Also if you are interested in seeing some mountain bike action there is a 6 hr race from 9-3 at Harris Lake on Saturday. Yours truly will be participating. I might even fly the colors.
On Feb 18, 8:09 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > G's > > A Saturday without rain!!! The temps look to be in the upper 30s to low 40s > at 9:00am. Looks to be a great day to get in the saddle so get out and ride. > Lets try and do what we planned for last weekend. > > Here are the specs: > > SATURDAY RIDE (2/13) > > (A & A- GROUPS - Bert) > > MEETING PLACE: Pleasant Union Elem. (PUE) - > (Directions:http://www.raleighgyros.com/locations.htm) > TIME: Saturday 2/13 @ 10:00am > RIDE DISTANCE: 50-55 miles (NO REST STOP UNLESS NEEDED) > PACE: 18mph > ROUTE: "Hells Route" We will cut out a couple of the hills to make the route > between 50-55 miles. > CUE SHEET: http://www.raleighgyros.com/cue_sheets.htm > NOTES: We ride and work together as a group. We encourage county line > sprints. > We DO stop for mechanicals. > > (B GROUPS - Maria) > Information to come but not sure from whom. > > SUNDAY RIDE (2/14): (COLD WEATHER IS PREDICTED FOR SUNDAY SO LOOK FOR A > POSSIBLE > RIDE POSTPONEMENT NOTICE) > > 1. Kim's Recovery Ride leaves from Blue Jay Point @ 9am. (38 miles @ 17-18mph > pace) > > 2. Mike's Gyro Touring Ride (cancelled for this Sunday > > MONDAY RIDE: > Hal's Ride is cancelled for the season. > > TUESDAY RIDE: > Rick's Ride cancelled (Temporarily) > > WEDNESDAY: > Andy's Ride is cancelled for the season. > > THURSDAY: > Dave's Ride is cancelled for the season. > > All ride locations can be found on our website > @http://www.raleighgyros.com/locations.htm > > THE PLAN: > One or more groups will leave with the intent of riding as a group at a target > pace. We will try to cover the same routes, albeit a shorter distance for the > slower group, so if you're struggling or want to ride at an easier pace, you > can > move back to a slower group. If you're already in the slowest group, the ride > leader will check to make sure you can make your way back alone or with > another > volunteer. You'll know within the first 7 miles whether or not you're strong > enough to maintain the pace. The general rule is that you should be able to > maintain at least a 19+mph pace for the A Group, 18mph pace for 40-50 miles > with > the B+ Group or a 16mph pace for 30-40 miles with the B Group, when > considering > which group to ride with. If you can not maintain these paces, then it is > suggested that you consider the C/B- Sunday ride. (Please refer to the link > above). > > Each group should make a concerted effort to keep the group together but there > will always be those who want to pick up the pace on the return. It is more > appropriate to do this the last 5-7 miles of a ride. The short hammer > sessions, > that are always inevitable during our rides, will not be affected. > > To find out more about pacelines, please read the link below. > > http://www.raleighgyros.com/training.htm > > Thanks, Bert -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
