Dale has come up with a nice flatish Port Hope area route for this evening. It’s becoming dark quite a bit earlier these days so we will begin the Monday evening rides at 6:00 starting today. The humidity has broken and it should be a beautiful evening for a ride!
Date: Monday, August, 22nd
Time: 6:00
Meeting Location: Home Hardware parking lot, Port Hope
Level of Difficulty: 1
Ride Leader: Dale Pierce

It worked out well last week, so we’ll do it again (route planning, that is). We will leave tomorrow open to suggestions. Roberto will take the lead at 10am to get a ride going! Get the discussion started by using the comment feature to suggest a route option. It’s your chance to suggest your favourite route!

Ride Leader: Roberto Almeida
Start time: 10am
Start location: to be determined (read the comments)
Route: to be determined (read the comments)

Short notice, but if there’s anyone interested in doing a level 2+ ride tomorrow, I’ll lead a ride at 10am leaving from the Westwood Park on Carlisle. If you’d like to go out for a ride (about 90 minutes), let me know by leaving a comment. If there’s no interest, I’ll just stay home and pull weeds in the garden. Just saying…. 🙂

Start time: 10am
Start location: Westwood Park (on Carlisle St.)
Ride leader: Anita Macklin
Route: to be determined

The order for Fall jerseys is not in yet, but we do have a limited number of sleeveless and a few short sleeve
jerseys that remain in stock which we’ll bring to Boston Pizza following the All Levels Ride tonight. There will also be NHCC cotton T-shirts should you like something casual to wear around town!

Sleeveless: $60
Regular (short sleeve): $65
Long sleeve: not available tonight
T-Shirt: $10

Coming up on the weekend of September 16-18 is our two-night Township to Township Cycle Tour. A lot of work goes into the pre-planning, so whether or not it proceeds will be based on if there is enough interest.

Please take a moment to indicate if you are interested. We will make the final decision by Wednesday, August 24th.

Details: We estimate the total cost to be around $50 and the NHCC would provide two dinners, two breakfasts, one lunch, and all snacks for the rides. The first night will be spent camping in Warkworth and the Siemiaszko estate and the second night at the Louden/Reitknecht estate in Hope Township. The distance for each day will be roughly 50k. There are some hills, so we’d say the level of difficulty is expected to be Level 3. You can choose to either go self-supported and carry all your gear on your bike, or take advantage of the vehicle that will be provide to carry some gear. Note that the vehicle is not a cargo bus….there’s limited space, so we ask that people pack lightly. Departure time on Friday will be approximately 2:00pm.

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Yep, it’s hill time again. 39k of lovely, up-up-and-up! Naturally, what follows is some downhill, so it all works out in the end. Bickle Hill followed by the Jamieson Twins. You work hard in the first half of this ride and then the last half is speedy fun! Sunset occurs at 8:10pm, so lights are required on bikes at 7:40. Since daylight hours are shrinking, we’ll start this ride at 6:00 in order to allow time to finish before the sun sets.

Start time: 6:00pm
Route map: 39k printable route map here or link to it on Ride with GPS
Start location: Westwood Park

NOTICE: RIDE CANCELLED

Pam, our Tuesday Level 2 Ride Leader says:

“Let’s meet at King’s Field on Victoria St in Port Hope. From there we will head west along Lakeshore Rd. I that way, if it is hot, we can remain close to the lake and if it’s cooler, we can head north a bit and loop back to the start. No special notes except to be sure to bring lots of water and a spirit of adventure. (!)”

Please chime in and let us know that you are coming! The views of the lake are spectacular along Lakeshore Rd. If you haven’t tried this yet, you are in for a eye-spirit-exhilarating experience!

Remember your lights as dusk sneaks up quickly these days.

Start time: 6:30pm
Ride Leader: Pam Tate
Start Location: King’s Field on Victoria St in Port Hope. (Top of the hill just south of Hwy 2)
Route: Out Lakeshore and back, cheering all the way:)

It’s still hot out there so Dennis is going to incorporate and ice cream stop into Monday’s ride so bring a little money for a treat!

Date: Monday, August 15th
Time: 6:30
Level of Difficulty: 1
Meeting Location: Donegan Park
Ride Leader: Dennis Benson

It’s our monthly All Levels ride! This time we’ll populate the patio at Boston Pizza afterward and enjoy the company of other club members you may or may not have already met while sipping beer and nibbling snacks.

All Levels rides are simple: We have one route, one start time. We ride for 45 minutes along an out-and-back route then turn around and come back. Everyone arrives back at the same time, everyone rides their desired pace, and everyone is happy! Since the daylight hours are shrinking back all the time, we’ll start this one a little earlier.

Start time: 6:00pm (Ride), and 7:30pm (patio social)
Start location: Parking lot at Boston Pizza
Ride Coordinator: Anita Macklin
Route map: Printable route map here or link to it on Ride with GPS

RSVP: Hey folks, we need to make sure they reserve enough patio space for us, so please leave a comment to let us know you’ll be around for the social portion and we can make sure Boston Pizza will accommodate us.