Hewhois
07-19-2005, 01:31 PM
Greetings!
I am leading a ride for my local SCRC chapter this Sunday the 24th of July. Thought I would give everyone here an open invite to join us on this 240 mile, 6.5 hours of riding time (not counting stops), Sundae on Sunday ride.
Here is a cut-n-paste of my post in the SCRC forum:
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Participating in this ride (or any ride posted on this board) means you have read, understood and agreed to the riding rules posted at this link:
http://www.scrcgb.org/ridingrules.htm (http://www.scrcgb.org/ridingrules.htm)
What, you may ask, are difficulty ratings? Click on this link for a listing of all the ride types/ratings:
http://www.scrcgb.org/rideratings.htm (http://www.scrcgb.org/rideratings.htm)
**Pre-Ride Meeting Time: 11:00am, Sunday, July 24th
**Click this link for pre-ride meeting agenda:
*** http://severe.wso.net/grouprideplans/PRERIDE%20MEETING%20CHECKLIST.htm (http://severe.wso.net/grouprideplans/PRERIDE%20MEETING%20CHECKLIST.htm)
*Kick Stands Up: 11:15am
*Meeting Spot: Citgo gas station on MLK & 301
*Ending Spot: Ice Cream place near Brandon somewhere.
*Ride Rating: 3.5 stars, The ride will include some very nice back roads with curvy/twisty sections on our way to Sweetwater and back. This will be a "relax and enjoy the day" type ride, although many of the roads will need skills. Rain or shine, within reason.
Some of the roads on the route will most likely include Boyette, Agricola Mine, Lake Hendry, Lake Buffum, 17, Kelly Roberts, Clifton Bryan, Sweetwater Rd, Crewsville Rd, Duette, CR-579, and Balm among others.
About a total of 240 miles and 6hrs 30mins of riding time plus stops.
Some of the roads are very narrow, potholes, dirt, debris, blind turns, etc., and *several* one lane wooden bridges. IOW, typical low maintainence way back country roads. If you ride with-in yourself and always keep in mind the sight distances and keep your spacing with other riders at reasonable distances, all should be well. Lose concentration at the wrong time...and all may not be well. Always the case of course, just more so on some roads than others. Not trying ta scare ya's ;) Just trying to give you all an idea of what type of riding we will be doing.
There will also be stretches of highway speed riding, even though not on a highway. Some of the main connecting roads we will be using have high limits and high speeds and we use those roads from time to time to get from backroad to backroad.
No formal lunch stopping place, just whatever you bring with you to eat and drink or whatever you can grab to eat at the gas station stores. Suggest you bring water with you. And of course, we end the ride at an ice cream place :D
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Here is the "planned" route:
http://severe.wso.net/gps/20050724sweetwater/overview.gif
Would love to meet some of ya'll :)
I am leading a ride for my local SCRC chapter this Sunday the 24th of July. Thought I would give everyone here an open invite to join us on this 240 mile, 6.5 hours of riding time (not counting stops), Sundae on Sunday ride.
Here is a cut-n-paste of my post in the SCRC forum:
***********************
Participating in this ride (or any ride posted on this board) means you have read, understood and agreed to the riding rules posted at this link:
http://www.scrcgb.org/ridingrules.htm (http://www.scrcgb.org/ridingrules.htm)
What, you may ask, are difficulty ratings? Click on this link for a listing of all the ride types/ratings:
http://www.scrcgb.org/rideratings.htm (http://www.scrcgb.org/rideratings.htm)
**Pre-Ride Meeting Time: 11:00am, Sunday, July 24th
**Click this link for pre-ride meeting agenda:
*** http://severe.wso.net/grouprideplans/PRERIDE%20MEETING%20CHECKLIST.htm (http://severe.wso.net/grouprideplans/PRERIDE%20MEETING%20CHECKLIST.htm)
*Kick Stands Up: 11:15am
*Meeting Spot: Citgo gas station on MLK & 301
*Ending Spot: Ice Cream place near Brandon somewhere.
*Ride Rating: 3.5 stars, The ride will include some very nice back roads with curvy/twisty sections on our way to Sweetwater and back. This will be a "relax and enjoy the day" type ride, although many of the roads will need skills. Rain or shine, within reason.
Some of the roads on the route will most likely include Boyette, Agricola Mine, Lake Hendry, Lake Buffum, 17, Kelly Roberts, Clifton Bryan, Sweetwater Rd, Crewsville Rd, Duette, CR-579, and Balm among others.
About a total of 240 miles and 6hrs 30mins of riding time plus stops.
Some of the roads are very narrow, potholes, dirt, debris, blind turns, etc., and *several* one lane wooden bridges. IOW, typical low maintainence way back country roads. If you ride with-in yourself and always keep in mind the sight distances and keep your spacing with other riders at reasonable distances, all should be well. Lose concentration at the wrong time...and all may not be well. Always the case of course, just more so on some roads than others. Not trying ta scare ya's ;) Just trying to give you all an idea of what type of riding we will be doing.
There will also be stretches of highway speed riding, even though not on a highway. Some of the main connecting roads we will be using have high limits and high speeds and we use those roads from time to time to get from backroad to backroad.
No formal lunch stopping place, just whatever you bring with you to eat and drink or whatever you can grab to eat at the gas station stores. Suggest you bring water with you. And of course, we end the ride at an ice cream place :D
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Here is the "planned" route:
http://severe.wso.net/gps/20050724sweetwater/overview.gif
Would love to meet some of ya'll :)