Our Shaheedi Divas Ride seva team is now six riders strong.
On June 7, Sikh Cycling Club will ride at Lake Tahoe for America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, dedicating our miles in honor of Shaheedi Divas while raising funds to support blood cancer patients and research.
Some members of the team will take on the 70-mile route, while others will ride the full century around Lake Tahoe. Together, we’ve set a fundraising goal of $5,000.
We’re grateful to everyone who has already supported the ride and helped us begin moving toward that goal. Your support is helping turn this effort into collective seva.
What has always made Sikh Cycling Club meaningful to us is the idea that cycling can become more than sport. It can become community, remembrance, discipline, and service carried forward through movement.
We’ll continue sharing updates as ride day approaches.
If you’d like to support the ride, donations can be made here:
On June 7, Sikh Cycling Club will take on America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride at Lake Tahoe as our 2026 Shaheedi Divas Ride.
For us, this ride is more than miles or elevation gain. It is an expression of seva.
Shaheedi Divas is a time of remembrance within the Sikh tradition, honoring sacrifice, courage, and the spirit of giving oneself for something greater than the self. As a club, we wanted this year’s ride to carry that spirit into action.
This year, we are dedicating our ride to supporting those fighting blood cancers and the families walking beside them.
Together, our team has set a fundraising goal of $5,000.
Some riders from Sikh Cycling Club will be taking on the 70-mile route, while others will ride the full century around Lake Tahoe. But no matter the distance, every rider will carry the same purpose: to turn our effort into support for others.
Cycling has always been more than sport for us. It has been community, discipline, reflection, and connection. Through this ride, we hope to channel those same values into meaningful impact.
Not everyone in our community will be able to ride with us physically, but everyone can still be part of the seva.
If you would like to support the ride and help us reach our goal, you can donate here:
On this Vaisakhi, we pause to remember a moment that reshaped not just a people, but a way of being.
In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji called forth the Khalsa. Not as a symbol, but as a living embodiment of courage, clarity, and devotion.
Steel was not incidental to that moment. It was a thoughtful expression.
From the khanda used to prepare Amrit, to the kirpan carried in daily life, to the kara worn on the wrist, steel became both a physical and spiritual anchor. The 5Ks were not meant to decorate us, but as a manifestation of our ethos.
Steel is pure. Steel is functional.
We were adorned with a material that does not pretend, does not hide, and does not weaken easily, so that we stay grounded, aware, and always ready.
Ready to act. Ready to stand. Ready to serve.
This is the Khalsa ideal.
This year, as Sikh Cycling Club celebrates five years, we reflect on that ideal through our Sarbloh theme.
Sarbloh. All iron.
Not symbolic, but foundational. A reminder of what we carry, and how we carry it.
Forged, not worn.
Like iron shaped by heat and force, we are shaped by the miles we ride, the discipline we carry, and the purpose that drives us forward.
Every early morning ride. Every climb into the wind. Every moment we choose to keep going.
We honor the Guru’s call to the Khalsa. On the road, we are inspired by the Khalsa spirit in motion.
We don’t just ride. We carry something with us.
Sarbloh Kits — Thank You
We had an incredible response to the Sarbloh kit release.
Thank you to everyone who placed an order and chose to be part of this moment with us. These kits are more than design, they represent a shared idea, carried by the people who wear them.
Orders are now heading into production, and we expect a 5–6 week turnaround.
We’re looking forward to seeing these out on the road soon.
Join Us This Sunday — Vaisakhi Ride to Stockton
This Sunday, we gather for one of our most meaningful rides of the year.
We ride together to the Stockton Gurdwara Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan, the site of the first gurdwara established in the United States and a place deeply tied to Sikh history, identity, and resilience.
This ride is more than distance.
It is remembrance. It is presence. It is community in motion.
Ride Details:
Start Location: Gurdwara Gur Nanak Parkash Tracy, 16101 W Grant Line Rd, Tracy, CA 95304
Whether you’ve ridden this route before or it’s your first time, there is something different about this day. You feel it as the group rolls in together. You feel it walking into the Nagar Kirtan.
If you’re nearby, come ride with us. If you’re not, ride wherever you are and tag us. Be part of it in your own way.
We are monitoring the weather for potential rain. Please stay tuned to the sign up page for updates.
Looking Ahead
As we move into the heart of the season, we’ll begin sharing more about our upcoming seva ride in June at Lake Tahoe.
That ride will carry a different kind of weight. More to come soon.
Rider Profiles is a look into the people behind Sikh Cycling Club. Different paths, different reasons, riding in the same spirit wherever we are.
Rider Profile: Paul Sachdeva, Simi Valley, CA
Paul’s journey into cycling started the way a lot of real ones do, not with the latest gear, but with determination and curiosity.
After running five marathons, knee issues forced him to step away. But staying active wasn’t optional. When he came across a local bike ride in Simi Valley about a decade ago, he picked up a $25 used road bike and jumped in.
25 miles later, something clicked.
Since then, he’s kept going, riding solo, riding with others, just following the flow.
For Paul, cycling brings balance and discipline, something he sees deeply aligned with Sikhi.
He joined Sikh Cycling Club to connect with others who share that same pull toward the sport, whether recreational or competitive. The community, the shared identity, and the purpose behind the rides are what kept him here.
(He’s still waiting on his SCC water bottles though.)
His favorite memory?
Taking on the Marin Century with the group. They didn’t finish the full 100 miles, but that didn’t matter. The views, the conversations, and the overall experience made it one to remember.
We appreciate Paul’s positivity, good humor, and how he represents Sikh Cycling Club’s spirit in Southern California.
Not every ride is about the finish. Some are about what stays with you after.
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