What started with our own Original Designs and quickly moved to custom cycling clothing found it's natural progression to our own cycling club. Not a team, but a club, at Rage Cycling the Club we don't race (well maybe a few guys do on their own), we just ride together. Sometimes the weekend hammerfest is worthwhile training, but it's hardly ever time to make friends and really just enjoy time on the bike.
While the club rides are not no-drop in their purest form, the pace is easy enough and the competition is only friendly, pushing each other a bit as the weather warms and the extra mile allow the legs to get stronger. For the most part, however, our twice-monthly club rides are just a way to get better on the bike, meet other guys who like a good ride, and explore the many off-the-beaten-path roads that make cycling in Santa Barbara so great. We start once a month in Santa Barbara proper and once a month to the south in Carpinteria, making sure to allow easy access to the start for everyone in the club on a regular basis. With 8:00a start times, the trip up or down to the start can be done in the sunlight, yet the 40ish mile rides are done in time to get home to the family for the better part of the day.
Joining the club is easy. While official membership (getting on the email list, club BBQs, and some special club only offers) requires the purchase of a Rage Cycling the Club kit, anyone is welcome to ride with us first, for a few rides or the whole year, before making a decision about membership. The kits for this year are made of high-end Italian fabrics and grippers, including jersey fabric and Lycra used by ProTeams in the Tour de France. To order your kit, see the contact page for Kevin's contact details. Kit's may or may not be available at all times during the year, but depending on demand and other Rage Cycling manufacturing runs they will become available.