @ BoD@BikeIrvine.org know so it can be placed on the agenda!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82947398226
Meeting ID: 829 4739 8226
Minutes of past Board Meetings are available.  

The Directors meet every month to handle the business of the club.
Members are welcome to attend; and if you have any business or suggestions, please let our President - or all Directors @ BoD@BikeIrvine.org know so it can be placed on the agenda!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82947398226
Meeting ID: 829 4739 8226
Minutes of past Board Meetings are available.  

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The Public is welcome.

6:30 Social Time with food and refreshments
7:00 Presentation

Guest Speaker / Program: Stretch Labs of Irvine

At this Thursday's BCI General Meeting, reps from Stretch Labs will describe what they do and demonstrate the process.  

Admit it: we all know stretching is a key element in helping maintain flexibility — and maybe keep your cantankerous body parts from barking too much.  

But we often don’t remember to stretch before or after cycling, do we? Maybe it’s due to time management and the uncertainty of what it is you're doing.

Stretch Labs' one-on-one sessions offer a great solution. A trained “Flexologist” works with you for a hands-on guided and assisted stretch, tailored to your flexibility and using your feedback.

According to several of our members, it really works!

Jersey fitting:
We will have a size sample fitting set there so you can try on before you buy the new 2024 BCI Jersey

There will be a raffle and refreshments - please come on down!

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org.

The Directors meet every month to handle the business of the club.
Members are welcome to attend; and if you have any business or suggestions, please let our President - or all Directors @ BoD@BikeIrvine.org know so it can be placed on the agenda!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82947398226
Meeting ID: 829 4739 8226
Minutes of past Board Meetings are available.  

The Directors meet every month to handle the business of the club.
Members are welcome to attend; and if you have any business or suggestions, please let our President - or all Directors @ BoD@BikeIrvine.org know so it can be placed on the agenda!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82947398226
Meeting ID: 829 4739 8226
Minutes of past Board Meetings are available.  

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The Public is welcome.

6:30 Social Time with food and refreshments

7:00 Presentation
Guest Speaker / Program: The Importance of Bicycle Fit
Kristen Lawrence of Pure Ride Cycles in Lake Forest will present the basics and finer points of fitting a bicycle to a rider. Frame size, seat height, seat angle, reach, stem length, knee position over pedals, cleat adjustment, bar angle and height, even the angle of brake hoods can make a ride more comfortable, more efficient and avoid injury. Kristen is a legendary bike fitter and will take us from the basics to finer points of fitting, sharing her countless fits from selling bicycles to new riders to the individualized professional fitting she offers.

There will be a raffle and refreshments - please come on down!

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org.

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The Public is welcome.

6:30 Social time with food and refreshments.
7:00 Presentation.
Raffle afterwards.

Guest Speaker / Program: Wahoo Fitness https://www.wahoofitness.com/

At our March meeting we’ll be featuring some of the most dependable and user-friendly GPS models, the Wahoo ELEMNT bike computers.

For many BCI riders, tracking cycling metrics likely started with a mechanical hub-mounted odometer mounted to your front fork. The only “data” collected was cumulative mileage. If you had one, you can probably still hear the “click” every time it counted one wheel revolution.

We’ve come a long way since then. From logging static mileage, bike computers have evolved to electronic units that track speed and trip distance via GPS satellite connectivity. This also allows for turn-by-turn route information. There’s a wealth of other data that can be displayed real-time, like cadence, heart rate, and power, with several ways to analyze what you do, and your performance (or lack of it!).

A rep from Wahoo will show us how available ride info can be easily setup and tailored to what you want to see, how the screen text size can be changed at the touch of a button, importing turn-by-turn ride files, and uploading ride data to 3rd-party apps like Strava and Ride with GPS. And if you’re participating in BCI’s Ridership Challenge, what you see while you’re riding can be seamlessly uploaded, too.

Have questions about other metrics? Bring ‘em on!

The rest of the Wahoo world, as in Wahoo Speedplay pedals and KICKR trainers, will be the second half of the presentation.

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org.

On a scheduled Thursday of every other month
at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s
Community Meeting Room.
The public is welcome.

6:30 Social time with food and refreshments. There will be a raffle and pizza. Bring your own beverage if you prefer something other than water.

7:00 Presentation. Our guest speaker is Brian Cleveland from Bosch and he will talk about e-bike drive systems and more. We hope to have an “electrifying” meeting!

Modern eBikes provide us with efficient mobility, and are one of the most sustainable and healthiest means of transportation. For over 10 years, Bosch has been delivering innovative eBike drive systems that offer top performance and quality.

The smart system is the newest generation of Bosch eBike Systems. Bosch's award-winning motors, highly efficient batteries, modern displays and control units, as well as the new eBike Flow app, ensure a personalized eBike experience.
And there’s a Bosch system for Gravel, Mountain, Hybrid, City or Cargo bikes.

bosch-ebike.com

Disclaimer: Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.

If you have a suggestion for future meetings, please contact bod@BikeIrvine.org.

Meet at the historic
Duck Club at the San Joaquin Marsh
”Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.”