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A cycling club celebrating 63 years in Marin County California. We host road, gravel and MTB rides as well as the world famous Marin Century.

Join us for a ride at MarinCyclists.com.

10/14/2026

✨Helen leads a special edition Easy Like Sunday Morning-Red Whale Route. It’s the 4th Annual Novato Fire Station Pancake Breakfast event (8:45AM-12noon.)

🕣We are starting this ride 1 hour earlier than usual (8:45a Sunday 10/18/26) so we can make it to get pancakes by about 11AM. The ride is free to members and non members. If you want to partake in the optional pancake breakfast, then you need to purchase a ticket.

🚒Our Route A, the Red Whale route passes by the fire house at mile 21.7. Secure your Pancake Breakfast spot by purchasing an advance online ticket for $10 (*$15 donation at the door) and come join us as we make a stop and say hello to the friendly crew at Fire Station and their community partners at 450 Atherton Avenue in Novato.

🧑‍🚒The sales proceeds go to support the programs the Novato Fire Foundation sponsors. After pancakes it’s about 11 miles back to the start.

🥞comment “pancakes” and we’ll DM you the link for a ticket to the breakfast!

09/24/2026

Moooooooo!
📌Meet at 8:45AM on Saturday 9/26/26 at the Marinwood Community Center (775 Miller Creek Road, San Rafael) for our 48 mile Big Bovine Loop 2,700' climbing with three ride options for pace:

🎉Cindy leading the social/party pace (12.5-13.9 mph)
😎Dagmar leading moderate pace (14-16 mph)
🫠Ben leading brisk pace (16mph+)

This route goes counterclockwise East to West. Big Rock👉Pt. Reyes Station👉Samuel P. Taylor 👉Whites Hill/San Anselmo👉Los Ranchitos👉Lucas Valley Rd
🐮There will be cows! 🐄

🎟️please reg from the calendar link in our bio so we’re ready for you! 🥰
📸 by Dagmar

08/13/2026

🥧The Pie Ride is back for Saturday, 8/15/26!
Pull up for the Big, Little, littlest or Pie-less Pie Rides (24mi, 47mi, 63, or 64mi)

🏆If you rode the Century on Aug 1, you’ll want to flex your fitness and show the club your best self for the Pie Ride.
🗓️If you didn’t ride the Century, you have 358 days to train, so start with us this weekend!

📌As usual, The first 3 routes meet at 8:45am, roll at 9:00am from Marinwood Community Center. The littlest pie meets at 10:00am(ish) or so from the San Marin SMART Station.

🎟️to register, go to the Calendar link in our bio, and click on the 8/15 event to sign up. Let’s have another pie, it’s good for you!

08/04/2026

👯‍♀️Invite us at Marin Cyclists to collaborate with your best reels, edits, and photos from the 2026 Marin Century!
✅Make sure you follow us and allow us to follow you.
🎨We’ll accept all of the posts we like, and we’ll give away five 2026 Marin Century cycling caps by Giordana Cycling Apparel to the top five.
🗓️Send us your posts by Sunday night (8/9) and we’ll announce the winners by Monday night (8/10)
🎡Thanks for making the Century a party on wheels - let’s keep it rollin!

08/03/2026

🏆For years, Stanley has been riding from Pacifica to the start of the Marin Century in Stafford Lake, then joining us for the 100 mile Classic Century, and returning via bicycle to Pacifica.
😇he ends up with a 200 mile day, and does it with a smile.
🫡Stanley is one of our beloved ambassadors of the Century, and we thank him for his service!
🌉Check the link in our bio for the full clip, especially if you’ve ever wondered how the buzzer works in the twee hours of the dark when only the bread trucks are on the road!

07/27/2026

📣We’re super proud to announce that our sponsored junior rider Scout Wellmeier will be leading out the Marin Century at 7:00am on August 1st!

🏅Scout showed elite-level-swag maxxing by winning THREE cycling national championship titles across road and mountain biking this summer of 2026. BEAT THAT Pogaçar!

🏆Scout’s Major Wins and Titles

🥇Junior Women’s XCO (Cross-Country Olympic) MTB National Championship (July 2026)

🥇Junior Women’s XCC (Short Track Cross-Country) MTB National Championship (July 2026)

🥇Junior Women’s Road Race National Title (June 2026) – Won during her first-ever road race.

🥈She also finished in second place at the USA Cycling Junior Criterium Championship for Junior Women in June 2026.

🤩We’re pretty stoked to have Scout lead out the century this year while she’s hot off winning 3x nats, but you’re gonna have to be pretty quick to keep with her! (Just kidding she’s done for the season and going chill for you all 😅)

🇺🇸Register for the century and meet USAs hottest new cycling legend Scout Wellmeier wearing Stars and Stripes. We also think this years’ champion jerseys are lookin sharp!

07/23/2026

Online Registration for the Marin Century Closes July 28 after 11:59 pm!

💸If you miss it, you can still sign up in person on August 1 at Stafford Lake Park, Novato, CA,
🫰but pre-reg is so much easier and cheaper.🤑
⏰Don’t sleep!💤

07/22/2026

🎉Last night we were prepping your registration packets to go in the mail, and it was a party!🎉

📣WE STILL NEED OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS! HELP OUT FOR THE CENTURY!📣
If you aren’t riding the Marin Century, we need you to be the one who makes the fun by volunteering before, after, or on event day. The party only just started!

Our top spots still available now:
🍃Waste management at the rest stops (AKA green teams)
🛻Food truck loaders on Friday
🏁Course flaggers/marshals
🚚Rest stop truck loading
💫and MANY more, pick the one you like the most!

All volunteers get:
👕a t-shirt
🍔free lunch
🎟️free entry to the supported 100mi/100 Km "worker's ride" on August 8.

🚐Pull up, and get in the van! 🔗Link to volunteering opportunities is in our profile.

07/16/2026

🤘🏼Our post-Century festival headliner The Marinfidels will be playing classic rock jammers from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and More!

🐝The festival opening band Lauren and The Hive playing original Americana and folk-rock.
🌽🏖️DJ Ears of Maize and DJ Boy of Summer will be spinning the wheels of steel at the starting line and between sets at the festival.

Live musicians will be performing at four rest stops:
🎸Rick Hardin at Tomales, 🎸Dave McBride at Laguna School, 🎸Dan Durkin from Petty Theft in Petaluma, and
🐈‍⬛Black Cat Bone at Stinson Beach.

🎺MacIntosh Pipe Band musicians will be playing on course: 🥁drummers are helping you climb Wilson Hill and 🎶Becky Gondola is playing the bagpipe near Alpine Dam.

🎵Arrive ready to rock out. The tunes will be cranking before, during, and after the bike ride!
🗓️The Marin Century is Saturday, August 1, 2026
📍at Stafford Lake Park, Novato, CA
🫡We offer five routes to choose from, 37 to 127 miles
⏳Register online now before it closes on July 28th! 🎟️Go to marincentury.com or the link in our bio.

Address

PO Box 2611
San Rafael, CA
94912

Telephone

+14152982485

Website

https://marincyclists.com/, https://marincyclists.com/content.aspx?page_id=4001&club_id=525458, http://marincentury.com/

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