Ride 05/12/07, 8:00 a.m. The Spin Cycle, Cary, RSVP

[Zonda]

RSVP by Friday, 5:00 p.m. with your route choice.

When: Saturday, 05/12/07, 8:00 a.m.

Where:

The Spin Cycle (http://www.thespincycle.com/)
Salt Box Village
1241 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27511

Parking is sensitive at the shopping center. Please park away from the shop on the back row near McDonald’s or ride your bike to the shop.

Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1241+Kildaire+Farm+Road,+27511&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=35.764239,-78.783302&spn=0.015635,0.042915&om=1&iwloc=addr)

Distance: 13, 20, 40, and 50 miles

Cue Sheets (http://www.trianglecycling.com/showthread.php?t=19840) – TSC Route 2 (Please print). I would like to ride the 50 mile route.

12.4 miles
19.5 miles
39.1 miles
49.8 miles

Pace:
10-12 mph beginners (follows strict no drop policy)
13-18 mph (riders wait at turns for others to catch up)

There are several subgroups for ride paces and distances. Please watch out for others in your subgroup so no one gets dropped. If you can’t keep up, drop back to the next subgroup.

All riding groups will stay together until the designated breakaway point then you can break away into subgroups. Since we are having problems with aggressive drivers in Cary, it is important that we stay together until we get a few miles away from traffic. Drivers tend to harass small groups of cyclists rather than large groups

Contact Person: Zonda. Send me an email or private message (http://www.trianglecycling.com/member.php?u=42) through this site if you have any questions.

Comments:

RSVP requested to help plan riding groups.
Please arrive in time to prepare your bike to leave promptly at the ride start time listed.
Beginners are welcome to join this ride.
All riders should carry proper equipment in case they have a flat (spare tube, pump or CO2 cartridge). Helmets required.
It is strongly recommended that you carry your driver’s license and health insurance card (or a photo copy) in case of an emergency. You may also want to program your cell phone with an emergency contact number under the name “ICE” In Case of Emergency.
New riders should read Bicycling Hand Signals and Safety Pointers (http://www.trianglecycling.com/showthread.php?t=17385)

[RickF]

The new 47 mile route is now posted in the Cue Sheet Forum.

I plan to be there and will ride the 39.1 mile route.

[williamtash]

I plan to be there doing the 20 miles If you need some one to do a shorter route i can do that to.

[FenderFreek]

I'd be there, but I'm heading back home to see the family. I haven't been back since Christmas, so I'm a bit overdue.:(

I'll be sure to see you guys next week though.

[BetsyW]

Brian and I will be there. Would like to do 50 mile route, but I'm flexible depending on who's riding at my speed.

[RickF]

I am flexible, too. I originally signed up for 39, but I can do 50 if we do not spend too much time at the rest stops. My main concern is when I finish, and not how far I go. I would like to be finished by noon.

[TracyW]

Still recovering from the leg strain from last week. Put me down for the 50 with Betsy.

[williamtash]

Gee I hope someone that want to do twenty I got clearance from the Dr. for that much only. I only see the big sould crushers riding

[JimH]

I plan to be there and ride the 39.1 route.

[Pugslyyy]

I only see the big sould crushers ridingThey only ride on Wednesdays!

[williamtash]

ha jon I was kidding I am hoping there is someone for the short route but if not I will ride alone I can split off the same place I did last i time no biggy

[Michelle W]

I'm going to join Sandy on the shorter route. I've modified the route a bit to avoid the hill on High House road. We'll test it out and see how it works. The route is about 18 miles long.

Michelle

[RickF]

I'm going to join Sandy on the shorter route. I've modified the route a bit to avoid the hill on High House road. We'll test it out and see how it works. The route is about 18 miles long.

MichelleThere is a hill on High House Road :eek:

If you revised route works out, send me the changes, and I will post the alternate route in the cue sheet forum. It sounds like it might be another good beginner route.

[williamtash]

ok rick sometimes you are just so special. Ya there is a hill and ya for some of us wimp it can be a pain with the stop and go on that road. It is mainly the traffic that make the up grade a pain not the hill its self

[RickF]

I rode up that hill on Tuesday with a beginner on one of The Spin Cycle rides. That was the first time she had ever used the small chainring. In fact, we had to tell her not only that she should be in the small chainring, but how to get there. She had done the MS 150 (New Bern is flat) and cycled across Iowa (very flat), but she had never had to use the left hand shifter before.

[williamtash]

You don't need the small ring on flats and for the record Iowa is not all flat but where that ride is it is just low rolling hills you could use the big ring if you wanted to. it is not the hill on that road it is the lights that drive me nuts. You just get a good rythem and you have to stop again. I have hills in raleigh that i go up that are longer but no lights. I am just not a hill liker that does not mean I don;t do them. I also have a friend that does the across nc ride he hardly ever uses the small ring he said it is for pansies

[Michelle W]

There is a hill on High House Road :eek:

If you revised route works out, send me the changes, and I will post the alternate route in the cue sheet forum. It sounds like it might be another good beginner route.

Will do!

[Zonda]

Weather may be questionable. Look for a cancellation between 6:30-7:00 a.m.

Head count for Saturday:

Riders: 10

18 miles
Sandy
Michelle

39.1 miles
Rick
Jim H.

49.8 miles
Me
Betsy
Brian J.
Tracy

Boyd & Elaine (maybe, route unknown)

[Bikecruiser]

Just got in from a ride. Put me down for the 50.

[Wayne Anderson]

Wayne here. I'm game for the 40 or 50.

[williamtash]

Zonda I have rain on my side of town as of right now I can't get bike in car because it is raining to hard If I am not there it is still raining in N raleigh

[Zonda]

It's dry over here.

Rick is closest to the shop. Is it raining over there?

[williamtash]

Looks like it is going around apex and cary still raining in raleigh

[williamtash]

Still raining raleigh you you all have a great ride and stay dry

[Zonda]

Betsy and Brian are on their way. Will see you there if you decide to come. We can always start late.

[RickF]

It is not raining here. It looks like most of the rain is to the north and west (Durham and the Falls Lake areas). So far, Cary is dry.

[JimH]

It is starting to sprinkle here and there is a dark cloud to the west. I'm about 10 minutes south of the shop off of Kildare Farm Rd.

Looks questionable to me. I think the rain got here sooner than expected.

[williamtash]

Got here at 6:00 Looks it is just getting to cary now

[JimH]

I'm not going to ride today. Good chance of running into rain.