Sikh Cycling Club

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The Sarbloh Kit is back for our second release of 2026, with some new additions.

Created to mark five full years of Sikh Cycling Club, Sarbloh draws from the Sikh tradition of sarbloh, pure iron, representing strength, resilience and unwavering spirit.

For this second release, we’ve expanded the collection with:

• NEW summer-weight long sleeve jerseys
• NEW cargo pocket bib shorts
• NEW SIKHS.CC gloves
• NEW SIKHS.CC black + white 6” pro socks

Alongside the original Sarbloh jerseys, bib shorts, wind vest, ride tee and hoodie.

Forged in iron.
From California to the world.

The team store is open through August 28.

We don’t have plans to reopen the store again this year after August 28, so if you want to ride in Sarbloh, the time to order is now.

Everything is made to order. Please take your measurements and order according to the sizing guidance provided by Panache.

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This wasn’t just the Sikh Cycling Club Chardi Kala ride. This was a Chardi Kala CONTINGENT.

Today we came together to acknowledge Chardi Kala, the Sikh spirit of ever-rising optimism, resilience and courage, even through difficulty.

We rode together from Fremont Gurdwara Sahib, through the South Bay and Baylands, sharing miles, conversation, a little gravel, and a lot of good energy along the way.

Chardi Kala isn’t something we leave for difficult moments. It’s something we try to carry into everything we do, ncluding how we ride together, welcome one another, and build this community.

Today, we got to celebrate it together.

Chardi Kala. Always rising.

Five years forged. One season ahead.

What started as a handful of riders has grown into a calendar of traditions that celebrate Sikh history, values, and community through cycling.

From Hola Mohalla in March to our Sikh Century to Yuba City in November, each ride tells a different story while bringing us together on two wheels.

Our Chardi Kala Ride has been rescheduled to Saturday, August 8, and this updated calendar reflects the change.

Whether you’ve ridden one event or all of them, thank you for being part of this journey. If you’re new, we’d love to have you join us for the rides still to come in 2026.

Ever Rising. Ever Riding.

Each August, we come together to celebrate Chardi Kala, the Sikh spirit of resilience and ever-rising optimism.

The timing is intentional. Mid-August is a time to reflect on our history, including the sacrifices surrounding the Partition of Punjab, and on the enduring spirit that has carried Sikh communities forward across generations.

This year’s ride begins and ends at Fremont Gurdwara Sahib, taking us through the South Bay, Silicon Valley, and the Baylands before returning for langar.

Whether you’re a longtime member or joining us for your first Sikh Cycling Club ride, we’d love to have you with us.

Saturday, August 8
Fremont Gurdwara Sahib
47 miles • 607 ft elevation

Full route and ride details are available on Strava (link in bio).

Ever Rising. Ever Riding.

Across continents, united by one purpose.

Sikh Cycling Club members Harpartap Singh and EkNaam Singh have joined Giani Sukha Singh on a 350 mile ride later this month from Scotland to Birmingham in support of Sikh Helpline UK.

We wish them safe roads and every success as they raise awareness and funds for an organization providing vital support to those facing mental health challenges, addiction, domestic abuse, and crisis.

We’re excited to follow their journey, and we encourage you to support them with a donation for this important cause.

In 1606, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Hargobind Sahib, introduced the concept of Miri Piri: the integration of the spiritual and the temporal. It was a declaration that Sikhs are called not only to cultivate their inner lives, but to engage the world with courage, compassion, and purpose.

More than four centuries later, that idea still travels.

This weekend, it brought us from the Gurdwara Sahib in El Sobrante to Berkeley Marina, over the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island, and back again. There was good coffee with our friends at Roaming Bean Coffee | Coffee Catering Bay Area & NorCal, long conversations, hard climbs, and the kind of fellowship that reminds us why we ride.

For us, cycling isn’t separate from Sikhi. It’s one of the ways we live it. Every mile becomes an opportunity to build community, support one another, and experience California through a shared lens of seva, friendship, and gratitude.

Miri Piri isn’t just history.

It’s a path we’re still riding.

El Sobrante Gurdwara Sahib

Strength and spirit.

Join Sikh Cycling Club this Saturday for our Miri Piri Ride.

We’ll roll from Gurdwara Sahib El Sobrante, follow the Bay Trail to Berkeley Marina for coffee at Roaming Bean Coffee, then continue across the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island before returning together.

Inspired by the Sikh principle of balancing purpose with action, this ride is about more than the miles. It’s about community, conversation, and sharing the road.

This is a 38 mile route with 1,419 feet of elevation gain, including a few short but steep climbs. Riders should be comfortable with moderate climbing.

Whether you’ve ridden with us before or this is your first time, you’re welcome.

Meet: 8:30 AM
Roll out: 9:00 AM

RSVP at our event page on Strava — link in bio.

See you Saturday.

El Sobrante Gurdwara Sahib Roaming Bean Coffee | Coffee Catering Bay Area & NorCal

Sikh cycling culture isn’t a modern thing. It existed generations before us. We’re only continuing what was started a long time ago.

This photo shows Dr. Jasbir Singh Kang (second from left, standing) at the start of a race in Punjab during the 1980s. Long before becoming a physician and community leader in Yuba City, California, he was a competitive cyclist.

It’s easy to think of Sikh cycling as something new, but Sikh riders have been traveling miles upon miles, lining up at start lines, pinning on race numbers, and testing themselves on two wheels for generations.

The bikes have changed. The roads have changed. The jerseys have changed.

The spirit remains the same.

Thank you to Dr. Kang and all those who came before us. Every ride today continues a story that was already being written decades ago.

Photo courtesy of Simran Kang.