NCBC November '09 Ride Calendar

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Visitors are welcome on NCBC rides. However, we encourage you to join the club and support organizations which sponsor the rides.
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November rides
Date Time Dist Pace Leader Phone Starting Location Comments
08 9:00 30 & 50   Roy and Zelena   Eno State Park

Grits Tandem Ride: There will be two routes of roughly 50 and 35 miles with apple pie for post ride treats.

11
10am
54m
16
Ed Downing
919-851-4264
Swift Creek Shopping Center
Veteran's Day Ride to Fuquay-Varina for lunch
     Ed and Rich's traditional Veteran's Day ride for Huavos Rancheros lunch at the oft-renamed Mexican restaurant (El Dorado backup) with a celebratory stop at the grave of Revolutionary War veteran, John Norris, Jr.
      Distance: 54 miles, 37 before lunch, 17 after.
      Pace: 16 MPH no drop, + or - depending on ridership.
      Other: Any temperature, but not in the rain
Read more about it at the Oh Melo Velo web site.
 
14
10am
54m
16
Ed Downing
919-851-4264
Swift Creek Shopping Center
Veteran's Day Ride (Rain Date) to Fuquay-Varina for lunch
     Ed and Rich's traditional Veteran's Day ride for Huavos Rancheros lunch at the oft-renamed Mexican restaurant (El Dorado backup) with a celebratory stop at the grave of Revolutionary War veteran, John Norris, Jr.
      Distance: 54 miles, 37 before lunch, 17 after.
      Pace: 16 MPH no drop, + or - depending on ridership.
      Other: Any temperature, but not in the rain
Read more about it at the Oh Melo Velo web site.
 
26
10am
50
16-17
Kevin & Friederike Jayes
919-380-3380
Apex Town Hall
Oh Melo Velo Special Thanksgiving "Earn-Your-Turkey Ride". Pre-TG supper caloric burn.

16-17mph overall average; regroup after hills; otherwise no-drop.

Any form of precipitation cancels the ride, but temperature is not a factor.

Start at Apex Town Hall, corner of N. Mason St/Laura Duncan Road and Old Raleigh Road.
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.

Weekly Rides
Day Time Dist Pace Leader Phone Starting Location Comments
Mon 9:30 AM 20-30 15-17 Roxane Roberts, and Billie Ellis   TREK Bicycle Store
 

Mom's On the Move ride: This ride for women only, but not just mom's.  A 10% discount for baby sitting has been arranged at Right Time Kids (www.righttimekids.com) that is nearby on Durant Road.  The ride will leave from Trek Bicycles of Raleigh.

Sat 8:00 AM ~65 22+     Phillips 66 @ Harrington Grove Pickup ride
Sat Varies 50-100 17-19
19+
Tony Santalucia   Pleasant Union School

Go to the Gyro's Forum page of our website to check the weekly posting of our rides.
 

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 9:30 62 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 9:00 35-40 19 Allen Walker   Food Lion Rolesville Rolling hills pick-up ride
Sun 9:00 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 35-45 17 & 19 thesundayride   The Bicycle Chain, Hwy 55 & Jenks Rd, Apex Routes vary each week, 35-45 miles. Breakaways regroup at designated
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Sun 9:00 32 ~16 Raleigh Gyros     Sunday Gyro Recovery Ride
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