Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! Weather and trails are perfect for riding right now.
A couple of quick reminders:
Please arrive by 8 am to ensure a smooth registration process.
Please link your Strava account by clicking here. This ensures you will be included in the KOM/QOM competition.
There will be 3 waves based on your selection when you registered, each with neutral roll out about 15 minutes apart.
Please download the course to your GPS device. We will also be doing our best to mark the course this evening with flour and colored flags and we will have volunteers on course to assist at some points.
We will have GU handups at the intersection of Brandon and Skyline (see older post below this one for full details).
After crossing the footbridge, Go left on Cameron Loop, not right.
Finally: Have fun, be safe and bring your bathing suit!
Looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday morning! The address of the registration site and after-party is: 5656 Weaver Place, Oakland, CA, 94619. Please park along Skyline Drive, NOT on Weaver Place.
Registration onsite opens at 8 am.Please arrive early to help ease the registration process. Wave 1 will have a neutral roll-out at 9 am. Waves 2 and 3 will have neutral roll-outs in 15-20 minute intervals after Wave 1. Current weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the low 60s at the start.
The post-event barbecue will begin as riders return following the event, with food available beginning around 12 pm. Awards and raffle will begin at 1:30 PM. We have great prizes for our top finishers, KOM and QOM segment winners and raffle ticket winners. There is a pool and currently temperatures near the end of the event are forecast to be sunny and in the low 70s, so bring a bathing suit if you want to swim.
The 2024 course is here: 2024 East Bay Dirt Classic Course. Please download the route to your preferred GPS device to avoid missed turns. We will mark any tricky parts of the course, but despite marking the course in each of the prior editions, there have remained confusing intersections. Of note, this year’s course stays on Goldenrod the entire time until Jackson Grade whereas in previous years the course used Jalquin Trail. So stay on Goldenrod the entire way to Jackson Grade:
Also, currently the San Leandro Creek is full, so riders will have to dismount at the foot bridge between Honker Bay and Cameron Loop and walk bikes across.
For those who have elected to compete in the virtual edition of the 2024 EBDC, you can view the leaderboard here: Current Virtual Course Leader Board. If you don’t see your name here and have ridden it, please let us know.
Please feel free to reach out with any last minute questions. See you all Saturday!
A few of us rode the course this morning and it is riding very well. A couple of quick notes:
Recommend downloading the course as a GPX file to your GPS device of choice for turn by turn directions. I also recommend you ride the course ahead of time as there are a couple of confusing junctions, especially on Brandon Trail.
There is water at mile 6.7 along Brandon Trail and also at the golf course (mile 13.5 or so). We will also offer GU hand ups for those who need at the top of the Brandon/Skyline climb (mile 7.3 outbound and mile 15.3 inbound).
There are a few areas with loose sand/rocks on Brandon on some sweeping descending right turns and Towhee is fast and fun singletrack, but has some loose areas as well with Eucalyptus leaves/bark, etc. The descents on Red Tail between mile 17 and 18 are fast, rutted, loose and at times, off-camber. Bottom line is this is a dirt course and hazards exist on the trail. Please stay in control at all times.
Currently the path alongside the pedestrian bridge near Lake Chabot (mile 11), linking Honker Bay Trail and Cameron Loop Trail is dry and rideable. Please do not use the bridge.
The Proctor Staging Area parking lot (mile 13) is closed at this time. You can still ride into it at the end of Ten Hills trail and out of it on the Southern (right as you come into the lot from the trail) exit and left onto Redwood Road for a few yards before jumping back onto Proctor Trail to the golf course.
We’ll update again closer to race day. 4 weeks to go!
