Cycling Camp San Diego

HELMETS ARE MANDATORY

ON ALL CAMP RIDES

COSTS

$599 Camp Fee (returning clients $549)
~$250* Hotel (w/roommate)
~$400* Flight
~$200* Cash (in hand)

TOTAL ~$1449
*approximate cost of these items

All campers must have a USA Cycling license. Click here to apply for an annual license. Or purchase a one-day license for each day of camp during registration—cost is $5 per day.

Camp Fee includes unlimited energy drink, unlimited energy gels and bars, handouts, talks, coaching, and full-service SAG.

Hotel rate is based on having a roommate and spending 5 nights—includes continental breakfast buffet each morning.

Flight price is based on roundtrip flight from NYC to the West Coast (prices may vary and please check airline cost for traveling with bike).

Cash (in hand) is a high approximation of money you may spend on lunch, dinner, and snacks over 5 days of riding.

WHERE

The home-base hotel will be located in Alpine or Fallbrook depending on camp date.

Alpine is located 25 miles east of San Diego, CA, and still retains some appearance of an old west town. Alpine, however, is modern and has many services within walking distance for its growing population. The town is located at 1,900 feet elevation, and has many surrounding traffic-free roads, which take in the Southern California coastal range scenery.

Fallbrook is located 50 miles north of San Diego, CA, and places the cyclist in a quaint town that has access to some of the greatest valleys and climbs that the North County has to offer. The town is located at 700 feet elevation, but don't let that deceive you—in a day's roundtrip ride, we'll reach peaks over 5,000 feet.

Lodging in Alpine and Fallbrook is centrally located for all campers.

Alpine: Ayers Country Inn >>

Fallbrook: EconoLodge >>

WHEN

Cyclists will fly into San Diego International Airport/Lindbergh Field to arrive in Alpine or Fallbrook ready to meet Sunday at 8pm for a precamp talk located at the designated home-base hotel. Cyclists will be ready to ride at 8am on Monday. Many choose to rent cars for flexibility during the week. Further information will be provided to registered athletes.

Cyclists are welcome and encouraged to fly in earlier to do further riding or vacationing in and around San Diego.

MILEAGE AND CLIMBING

Camps will have 2 daily mileage options most days of the week. The shorter rides will be around 60 miles, while the longer rides will be beyond 90 miles. There will be a good amount of climbing each day (between 4,000 and 8,000 feet), but all rides are set at a slower pace with regrouping areas. It does not matter if you are a good climber or not, because, again, rides are at a slower base-mileage pace with regrouping areas. Climbing is a good way for all—flatlanders and billy goats—to get necessary sustained long efforts in the off-season. The idea of the camp is base miles—this cannot be stressed enough.

Many may be encouraged to ride hard all days—this is strongly discouraged—because the overall goal of the camp is to build a solid endurance base. This way, hard work and intervals can be accomplished with better ability as the season unfolds.

AFFORDABILITY AND HIGH-VALUE

This camp is intended to be cost-effective. A SAG vehicle will be provided on longer rides, but riders should be self-sufficient. There will no prearranged meals and continental breakfast available at the hotel. On both the short and long rides, there will be a local ride leader, who will guide the cyclists on the prearranged route. The SAG vehicle will provide complementary sponsor provided energy bars, gels, and drinks. Cyclists can placed their own nutrition products in the SAG vehicle as well. The home-base hotel will provide a continental breakfast and some rooms will have a refrigerator upon request.

Certified coaches will ride with the campers and will be available for Q & A throughout the camp. Also, riders who can fix minor mechanical problems will be present on many rides. In case of a major mechanical failure, campers will be directed or transported to a sponsoring bike shop after the riding is complete for the day.

Clinics will be given during the week in the morning at the home-base hotel. One clinic will include much-overlooked and rarely practiced bicycle skills for racing and group riding. Another other clinic will cover descending and cornering at high speeds. At some camps, and optional mechanic's clinic will be provided. All campers are encouraged to attend no matter their personal perceived skill level and regardless of the amount of years spent cycling.

ROAD BIKE RENTALS

If you do not wish to ship or bring your bike with you on the plane, CCSD can connect you with local bike shops, which offer rental road bikes at competitive weekly rates. If interested, contact robert@ccsd.com for more information.

Questions? Contact robert@ccsd.com.