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Congratulations to everyone who has completed
at least One Double Century in 2025 shown HERE.
Even More Congratulations to the
2025 California Triple Crown Winners shown HERE.
Be a California Triple Crown Winner this year!!
HUGE Congratulations to the
2025 California Triple Crown Gold Thousand Mile Club Winners shown HERE.
Be a California Triple Crown Gold Thousand Mile Club Winner this year!!
You need to volunteer at a Double Century to be a Gold Thousand Mile Club Winner.
Click the Volunteer link next to a Double in the Calendar below.
To The California Triple Crown Family:
In order to be a more informed Double Century cyclist, we highly encourage you to join the California Triple Crown Group on Facebook HERE
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CALIFORNIA TRIPLE CROWN AWARDS BREAKFAST
The California Triple Crown Awards Breakfast will be held on Sunday September 21, 2025 from 7:30 A.M. to about 10:00 A.M. In order to attend, you need to reserve your seat in advance for the Awards Breakfast. You can find out all about it, reserve your seat and see who has registered at www.CalTripleCrown.com/Awards
The Breakfast will be held indoors at the same location as last year, the Back Bay Conference Center in Irvine. It is just one mile from the Start / Finish of the Beach City Double from the day before. Please wear your favorite California Triple Crown Jersey or Double Century Event Jersey and stay to the end to be in the photos and congratulate the Hall of Famers.
Be sure to come and recognize those who will be inducted into the California Triple Crown Hall of Fame this year!! The California Triple Crown Hall of Fame was started in June of 1999 to recognize those who have accomplished a significant milestone in the Double Century Series by riding over 10,000 Miles or over 50 Double Centuries!! There will be special awards given to those riders who complete 100, 150, and 200 Double Centuries as well. There will be some surprises that you won't want to miss.
If you're already in the Hall of Fame, please attend this Breakfast so you can welcome the new Hall of Famers into this elite group.
We will also recognize cyclists who completed their first Double Century in 2025 or their first California Triple Crown Completion in 2025 with complimentary California Triple Crown Water Bottles so please join us at the Awards Breakfast!!
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Don't stop thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
If you wake up and don't want to smile
If it takes just a little while
Open your eyes and look at the day
You'll see things in a different way
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Why not think about times to come?
And not about the things that you've done
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Don't Stop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9JJmSCiI8
Fleetwood Mac
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RESULTS OF 8 2025 DOUBLE CENTURIES POSTED
The results of the 2025 Camino Real, Solvang Spring, Hemet, Devil Mountain, Davis, Eastern Sierra, Terrible Two, and Grand Tour Doubles have been posted HERE.
438 riders have already completed at least one Double Century this year!! What are you waiting for?
Congratulations to the 74 riders who have already completed their California Triple Crown in 2025 as shown HERE by riding 3 or more of these Double Centuries!!
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BEACH CITY DOUBLE
We are excited and looking forward to seeing you on September 20, 2025. Whether this is your 1st Metric or 200th Double or anywhere in between this ride is for you.
• This is the 8th Annual Beach City Double / Century / Metric! Register Now!! Late Registration starts on Sept. 16, 2025. Register HERE
• Our Host Hotel is the Marriott Courtyard - JWA contact hotel directly reservations Janis Belote: 949.757.1200 X632
• First time ever riding a Double Century register with this 30% discount code: 1st DC Register HERE
• Registered Century Riders that have never ridden a Double Century before, may change to riding a Double Century course on the day by letting us at the Double Century rider check-in.
• We are excited to have SoCalBikeEscorts (a Ride Safety Cycling team) back. They provide fabulous support at various types of events in California. Lenny Isaacs is the founder and his team will be joining us this year and leading you through an incredible Beach City experience. Lenny and his staff will be introduced at Start of the Beach City event. Please join them for a better and safer ride.
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KNOXVILLE FALL CLASSIC DOUBLE
The Knoxville Fall Classic Double Century is filling up fast for the main event on September 27, 2025.
Due to low interest in the staff ride this year we have suspended this ride until 2026.
To check out the ride details and register please check out the Knoxville Fall Classic Double Website HERE.
We are also still in need of some volunteers for our public event, especially the last rest stop in Putah Creek. If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know by emailing the ride organizers. The organizer email address is located on the Knoxville Double Website.
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BEST OF THE BAY DOUBLE
Cherry City Cyclists' is celebrating our 10th Anniversary CTC Double Century Best of the Bay "BOB" on October 4, 2025.
This year we feature our original "BOB" route including the Redwood Road loop for leg 1 of the ride!!!! (Heartfelt "Thanks" to Cal-Trans for finally completing the repairs, as a result of the 2022 storm damage, that washed out Redwood Road).
Please use the BikeReg.com link, on our webpage HERE, to register for the 10/4/2025 event.
We look forward to seeing familiar faces and some new ones riding our "BOB" this year.
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BASS LAKE POWERHOUSE DOUBLE
The Fresno Cycling Club looks forward to seeing you at the 20th Annual Bass Lake Powerhouse Double on October 11, 2025.
This year the Bass Lake Powerhouse is the 3rd Stage of the California Triple Crown Stage Race.
We invite all serious cyclists from around the world to ride in the splendid beauty of the Western Sierra Nevada Mountain range. The route has 10,602 feet of climbing in 201.2 miles.
All information is at the Bass Lake Powerhouse Double web site HERE.
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SOLVANG AUTUMN DOUBLE
The team at Planet Ultra wrote: This year's Solvang Autumn Double will be held brevet-style, which means it will be 100% self-supported. With a brevet-style event it's fine if only a few show up; but we won't be able to be there if we can't cover at least our travel costs.
If we can get 75 riders on the roster before the end of this month, and at least 6-8 volunteers, we're happy to provide support for the ride.
We certainly understand that you like to "wait and see" how your training is going, or what the weather may be... Or maybe you only want to do fully supported doubles. But here's why we need you to sign up NOW for Fall Solvang if you want it to happen.
Many, if not most event costs are paid at least a month in advance. Right now we have less than 20 between the metric century and the double. Entry fees collected so far will not cover the expenses related to obtaining local permits and the minimum charges for insuring the event (which are just TWO of the many costs related to hosting an event).
So we have to fix a deadline to make a decision whether the event is viable and support-able. The one-month-out date is September 25th. If you want a fully supported event we need you to SIGN UP NOW. If you're willing to ride brevet-style, you may pay by credit card; and if we get enough riders and volunteers to support it, we'll ask for additional entry fees to bring it up to usual DC fees. Fair? If you don't want to ride unless it's fully supported, choose the CashPay or OffLine method, and you'll pay when we know the final plan.
If you want the ride supported, please bring someone with you who's willing to man an aid station or two; and let us know NOW that you can do that.
We need your help to keep the supported doubles alive. The ones in more remote / more expensive venues, cannot survive without at least 75 riders. We will be unable to host doubles in the future if we can't get the numbers up. Over the years fixed costs have increased 50-100% or more. With so few riders, even increasing entry fees isn't enough as the per rider costs have skyrocketed.
All information is at the Planet Ultra web site HERE
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DEAD OF WINTER DOUBLE
Now in its 13th year, the DoW will be held on Dec 6th and 7th, 2025.
The ride gives you a chance to complete that last Double of the year and/or get that Volunteer credit needed for one of the CTC awards.
We also offer you the opportunity to ride a second Double on Day 2 to help you increase your total number of Doubles for the year.
More information is HERE. If you have any questions please reach out to lawheelmen2019@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there.
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In 1987, Lon Haldeman and Pete Penseyres rode Across America from Huntington Beach, California to Atlantic City, New Jersey, on a Tandem in 7 Days and 14 Hours.
Their record is still the fastest non-stop crossing of the United States by bicycle!!
On the last day, Pete was interviewed while riding on the back of the tandem:
"The important point is to set a goal just beyond your reach.
So if you do meet it, you'll feel really good about the fact that you did your best, considering the circumstances.
As opposed to just like cruising in and then two days later, you start thinking back, Gee we could have done better. There won't be any of that.
We won't have any regrets about how hard we rode. And whether we made it.
We''ve done the best we could the whole way.
And we're going to feel great tonight!!"
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We look forward to seeing and riding with everyone on the Double Centuries in 2025!!
Tony Musorafite, California Triple Crown Assistant Data Guy
Mike Sturgill, California Triple Crown Assistant Data Guy
Lynn Katano, California Triple Crown Social Director
Roland Hoffman, California Triple Crown History Guy and Assistant Data Guy
Memo Santoyo, California Triple Crown Assistant Data Guy
Charlie Irwin, California Triple Crown Software Guy
Chuck Bramwell, California Triple Crown Guy
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The Rides below are for the 2026 California Triple Crown
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