Big Orange Team Ride
Manhattan Beach, CA · Downtown Manhattan Beach · Road
- When
- Every Sunday, 8:00 amEvery Sunday morning; 7:00 or 8:00 am depending on the season
- Starts at
- Starbucks, Manhattan Beach (as the club page names it) Map ↗
- Distance
- 60–100 miles
- Pace
- endurance tempo, around 3 w/kg; no-drop but serious trainingNo-drop: nobody gets left
- Hosted by
- Big Orange CyclingClub
- Kind of ride
- Road
First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
- Bring
- a helmet, water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
- Arrive
- Ten or fifteen minutes before 8:00 am. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
- Pace
- Endurance tempo, around 3 w/kg; no-drop but serious training. It's no-drop: if you fall off the back, someone waits. That's the point of a group ride.
- Check
- Look at the host's website the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.
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About the Big Orange Team Ride group ride
Big Orange Team Ride is a road group ride in Manhattan Beach, CA. It rolls every Sunday at 8:00 am from Starbucks, Manhattan Beach (as the club page names it).
The club's Sunday training ride from a Starbucks in Manhattan Beach: 60 to 100 miles and anything from 1,000 to 7,000-plus feet. The page calls it no-drop and serious training at an endurance tempo. Mellow in August and September, harder from October into the racing season. The start time moves with the season; check the club's Strava before you go.
Where to find them
The town guide
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Where the routes are, who fixes or rents a bike, where to sleep with it, how to get it here.
Checked Oct 1, 2026 against source 1, source 2. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.