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Bovine Classic Takes Place

October 25, 2025

Hey Herd!

We’re makin’ our lists and checkin’ ’em thrice to make sure your Bovine 4.0 weekend is utterly Herd-tastic.

If you’re still on the fence, there are only 80 spots left. Time to commit yourself to the stampede.

👉 Yes, Count Me IN!

Group Buy = Discounted Entry

This is the only path to a discounted registration—so rustle up some friends and LFG →

• 3+ riders: 10% off
• 5+ riders: 15% off
• 7+ riders: 20% off

Rider Guide →

Let’s keep this simple. Please read it—these are the important bits.

🔴 Big Bovine 🟡 Feisty Bovine 🟢 Happy Bovine

  • Ride cool, stay right, thank volunteers.
  • Seat-post plates only → no handlebar numbers.
  • Grab your finisher prize at the Land Conservancy SLO booth.

Route files drop event week—harvest is late, so we’re measuring thrice and cutting once.

Gear Tip

If you're on the Big or Feisty Bovine, you'll be going through the private ranch. The Big Bovine riders--in particular--have some tough climbs and loose descents. A group of us test rode it over the weekend, and most of us agreed at 40 to 45c tires are a good idea. And, an even gooder idea is a 52t rear cassette....

There might be some short hike-a-bike sections... just sayin.

Rider Guide →

Let’s keep this simple. Please read it—these are the important bits.

🔴 Big Bovine 🟡 Feisty Bovine 🟢 Happy Bovine

  • Ride cool, stay right, thank volunteers.
  • Seat-post plates only → no handlebar numbers.
  • Grab your finisher prize at the Land Conservancy SLO booth.

Route files drop event week—harvest is late, so we’re measuring thrice and cutting once.

Pre-Ride Deets

Pre-Ride Deets

Thursday · Oct 23 · Firestone-Walker Brewery

Ride + social hour with the Service Course Report crew.


1:15 PM Check-in | 2 PM Rollout | 4–6 PM Post-ride hangout
🍺 First beer’s on Firestone-Walker.

Required RSVP Here →

Friday · Oct 24 · AMSTRDM Coffee in Downtown Atascadero

A lighthearted spin through Atascadero’s hidden corners with Fluid Nutrition, SRAM Southwest Field Guides, CerroWorks Cycles, and The Service Course Report team. This one won't be a course recon. 


10 AM Check-in | 11 AM Rollout | Post-ride bites at Colony Sandwich before packet pick-up.

Required RSVP Here →

Charity Giveaway

Your donations fuel Land Conservancy SLO’s preservation of green space and ranch lands—exactly the terrain you’ll ride across. Your donations get  ya a ticket to a pretty sweet giveaway that'll be announced Saturday afternoon.

Prizes include:

  • 2× Hammerhead Karoo units
  • 2026 Bovine Classic Super-Duper Super Entry (package + 2 nights hotel)
  • CrossTrack1 Rack by Hollywood Racks
  • Orucase Mini Frame Pack
  • Sunshine Olive Oil + Life Elements Gift Packs
  • Entries to Stetina’s Paydirt, Rebecca’s Private Idaho, Levi’s Gran Fondo, Truckee Gravel

Remember the Prosciutto?

If you were at Bovine 1 and 2, you might recall the aid station prosciutto at the Villa Creek/Maha Estate Winery.

Yeah… we ate it all.

Thankfully, Alle-Pia Fine Cured Meats (Atascadero’s own) has stepped in with a bounty of fennel salumi for your mid-ride munchies.

Sponsor Shoutouts

Huge thanks to: Sunshine Olive Oil · Brown Butter Cookie Co. · Gu Energy · Magic Mind
and the always-uh-moo-zing SRAM + RIDE IT.

Cheers to Firestone-Walker & Justin Wines for keeping post-race cups full.

That’s It… for Now

Stay tuned for winery + restaurant discounts and the annual Radio Free Bovine playlist on Spotify. Our hooves need a break before they get carpal tunnel.

Can’t wait to high-five and hug y’all… well, the ones who want hugs. If you and I have never met, well bad on me! Let's change that at this year's Bovine. 

We release the Bovine in 12 days!


Bryoncé & The Monkeys

Pre-Ride Deets

Thursday · Oct 23 · Firestone-Walker Brewery

Ride + social hour with the Service Course Report crew.


1:15 PM Check-in | 2 PM Rollout | 4–6 PM Post-ride hangout
🍺 First beer’s on Firestone-Walker.

Required RSVP Here →

Friday · Oct 24 · AMSTRDM Coffee in Downtown Atascadero

A lighthearted spin through Atascadero’s hidden corners with Fluid Nutrition, SRAM Southwest Field Guides, CerroWorks Cycles, and The Service Course Report team. This one won't be a course recon. 


10 AM Check-in | 11 AM Rollout | Post-ride bites at Colony Sandwich before packet pick-up.

Required RSVP Here →

Charity Giveaway

Your donations fuel Land Conservancy SLO’s preservation of green space and ranch lands—exactly the terrain you’ll ride across. Your donations get  ya a ticket to a pretty sweet giveaway that'll be announced Saturday afternoon.

Prizes include:

  • 2× Hammerhead Karoo units
  • 2026 Bovine Classic Super-Duper Super Entry (package + 2 nights hotel)
  • CrossTrack1 Rack by Hollywood Racks
  • Orucase Mini Frame Pack
  • Sunshine Olive Oil + Life Elements Gift Packs
  • Entries to Stetina’s Paydirt, Rebecca’s Private Idaho, Levi’s Gran Fondo, Truckee Gravel

Remember the Prosciutto?

If you were at Bovine 1 and 2, you might recall the aid station prosciutto at the Villa Creek/Maha Estate Winery.

Yeah… we ate it all.

Thankfully, Alle-Pia Fine Cured Meats (Atascadero’s own) has stepped in with a bounty of fennel salumi for your mid-ride munchies.

Sponsor Shoutouts

Huge thanks to: Sunshine Olive Oil · Brown Butter Cookie Co. · Gu Energy · Magic Mind
and the always-uh-moo-zing SRAM + RIDE IT.

Cheers to Firestone-Walker & Justin Wines for keeping post-race cups full.

That’s It… for Now

Stay tuned for winery + restaurant discounts and the annual Radio Free Bovine playlist on Spotify. Our hooves need a break before they get carpal tunnel.

Can’t wait to high-five and hug y’all… well, the ones who want hugs. If you and I have never met, well bad on me! Let's change that at this year's Bovine. 

We release the Bovine in 12 days!


Bryoncé & The Monkeys

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