I'd like to start a bike shop/cafe, along the lines of Mojo Bicycle Cafe in San Francisco. Maybe it's just a bike shop, but I'd like to consider the food/drink aspects of well. The important aspects of the business venture will be that it is: run as 'a real business' that makes money so it can pay its bills/salaries/expenses a worker-owned and run cooperative democratically-runa non-destructive retail/restaurant chain (as in the business concept, not the physical bike chain) active and engaged …

Do you want to see a thriving do-it-yourself community bicycle workshop in downtown San José? Do you want to catch free DIY tune-ups, education, skill shares and bike repair empowerment in the San José bicycling community? San José Bike Clinic works toward realizing our mission “to provide a shared space for bicycle repair and education and to build a robust and diverse cycling community in San José.” With skill share events every month, a mobile clinic at San José Bike Party, and other events …

If you love cycling, or want to learn the rules of road biking, join your neighbors and meet new friends touring the Tri-valley on bikes. We have all levels of skill from newbies to road bike veterans. All rides are at a "social" pace with no drops, meaning no one will be left behind. Rides will be 15 to 25 miles and scaled for those who participate. There are stops along the way for refreshments and socializing Our primary activity will be riding the trails and vineyards of the Pleasanton area, …

Meet other bicyclists that are interested in regular rides at a brisk pace (15-20mph). We are currently riding 2-3x/week in the evenings (9:45-11:00pm).  The course is a 2.3 mile circuit in Dublin, CA.  (Most of us are not categorized USCF racers; we aim to stay fit and throw in a few sprints for fun.) Why so late? Most of us have young kids and this is a good exercise time after they've gone to bed. Plus, traffic is minimal and there's never any sunblock needed! Some riders do longer rides on w …

We are a Palo Alto-based recreational road cycling club that rides throughout the South Bay and Peninsula area. Established in 1968, we welcome riders of all abilities and interests.  Please take a look at the "Pages" tab on the home page to learn about our ride rating system and our club.

Alpine Velo is a cycling club that brings Bay Area home owners together with architects, engineers and builders. If you’re planning to build a new home or remodel any time soon, why not come ride with us and get to know some of the best architects, engineers and builders around? At the very least, you can expect to get great free advice while doing something good for your body. It’s a fun, low pressure environment and a great way to really get to know and assemble your dream team! Our soc …

You may have heard of Velodrome or "track" racing? Possibly even seen it while watching the Olympics? Nows your chance to come out to the Hellyer Velodrome and give it a try! There are great instructors every Saturday morning year round (rain cancels) to learn how to ride the track. They have the bikes, all you need to bring is your pedals and helmet to enjoy the fun! The fees are nominal, the fun to be had is outstanding! Bring new or old friends, a date, your significant other or just bring yo …

This is a newly forming group of cycling enthusiasts who enjoy riding and socializing in the wine country of California. We will enjoy rides of varied lengths on awesome backroads in various wine regions including Sonoma, Healdsburg, Napa, Livermore, and hopefully even the Central Coast region. Our rides will all be followed with a social picnic or tasting or both. Our rides will also be social in nature of pace, with the objective of enjoying the road and the destination more than the speed in …

We will gather before 10 AM. at SOS nutritiion 3756 Florence St, Redwood City, CA (cross street Marsh Rd.) and cyclye to Stanford University for a family day cycling!

The intention of this group is to primarily establish community with other women who understand the experience of trauma and its daily effects. In addition, this group will rely on cycling as a form of managing and working through the emotional and physical challenges brought on by trauma. This group won't be offering any formal form of therapy, but will help us to become more resilient and stronger. The goal is to propel us forward.

This is a group for ladies of all ages interested in Mountain Biking! Welcome to the Mountain Biking Girls Group! A fantastic MeetUp for us ladies to enjoy each others company out on the trail, meet new people, enhance our riding skills, experience new trails and overall have a GREAT TIME RIDING IN THE DIRT! Out of convenience, rides during the week will be held at either Golden Eagle Augustine Bernal Park (in Pleasanton), Pleasanton Ridge Park (on Foothill rd.) or Lake Chabot in Castro Valley. …

Bike Teacher is located in San Jose Ca. Several different rides will be offered to anyone interested in developing their riding skills and learning basic bike mechanics. Rides will be offered in the form of Mountain biking Road riding, Paved trail Dirt trails. On these rides you can take advantage and ask questions about how to make your riding experience better from bike handling skills, bicycle repairs and adjustments. Learn flat repairs, derailleur and brake adjustments in the field. Beginn …

We are the Peninsula and South Bay Bicycling Group (PSBBG)! Without exception, we aim to be a clean fun group - no drugs, alcohol, or flouting of California vehicle code on these rides, other than rolling through a stop sign at your own discretion.  We do not welcome cross-posts or suggested rides with other groups which do not follow these guidelines. This group is for experienced group-riding road-bike riders. Owning a road-bike is a requirement to join the group, (as opposed to mtn bikes, hyb …

The Dirt Riders are a group of bay area friends who are passionate about Mountain Biking. We love to ride as hard as we can as often as we can. We are constantly looking to improve our skill sets. Whether you are working on Downhill, Stunts & Features, Technical Work, or just want to improve your cardio & climbing, we invite you to join us for rides. Everyone is welcome (All Skill Levels) as long as you love to ride & want to become better. Our most regular rides are Demo & UC w/ Pacifica and so …

The New Triathlete understands that the race is a small part of a fun and satisfying Triathlon experience. The overwhelming indicator of a rewarding race is about what went on 'behind the scenes' months before. It's about Nutrition, Navigation, Transitions, Clothing, fixing Flats, Gear selection, Running shoes, Hydration, Biomechanics, program Design, understanding your Body; the list is endless! These group workshops explore all the tips, tricks, and must know information that is way more impor …

Welcome! We are San Jose Mountain Biking Our group’s purpose is simple.  We want to get people out riding whenever and wherever possible.  As the Organizer of SJ Mtb, I’m dedicated to helping people get out on the bike more often.  I don’t care if you ride every day of the week or just a few times a month.  I don’t care if you only ride with us or if you ride with lots of different groups.  Mountain Biking for me isn’t a popularity contest, it’s a way of life.  We’re not out to have the most me …

We are committed to an INCLUSIVE group that meets the needs and interests of its members.   Whether you are new to the sport or experienced, we hope that our meetups will be right for you.  For example, when we post a ride, we try to provide options for people who want something longer or shorter, or who want to add a run afterwards, etc. We enjoy open water swims at Coyote Point and Redwood Shores.  We bike the Peninsula starting from various points, and on routes that include Portola Loop, Can …

Join Team Fighting Diabetes to walk/run/hike/bike and raise fund to support the American Diabetes Association. Team Fighting Diabetes is attending the 2013 San Jose "Step Out" walk/run event in October. We will have warm-up/training activities throughout the year.

This is a group for single Christians living in the Bay Area who like to enjoy the plentiful outdoor activities available in this area and like to meet other single Christians with the same passion for the outdoors. Our activities primarily consist of hiking, biking, kayaking, and special events, e.g. Yosemite/Half Dome, Bay to Breakers, free concerts, ethnic festivals, charity events, etc. with an occasional diner and trip to Carmel, Big Sur, or even the City! Of course, suggestions will be wel …

South Bay Running and Biking group created to post events, run and bike together for novice, intermediate or advanced runners/bikers. I have trained with Team Asha Running and Biking programs, and if interested check out more information if you are aiming to train with group: Team Asha is a premier endurance sports program where we train people to run half/full marathons or bike 100 km/100 miles. At Team Asha, we provide every runner and biker with the means to change their lives to lead a healt …

Come learn various methods of healing including essential oils, herbs, Reiki, Huna & other energetic healing techniques. We welcome new techniques & teachers! We live in a very promising time. It is also a very challenging time. At least that’s how it looks like to us humans. It’s a time when the human spirit is triumphing and books are being rewritten. Love, sharing & the healing of our fellow man is becoming what is normal. The other side of this coin is a reality full of people who are hurti …

The path to healing can be at times frightening and lonely. Working to overcome challenges takes a tremendous amount of courage, trust and support. Having come from a family lineage of narcissism I understand the depth and pain of this veiled form of abuse. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!  The focus of this group is in gaining control of and being responsible for our own lives.  Through self reflection and evaluation we can become more aware of those behaviors which result in negative consequences for us and …

I wanted to create a place where people in San Jose, Campbell, Morgan Hill, Milpitas and the Bay Area can meet and make new friends. Hiking, walking, biking, camping, dinning. Run into old friend! Everybody has to eat and exercise sometime – might as well do it in good company of others. Meet with people who like adventures - getting thrills through adventurous sports like camping, caving, climbing, hiking, kayaking, skiing, skydiving, whitewater rafting, just to name a few. We plan most of our …

Well, let’s just dip our toe shoes into the water, here, and see if there’s any balletomania afoot, for a new meetup now. Amid the epoch of “Black Swan" at the movies, and with the Giants having won the World Series (yes, whipping through 32 fouetté turns is almost as hard as hitting a Lincecum fastball), and now the first book ever published about the entire history of ballet (“Apollo’s Angels,” by Jennifer Homans), and, ta-dah, most important of all, with the world-class San Francisco Ballet …

We train for your goal event and help you fundraise to cure blood cancers! Only The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT) offers professional coaching to walk or run a full or half marathon, cycle a 100-mile century ride or complete a triathlon or hike adventure. Join as an individual or form a team of friends, family and coworkers and be part of a powerful force that has raised over $1.3 billion to fight blood cancers. We use this meetup group to share free, no-obligation drop-in …

Some think that teaching isn't fun until you learn. Others say that learning isn't fun until you teach. And we embrace both. One without the other does not make sense. because it is a cycle. The more you know, the more you can share and the more you share, the more you learn. So let's have fun doing both. We will cover various topics and various ages. The more diverse, the better.  Or you can suggest and we will plan and organize it and by doing so, we will uncover the beauty in research and dev …

svDevOps (Silicon Valley DevOps) is a group of both Dev & Ops professionals (managers, engineers & hackers) and entrepreneurs that meets roughly once per month to discuss topics related to DevOps and whatever it means. Topics that seem to interest us are: - improving the working relationship between dev & ops - constraints within operations and dev within regulated environments - helping developers get visibility into monitoring - systems life-cycle automation (the line between systems & apps …

We organize mountain bike rides of various levels, host trailwork events, participate in land manager planning processes, and ride with respect for the land and other trail users. Our 'flagship' group ride is our all-level "Monthly ROMP", held in locations around Santa Clara & San Mateo counties on the 4th Saturday of each month, weather permitting. For more info, see our calendar! You can also visit us at romp.org and on facebook