• The 2013 Wine Country Century was a great success thanks to the efforts of 450+ wonderful volunteers who made it all happen!!  We had a grand time, We hope you did too.
  

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• Just rode my first WCC and loved it....Can't wait for next year.
  Beautiful scenery....Great organization....Food and rest stops were outstanding....Lots of bathrooms....and the pre-ride check in the night before took the stress out of that part of it.  Kudos to all involved.!!!!  T.R.
  
  
• Our group had a terrific ride on the Wine Country Century today -- although we did struggle at the end due to the heat.  Being from the East Bay "fog" towns of Albany, Berkeley, and El Cerrito, anything above 80 degrees is brutal for us. Luckily, I had the presence of mind to immerse myself with water at the last two stops, then I stuffed my jersey pockets with ice that fell on the table and wasn't going to be used.  Amazingly, the last little piece melted just as I arrived at the finish line -- talk about great timing.   The post-ride meal was most yummy as were all the treats at the rest stops.  We all really enjoyed the made to order sandwiches at Lake Sonoma.  Yum, yum.
  Thank you and your team for putting on a terrific ride.  Your volunteers were awesome. S.O'H.
  
  
• Thank you so much!
  We had a great ride! Thanks for all your hard work to make it a success. K.M
  
  
• Just wanted to send you guys a THANK YOU!
  2nd year in a row for me – you guys host/support a great ride.
  
  
• That was my first WCC and I loved it. Lovely scenery and fabulous support. The custom-made lunch sandwiches were the BEST!
  If I had one suggestion it would be for better road markings. The red arrows didn't stand out that well, and the arrows themselves weren't proportioned so well and sometimes it was hard to tell with just a glance which way the arrows were pointing. Aside from that - it was fabulous!!! Paul
  
  
•  Thanks so much for a great ride this weekend! Your volunteers were amazing and the food was fantastic! I was really impressed with the vegan options - thank you! J.L.
  
  
• Wanted to send a quick note thanking the club and the volunteers who made the WCC so enjoyable.  The SRCC always puts on a great ride.  Although I've done the metric rides in the past, my friend and I completed our first century and the volunteers at the rest stops, and the ice and water stop were the best and so supportive to those of us attempting our first 100 miles (especially the gal with the hose spraying riders down at the ice/water stop - an angel!).
  Thanks again for (another) great Wine Country Century..  G.H.
  
  
• I did my first metric last year with the WCC, and this year I made it my first full century and it was great! Loved the support and the awesome volunteers along the way. The food and beverage along the way was also wonderful.
  The right turn at about 34.5 on the 100M was very hard to catch. I almost missed it, and I know a few people who did.
  Would love it if the support at the end could run a bit longer I got back at 4:45, with plenty others behind me, and the massages were done, the band was done, the beer was long gone. Maybe starting the beer a bit later so it would run a bit later?
  I really appreciated the bonus station at about mile 76 with the spray and the ice water, and really helped the last 25 go better.
  All in all another very successful event. Thanks again! J.W.
  
  
• Great ride
  Thanks to all the volunteers, organizers, and sponsors. Year after year this is the favorite organized ride for me and my friends.. D.O.
  
  
• I just did the century on Saturday and had a blast! It was my first century and now I am hooked. Looking to do the 200k next year so I can get some view of the ocean. In all of the commotion of the post race, I totally forgot to buy a jersey. Any chance I can still get my hands on one of those? Please let me know. L.E
  
  
• My appreciation goes to the SAG teams.
  I needed assistance and it was provided fairly quickly. I thought the day was ruined but they saved the day! I finished the 100 miles.
  
  
• Once again a beautiful ride and kudos to all the great volunteer work, especially the race marshal who arrived in the nick of time with an ice cold bottle of water at mile 60- you guys really made it all awesome day!
  See you in 2014.
  
  
• Thanks to your whole organization, especially the volunteers, for a fantastic ride. Only whose idea was it to throw the Chalk Hill climb in at the 91 mile mark when legs are gone? Made it anyway...  I grew up in Marin and have family in Petaluma, and I did the Marin Century in 2011, but had not previously ridden in your area.
  
  
• Good morning: I finished my first wine country double century last Saturday. It was sizzling hot, nearly too much. My thoughts and prayers go out to the cyclist who died during the race. In spite of all that I personally had a great time. Going forward though you might want to consider having clearer road markings or a different color (bright yellow?), took wrong turns at least a dozen times. Many thanks to all the organizers and volunteers for doing a wonderful job. P.R.
  
  
• Food and drinks are fabulous.. rode the 200k and hopefully the pavement arrow markings are better next year.. all around a great experience, will be back next year!!
  
  
• Loved it, but created our own 105 mile ride!
  thank you to you all for a truly wonderful scenic very well supported excelled organization your bike community rocks :)  well done and again thank you
  we love the ride, one suggestion I have for you.
  I signed up for the 200k only so we could ride to and up the coast and then back through the lovely vineyards.
  but we cut off at Lambert Bridge to Dry Creek to Lytton Springs Rd and rejoined Chalk Hill to make the Anderson Valley rest stop. This made a delightful 105.5 mile ride.
  
  
• I completed the 200K on Saturday and could not have had more fun. From the easy check in, to the views of the coast from the top of Coleman Valley, to the much appreciated, well stocked, and well staffed rest stops, it was the perfect introduction to a longer ride for me. I was fortunate to make a fast friend on the road and we stayed together the whole way. Now I'm eager for more rides like this - awesome!
  
  
• So many thanks!    
  This was my first century, and I just wanted to thank all the staff and volunteers that went into making it happen. All the smiling faces, support, and peanut M&Ms were gladly appreciated.
  
  
• Thanks so much for an outstanding experience. Very well managed and hosted. My only disappointment was to learn that there was no more beer when I arrived at the finish at 3:30PM!
  
  
• The problem with perfection is that it can't be improved upon.
  But then how does one explain the fact that the SRCC continues to find ways to make the Wine Country Century even more efficient and user friendly...as you did once again this year when you overhauled the lunch stop food serving system and installed a vast array of effective bike racks at the crucial area where all 2500 riders converge . It's as though you won't be satisfied with success but continue to try new ways of making participants happy. Be careful: The local rotary clubs have discovered how century rides can be solid fund-raising events, and might start to copy your techniques. Ahhh, but they would still need to clone the SRCC staff whose bonhomie toward participants is the true secret to your success.
  I know that the SRCC will keep up the great tradition you've established, cultivated and honed over the years.  J.K.
  
  
• We've biked the WCC for about 8 years or so, and 2013 was one of the best-ever rides. Maybe we were craving heat, maybe we were craving "day free of children" or maybe it was the warm and wonderful vineyard scenes, but we loved every minute. Thanks for making our group of nerds cooler and fitter than just your average "bunch of lawyers."
  LOVE your volunteers, so much. Thanks for sharing your beautiful county with the urban-weary. LeAB..
      
  
• Thanks!  Thanks for making this ride a wonderful first century for my 8 year old daughter. She felt so welcomed by all the riders and pampered at the rest stops with the M&Ms and strawberries with Nutella. It was hot but lovely and 9 hours later, she made it back!
  
  
• This was my first Century ride, or for that matter, first organized ride ever. I've been to lots of runs, but this was WAY better! We had it all...blown tire, heat, hunger..and it was all supported in excellent fashion by all of your great volunteers! Thanks so much for a great experience. Our team of 6 guys had a great time, and we will definitely be back next year. Might even go for the 200k. You guys rocked it. Like others, I wish the beer wouldn't have run out so early, but that's the only problem I had. Thanks again.
  
  
  A Sad Note

  One of our visitors suffered a medical emergency during the ride.  The best efforts of the riders who were with him, our volunteers and the emergency medical staff were unsuccessful in their efforts to revive him. 
  We'd like to express our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.