Amgen Cycling Club - Thousand Oaks
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 03:15PM 
Amgen Cycling is currently one of the largest cycling clubs in California as well as one of the largest cycling clubs in the United States. Within the last few years, Amgen Cycling has expanded to include chapters in Colorado, Rhode Island, Washington State, San Francisco, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Europe and Australia.
Amgen Cycling exists primarily on two levels, a recreational club and a racing team. The club participates in all styles of bicycle sport, including road, mountain, track, and cyclocross. Our goal is to provide club members with an opportunity to increase their cycling knowledge, skill and overall fitness, in an effort that we may all compete intensely and win - in life.
Amgen Cycling Club Facts
- Club formally started in January 2001 with about 50 members in California
- Filed as a non-profit organization in 2001
- Membership of over 800 cyclists in California, Colorado, Washington, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Australia and selected European communities
- Established a network for cyclists/professionals to participate in group rides
- Established our external website; www.velogen.org
- Yearly fund-raising events (California only):
- Annual - Breakaway from Cancer Initiative
- Annual - ADA Tri-City Tour de Cure
- Annual - Amgen CA Coast Classic to benefit The Arthritis Foundation
- Miscellaneous cycling related donations each year to various groups 2004 - donation to Encino Velodrome to pay for 4 new track bikes
- Countless other rides/fund-raising events, resulting in thousands of dollars raised, while participating in the sport we love; the club is currently in the process of tracking our community outreach efforts to provide metrics around all of our donations/fund raising activities
The Amgen Cycling Club is open to both Amgen and non-Amgen cyclists (though non-Amgen cyclists may be limited as the club maintains an 80/20 split of Amgen/non-Amgen participatnts). More information available at www.velogen.org.
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