Welcome!

Welcome to San Jose Mountain Biking!

San Jose Mountain Biking started out as a meetup group that aimed at providing its members and organizers with ride opportunities and companions at locations they enjoyed.  Ride the rides you want to ride was our founder's idea.  And since 2009 we have been doing just that.  With rides scheduled nearly everyday of the week, we have become the most active mountain biking group in the bay area.  We offer something for everyone, hosting rides for the total beginner all the way to the seasoned veteran.

Our leadership team is made up of people from all walks of life, from the engineer to the mechanic, brought together by our love of riding.  Many of us have been riding for years and some only a few, however we all try to provide our members with the best possible experience when it comes to our rides.  You won't find any crazy power trips on rides or ridiculous rules to follow.  Just show up with a helmet and bike and prepare to have fun with some of the best people I know.

Our rides will range from after-work workouts and social beginner paced rides to longer weekend excursions with hours of riding.  We'll host rides anywhere and everywhere we can, from the nearby hills of Arastradero and Fremont Older to Marin and Monterey counties and beyond.  Most of our rides are kept at a social and easy going pace, but there are times when the pace is pushed and the sweat will pour.  Thankfully we have a pretty rock solid rating system to let you know what to expect before you show up.

Basically all of our rides are ridden with a no one left behind mentality, similar in principle and practice to that used by R.O.M.P. (a long standing riding and mtb advocacy group in the bay area)  We will try to keep the group together when possible or regroup when necessary. After all, these are group rides and you should feel like you're riding with a group and not alone.

The formula for the rating system is:

Pace:  With A being the slowest, beginner friendly pace, and C being a workout pace where you'll be expected to be able to keep moving with few breaks. 

Technical Difficulty:  Between 1 (easy with no real challenges... think paved path) and 10 (lots of challenges including drops, rocks, roots, etc.)

Physical Difficulty:  Also between 1 (again think flat paths) and 10 (lots of climbs broken up by more climbs)

Mileage:  The total expected distance for the ride (usually a close estimate rather than actual figure)

Elevation Gain:  The total amount of climbing for the entire ride (this is a sum of all the climbing done during the entire ride so the number can seem really high even on easier rides)

If you'd like more information about our rating system you can check our rating guide page HERE.

Along with our ratings guide you'll find our current ride calendar, ride photos, discussion forum, as well as details on our groups sponsors.

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We'll see you out there!

-David