The Saturday rides, according to Tom Stratton, Touring Director, don't start until after Rideau Lakes w/end. These tend to be remote start rides (i.e. other than Billings Bridge). There don't seem to be any details on the OBC website as yet. I guess, "Stay tuned!"
Barbara Wilson OBC member -----Original Message----- From: Randy & Lois Plunkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: May 10, 2002 5:25 AM To: OBC Mailing list Subject: Re: [obc] Back in Ottawa, need fast group rides Brian: You showed a lot of character doing a ride on a 30 pound Department store bike! In answer to your question about group rides, they are held on Sundays (which you know already), Saturdays and on Tuesday evenings. Perhaps Tuesday or Saturday might be what you are looking for. There is information on the website that also might be useful: Tuesday evening: http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/tuesday.shtml Saturday: http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/saturday.shtml Club Calendar: (Gives specific dates and times of group rides) http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/OBC_Cal/index.html Welcome back to Ottawa and I hope that helps, Randy Plunkett Brian Young wrote: > Just got back to Ottawa after 7 years away, trying to find fast group rides in > the area. Did the OBC 100K "reliability" ride with the first group last Sunday and it was the type of ride I am looking for. Unfortunately my fast bikes are in storage and I had to use my 30 pound department store bike I bought in 1973, man I got my 5 dollars worth on that ride!!! > > I have done mostly group riding and rallies with USCF cat 3/4 riders. Riding in Ottawa seems great, very bike friendly and oriented compared to Dallas Texas. There appear to be riders everywhere but no groups other that Sundays OBC, have asked several riders about this and they usually give me blank stare and mention checking out the OBC. While in Dallas I went car-less for a year, still had a choice of 12 various large to small group rides every week within 10 miles of home, generally I was riding 4 to 5 times for an average of 200-240 miles per week. > I still belong to the Greater Dallas Bicyclists club, and used to lead a Wednesday evening medium to fast training ride, would like something like that in Ottawa. > > When I started back into riding several years ago I used to ride alone, you know > the story "it builds character", but after a while I discovered riding in groups. It could have been the nature of riding in Dallas with it's high number of racers or the safety factor groups provided from the red-necks, I found it's way more INTERESTING and CHALLENGING. > > Checked out all the links on the OBC web page and none help. > > Any ideas??? > > Thanks, > Brian > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------------------- > For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 > Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb > Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter > ------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ------------------------------------------------- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
