2025 Road/Gravel/MTB Events

04-06-25

The route is great for a new or the experienced gravel rider looking to build fitness for events later in the year, like Farmer's Daughter. 40 miles with 3,208 feet of vert. (no off road/trail sections) 95% of the roads used differ from Farmer's Daughter. There will be an aid station at mile 18 (S&S Farm Brewery)

4-12-25

The Race is dedicated to the memory of

NYS Trooper David Brinkerhoff

This year the Capital Bicycle Racing Club is teaming up with the Army Cycling Team to host an expanded Trooper David Brinkerhoff Memorial Race. In addition to the fields that we have typically run, we will be hosting racers from the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference (ECCC). To accommodate the additional racers, we will be running two waves of fields, one starting at 10 am and the second starting at 12 pm.

By expanding the fields, we are able to:

Run two separate women’s fields: a 4-lap (50 mile) race for P/1/2/3 riders and a 3-lap (38-mile) race for 4/5 riders.

Reinstate a two-lap (26 mile) race for Cat 5 (novice) and Collegiate D riders. This race had been run in the past but was eliminated when a women’s-only field was introduced.

Run dedicated races for Collegiate B/C and C/D riders.

In addition to the races, we are hosting a racing clinic at 9:00 am on the race course. The instructors will be Andy Ruiz and Benjamin Kramer. Andy has over 30 years of racing experience as a category 1-2 racer. He's a USA Cycling certified coach with his own coaching business. He is vice president of CBRC' and runs the club's Junior Development team, which comprises over 35 junior riders. He's the promoter of the Farmers Daughter Gravel Grinder and VP of Capital Bicycle racing club. Benjamin is a veteran of nineteen years of racing bikes, with over six hundred mass starts. From managing weekly training races to domestiquing teammates to multiple stage race races overall wins, Benjamin can share a thing or two having done a thing or two! The cost for the clinic is $10 for adults and $0 for juniors. Pre-registration is required.

Finally, we have heard the requests of Masters racers and will be posting separate results in the Masters 45+ and 55+ categories.

5-18-25

Now in it's 10th year, the Farmer's Daughter Gravel Grinder (FDGG) is “the must do spring cycling event in the Northeast.” To celebrate, we've added the Farmer's Granddaughter, a shortened route with no off-road sections! Regardless of which course you ride, you'll be treated to some of the most beautiful scenery in the Northeast, with plenty of climbing, and plenty of fun descents to match. Named after the Chatham Brewery’s Rye IPA born and brewed in Columbia County in beautiful upstate New York, the ride offers a truly grand tour of northern Columbia County and surrounding areas.

6-29-25

Course is located 10 miles South of Albany, in Ravena, NY at the High School on Route 9W (1-mile north of

Ravena). RACE STARTS and FINISHES at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School. The race will leave the school (2.5

miles) out to a 21-mile race loop and will return to the school on the 2.5-mile section to a FLAT/FAST finish!

TBD

Capital Bicycle Racing Club is organizing our third annual Mountain Bike Race at Thatcher Park in Voorheesville. (This is Round 5 of the NYS MTB Series.) Registration opens at 7:30 a.m., and the first race kicks off at 9 a.m. This park provides beautiful scenery of the escarpments, stunning waterfalls, and great terrain for mountain biking.