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7-weeks training guide for the Sikh Century to the Yuba City Nagar Kirtan

On October 31, Sikh Cycling Club will ride from West Sacramento to Yuba City for one of our favorite traditions of the year — riding to the Yuba City Nagar Kirtan.

It’s a century ride, but you don’t need to be century-ready today.

You have about two months.

We’ve put together a simple training framework to help riders build toward the distance progressively. Whether you’re already riding regularly or looking for a reason to get more consistent this fall, the goal is the same: build your endurance, get comfortable spending longer hours on the bike, and arrive at Yuba ready to enjoy the experience.

The 7-Week Build

Week 1: Re-establish rhythm
Get back into a consistent riding rhythm. Aim for one longer endurance ride plus one or two shorter rides during the week.

Week 2: Build aerobic base
Increase your long ride gradually while keeping most of your riding comfortable and sustainable.

Week 3: Maintain consistency
Continue extending your long ride. Practice eating and drinking regularly while riding.

Week 4: Increase durability
Your long ride should begin feeling like a normal part of the week rather than a special event.

Week 5: Build stamina
Start approaching the distances where pacing, fueling and comfort become as important as fitness.

Week 6: Peak endurance
Complete one of your longest rides of the training block. This is a good opportunity to test the clothing, nutrition and equipment you plan to use at Yuba.

Week 7: Taper & arrive fresh
Reduce your volume, keep the legs moving, and arrive rested.

Then we ride to Yuba.

A Few Things Matter More Than Mileage

Consistency beats hero rides. A handful of regular rides over eight weeks will help you more than suddenly attempting huge mileage.

Ride easy enough to go long. Most endurance riding should feel sustainable. You’re building the ability to stay on the bike for hours.

Practice your fueling. Eat and drink during your training rides. Century day is not the time to experiment.

Build gradually. If you’re starting from a lower mileage base, adjust the plan to where you are. You do not have to match someone else’s training.

Ride with people. Long miles get easier when they become community miles.

Seven weeks from now, we’ll roll toward Yuba City together.

Start today.

Not ready for 100 miles? You have options.

If 100 miles roundtrip isn’t for you, you have options to ride with us. Contact us at info@sikhcyclingclub.com and we’ll work out a shorter route through which you can join this ride.

Shaheedi Divas Ride Update: Our Seva Team Is Assembled

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:

donate.sikhcyclingclub.com

Every dollar we raise.
Every mile we ride.
Every life we touch.

Shaheedi Divas Ride 2026 | Join our seva

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:

donate.sikhcyclingclub.com

Every mile we ride.
Every dollar we raise.
Every life we touch.

Happy Vaisakhi from Sikh Cycling Club!

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh!

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 
  • Destination: Stockton Gurdwara
  • Distance: ~50 miles round trip
  • Pace: 15-20 mph, regrouping along the way

Sign up here to RSVP and for updates. 

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.

Until then, we ride forward in Chardi Kala.

Happy Vaisakhi.