The next Mendocino Monster will pummel you on:

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

what...

The Mendocino Monster Century Bicycle Ride, is happening on June 10, 2012. There are two rides – the Hairy Monster is 62 miles (100 kilometers) and includes 6900 feet of climbing – the Scary Monster is 100 miles (160 kilometers) and includes 9200 feet of climbing. Both rides start in Ukiah at Mendocino College and the Scary Monster goes all the way to the coast and back. Both rides are quite challenging but very beautiful. These are really well organized rides with outstanding rest stops, great food, full SAG vehicle support and a great barbecue meal at the end of the ride. If you're up for the challenge, please sign up.

where...

This ride departs and finishes from Mendocino College, just to the north of Ukiah in Mendocino County, California. We have a full century and a metric century in a fully supported premium ride through some of the USA's finest cycling country.

The Mendocino Monster takes you over quiet country roads, challenging ridge top climbs with stunning panoramas of Mendocino County. You’ll also travel through beautiful redwood groves and pastoral farmland, and if you choose the Scary Monster, you’ll ride along the Pacific Ocean for a bit.

We offer two fully-supported routes. These are both difficult routes with some difficult climbing and some technical descents:

1. •Scary Monster –  The Scary Monster leaves Mendocino College and heads west over Orr Springs Road with a big climb. It then drops down into the redwoods and heads to the quaint town of Comptche. After Comptche, you ride all the way to the coast and then back before climbing up the backside of Orr Springs and then back to Mendocino College. This route is about 100 miles (actually 96.8 miles or 155.8 kilometers). There is 9200 ft of climbing on this route.
   

2. •Hairy Monster – The Hairy Monster also leaves Mendocino College and heads west over Orr Springs Road with the same big climb. You then drop into the redwoods and head to the quaint town of Comptche. At Comptche, instead of heading farther west to the coast you turn around and head back through the redwoods before climbing up the backside of Orr Springs and then back to Mendocino College. This route is basically a metric (100 kilometers) century (actually 61.7 miles or 99.3 kilometers). There is 6900 ft of climbing on this route.
   

We will provide conveniently located rest stops with lots of great food and drink. All rest stops will have rest room facilities.

We will also have well organized SAG support, which will be available to help you if you are too tired to finish or need mechanical help.

The registration fee for Scary Monster and Hairy Monster riders includes a wonderful barbecue meal at the end of the ride (with a vegetarian option, of course). Extra meals for friends and relatives of riders can be purchased at the time of registration.

when...

Sunday, June 10, 2012

cost...

Both rides are $75.00 ($65.00 if you register by April 8, 2012) and include great rest stops with really good food and drink, SAG support, goodie bag, event t-shirt and barbecue dinner at the finish.

why...

This is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Ukiah. We will be using the proceeds from this event for local scholarships for students, repairing park playground equipment, creating local parks, contributing to the worldwide effort to eliminate polio and developing and building water projects in India, to name a few.