NCBC JANUARY '06 Ride Calendar

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January rides
Date	Day	Time	Dist	Pace	Leader	Phone	Starting Location	Comments
1	Sun	10:00	62	19-20	Tom Sheffield	248-5817	Pleasant Union School	New Year's Day Metric. 100km route with many options for shorter distances. One break at the Citgo store at Wilton, which is about 50km into the route. Any form of precipitation cancels the ride. Cue sheets will be provided.
22	Sun	1 PM	35			847-8437	Smith's and Claude's House	GRITS Tandem Ride: 3rd Annual GRITS planning session Ride Time: 1PM Planning meeting starting at 4PM. Topics for the meeting include -- Ride Planning for this year -- Progress report on the STR 2006 planning Home made goodies to eat with Hot Tea and Hot chocolate to warm up after the ride
Notes: Starting locations are described in the NCBC ride starting locations page. Additional information on area century rides is listed on the NCBC century calendar page. New entries (not listed in the newsletter) are shaded green. Pace of pick-up rides is at riders' discretion; riders are encouraged to discuss pace before starting.

Day	Time	Dist	Pace	Leader	Phone	Starting Location	Comments
Weekly Rides
Thur	6:30 PM	1h 15		Steve Levine	461-0066	Cycling Spoken Here Cary	Free indoor training! Bring your own trainer or rollers. Steve leads the session every Thursday with a different workout. RSVP preferred but not required.
Sat	9:00am	30-50	14-16 17-19	Tony Santalucia		Pleasant Union School	Ride breaks into 2 groups Goals are camaraderie and exercise in that order. Please check our website to see if there are any changes to the ride schedule. Go to Gyro's Web site
Sat Sun	9:30am	50-60	20-22+			Mission Valley
Sat	9:30am	55-70	*			Blue Jay Point Park	Pick-up ride (Road Dog rules, we only drop our friends!).
Sat	9:30	54	19+ 17 Tempo 15-16	Pick up	461-0066	Cycling Spoken Here Cary	Three Groups: 19+Year-round ride. Always a large group, attack the hills and challenge yourself. 17 Tempo: Organized tempo ride of 17-18 mph 15-16: This is a spin ride for beginners and those wanting a slower evenly paced group. Cue sheets provided for all our saturday rides.
Sun	9:30am	35-50	17-18	Mike Wallace Kim Kimbrell		Blue Jay Point Park	Recovery pace ... Various routes
Sun	10:00am	~ 3Hrs	19-20	Pick up Ride		Blue Jay Point Park	Tempo Pace No sprints no attacks just good steady Tempo pace
Sun	9:00am	2-3 hours	17-19	Ed Brenton Jon Cochran		Food Lion Rolesville	Rolling hills pick-up ride No drop, recovery-pace
Sun	9:00am	40-60	17-20	The Spin Cycle http://www.thespincycle.com/		Spin Cycle at Salt Box Village	Two groups.
Sun	10:00	30	16-18	Todd Spain		Cycling Spoken Here Cary	Come and enjoy your Sunday morning ride with Todd. This is our most popular ride with huge groups of fun riders every Sunday. A well established ride. Plan to average 16 plus with this group. If the quicker tempo is not what you are looking for...we split into 2 groups along the way.
Sun	9:00	32	~16	Raleigh Gyros			Sunday Gyro Beginner Ride
varies	varies	10-40	10-15 No drop	Zonda Hillman			Informal/pick up ride for those who prefer to ride at a more relaxed pace, enjoy themselves and support one another. New cyclists are welcomed or returning cyclists may use this group as a springboard to increase their skills then advance to faster groups. At least one person will ride at the pace of the slowest rider. We may split up into two groups to accommodate everyone. Ride pace and distance may increase as the season progresses. You will need to check our website to see when and where we are riding, see http://www.SlowSpokes.net or NCBC community forum, subcultures, Slow Spokes at http://forum.ncbikeclub.info Beginner: 6 - 15 miles, 9-10 mph D: 20 - 40 miles 10-12 mph C: 30 - 40 miles, 13-15 mph

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