Winter is here and the holidays are just around the corner. Come join us for the last RA Cycles shop ride of 2025! We are opting for a little shorter route for this last ride of the year, and encouraging everyone to hang out afterwards at our cafe, Ramona's. There will be coffee, beer, wine, and some light food available!

We will start out from the shop and head into Moraga via the Lamorinda Bike Path. At the Moraga Commons Park we will turn right and head towards Rheem, but take a unique detour up Donald Drive, which is closed to cars. At the top of Donald Drive is Mulholland Ridge with a 360 degree view of the Oakland Hills, and all of the East Bay from the Livermore Valley, to Mt. Diablo, to the Carquinez Straight. Fingers crossed no fog!

After a very brief regroup and group picture on top of Mulholland, we will head down into Orinda and take another small detour up to and around Lake Cascade at Orinda Country Club. A quick jaunt through the hills and up half of Happy Valley Road to Bear Creek Road, and the familiar Pig Farm climb leads us back to civilization. A casual and conversational pace back to the shop via Grayson to Pleasant hill Road to a left on Boyd and a right on Patterson, which turns into Buena Vista and past Walnut Creek Bart / Oakland Blvd.

Please plan your clothing and hydration accordingly. It will be cold, and probably foggy! There won't be any dedicated water or food stops since the route is shorter than normal at 37 miles. Save it for after the ride at Ramonas!

We will meet at the shop at 8:30am for restrooms and tire pumping, with a 9am sharp roll out time!

I will be leading the ride so email me with any questions or comments - andy @ racycles . com