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Help me get back in the saddle after too many days off the bike by a ride to Grams Coffee Roasters. This unique cafe opened at Howe ’Bout Arden center in 2020 and is the rare regional roaster that imports and roasts its own beans from Vietnam. The café offers not just delicious coffee, lattes and cappuccinos, but also Asian classics like their signature Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk and their iced ube latte with ube jam and floated espresso shots. They also have some unique beverages like Matcha Lemonade, Thai Coffee, Sea Salt Cream Iced Coffee and Thai Iced Tea are just a few of their unique beverages. Besides drinks they have a full menu of pastries and breakfast items. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46178763

This route departs at 10am from the Diamond Springs trailhead. If you never rode the El Dorado trail, please arrive early to pre-view the ride and Q&A. The route goes to Apple Mountain Golf Course (for a comfort stop) and then return to Placervile‘s Sweetie Pie Bakery for our food destination. The return to the start is a downhill stretch. Overall, most of the climbing is on the way up, with a brisk downhill on the return. Please download the RWGPS on your phone due to spotty cell service. Here is the route https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53889507 The GPS will direct you from Sacramento into the town of El Dorado via Highway 50 and Pleasant Valley Road. Turn left onto Oriental Street at the “Welcome to El Dorado” sign. Stay to the left at the Y and follow the gravel road. At the T, turn left to the parking lot.

We‘ll head to the wilds of East Sac to a quaint little mom-‘n‘-pop market-cum-cafe that offers a secluded patio where we can park the bikes and have a coffee/tea and a bit of a nosh. Ride starts from the NE corner of the parking lot. Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40752080 Note: Registration deadline is 12 hours prior to the ride start.

Let’s cruise some hills to Loomis and/or Newcastle for a beverage or treat at North Fork Chai or Pause Coffee. Long route will be swept so please plan to ride with a friend it doing the short route. Pause 2A: 32 miles: 127l4 ft climbing; https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40843574 North Fork Chai 1A: 40 miles; 1787 ft climbing: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53277820

Ostensibly named after the nearby Tallac Village neighborhood, today‘s destination at 60th St. and 14th Ave. is actually in the Tahoe Park area just to the north. Village Drive In is one of three old-school roadside diners within easy riding distance of Barrio (the others being East Sac‘s Cookie‘s Drive In and Whitey‘s Jolly Kone in old West Sac). All offer similar fare that‘s neither a gourmet nor a particularly healthful throwback to the days when nobody on this side of the Pacific even heard of tofu. In addition to the typical shakes and burgers, it‘s rumored that Village offers some vegetarian options, although I could not confirm this. But who goes there for brussels sprouts anyway? Since the drive in opens at 11, the ride leaves at 10. Ride starts from the NE corner of the parking lot. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45578293 Note: Registration deadline is 12 hours prior to the ride start.

Start at 10:00 AM. The ride is a loop with no mid-point stop, but optional lunch at Dos Coyotes or (?) after the ride. Route: *FRA ER GN 24 Trail, https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36027835, 24 miles, 1200 feet of climbing. In the tradition of Folsom Roundabout, you can ride from House of Mules to the Fish Hatchery and back before or after the core ride and record 31 miles. There is no route sheet for this additional loop. More loops may be added at the discretion of the Ride Leader.

Join us for a post Lincoln‘s Birthday Day ride to Fourscore Coffee in Roseville. We will use the Pacific Cafe routes since Fourscore is just four doors down from the Cafe. Pacific Street Cafe 1A https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26474182 Pacific Street Cafe 1B https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26694396