LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County residents – especially those who will be on south county highways this weekend – are urged to keep their eyes open for bicyclists taking part in a century ride.
The Davis Double Century bike ride will take place throughout the day on Saturday, May 17, according to the Davis Bike Club.
Caltrans asked that motorists on Highway 20, Highway 29 and Highway 53 drive with caution through the area and watch for bicyclists.
The one-day, 200-mile ride travels through Yolo, Napa and Lake counties the third Saturday of each May.
Marking its 45th anniversary this year, it's one of the oldest double centuries in California and the most popular double century in the California Triple Crown.
The ride starts at the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in downtown Davis, moves through flat farmland in the Central Valley before climbing to the Lake Berryessa area.
It then runs north through the hills in east Napa County to Middletown and Lower Lake in Lake County for lunch.
The ride resumes with a long climb up to Resurrection at the Lake/Yolo county border, then descends through Cache Creek Canyon and Capay Valley and back to the Central Valley before returning to the starting point at the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in Davis.
Altogether, there is 8,000 feet of climbing in the ride, the Davis Bike Club reported.
For more information visit http://www.davisbikeclub.org/annual_events/organized_rides/davis_double_century .