This Friday is the last day of August! Can you believe it? This week’s floater ride will be led by Randy and Anita, at 10am and doing a loop starting at Kings Field in Port Hope. They’ll take people to Newcastle and back in a loop (not an out-and-back). Level 3 pace. 50-65km total distance. Please leave a comment to let them know you plan to ride so they can prepare.

Start time: 10am
Ride Leader: Randy and Anita
Route Map: Link to route map here on Ride with GPS
Start Location: Kings Field, Victoria St. in Port Hope (west end)

Tuesday August 28: Level 4 (35k)

Weather diverted us from doing this one last week, so we’ll do it this Tuesday. Time to climb some hills! That includes the Jamieson Twins. But hey, it’s late in the season, so you are strong! We have 114 minutes of daylight, so we’re going for some speed too! And, this one doesn’t include Bickle Hill so it’s all good.
Start time: 6:00
Sunset: 7:54pm
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Route map: 35km “Hills o Plenty” route map link on Ride with GPS
Start location: Hamilton Township Municipal Offices on Burnham St.

Thursday August 30: Level 4 (36k)

There are no crazy climbs on this route (just 245m), so you can go for some speed again! Believe it or not….4 minutes less daylight than just two days earlier!
Start time: 6:00
Sunset: 7:50pm
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Route map: “Uphill Downhill (36km)” link to route map on Ride with GPS
Start location: Cobourg Memorial Arena on Furnace St.

This week’s Floater Ride is going to be about 65km, and we’ll be doing a modified version of the Peterborough Classic Route 3a “Hills, Views and Pastries”. We will start at Squirrel Creek Conservation area. Route map will be posted here by Thursday. This route claims to have some hills to add a little challenge, so we’ll call this one a Level 3+. We will ride together as a group however, and we won’t drop anyone. See you there!

Start time: 10am
Ride Leader: Randy and Anita
Route map: Peterborough Classic 3a, Start from Squirrel Creek link to map on Ride with GPS
Start location: Squirrel Creek Conservation Area on Wallace Point Rd.

Tuesday August 21: Level 4 (35k)

Time to climb some hills! That includes the Jamieson Twins. But hey, it’s late in the season, so you are strong! We have 126 minutes of daylight, so we’re going for some speed too! And, this one doesn’t include Bickle Hill so it’s all good.
Start time: 6:00
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Sunset: 8:06pm
Route map: 35km “Hills o Plenty” route map link on Ride with GPS
Start location: Hamilton Township Municipal Offices on Burnham St.

Thursday August 23: Level 4 (44k)

Ha! We skipped out on Bickle Hill on Tuesday but we re doing it Thursday. Approaching from the East side so it’s a little less steep. 🙀
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start time: 6:00
Sunset: 8:02pm
Route map: link on Ride with GPS
Start location: Parking lot at Cobourg Dog park on Ontario St.

Tuesday August 14: Level 4 (44k)

We have just two hours and 17 minutes of daylight (yep, 7 minutes shorter than last week).  So, be sure your lights are charged and ready to go!

Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start time: 6:00
Sunset: 8:17pm
Route map: Centerton and Grafton 44km route option
Start location: Cobourg Community Centre

Thursday August 16: Level 4 (37k)

This is a really nice route with rolling hills and some fun & fast downhill. If you are a fairly strong Level 3 rider you’ll likely be able to do this! We’ll make a brief stop in Harwood to re-load water bottles. It’s a great 37km route and the hills won’t kill you!
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start time: 6:00pm
Sunset: 8:14
Route Map: Link to route on Ride with GPS
Start location: Hamilton Township Offices parking lot (Burnham and Majestic Hills Rd.)

Short notice (we do apologize), but indeed there will be a Friday Floater ride tomorrow. We are going to meet at the Wicklow Beach Boat Launch parking lot and proceed toward Presqu’ile Park where we can tour around, get some ice cream and then come back. Or, if preferred we can decide to head to Lola’s in Brighton instead after Presqu’ile for a coffee and yummy treat. We can discuss tomorrow. This will be a flat-ish, easy-ish ride with the distance totalling about 55k.

Start time: 10am
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start location: Wicklow Beach Boat Launch

Might as well go Big! And with that, Randy and Anita are inviting ALL members (Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4) of both the NHCC and the Ganaraska Freewheelers for a Ride and Really Big Potluck on Sunday September 2.  (Rain date will be the following day, Monday).  If there is no fire ban in effect we’ll get the ole Bonfire burning. We’ll ride at 4:00pm and there will be distance options for everyone. We’ll ride an out-and-back route so that everyone finishes at the same time. 

Route map right here! Click here.

Here’s what you need to bring: 

• A shareable dish of some sort (don’t forget serving spoon etc.), and in true potluck style we aren’t organizing who-brings-what. Please make sure it’s ready-to-eat. We will have a number of power outlets if you need to plug in a slow cooker.
• Bring your favourite beverage, plates and utensils
• Bring a lawn chair

We’ll set up some tables outside and there are plenty of shady spots in the yard to sit and be social. If you can’t make it for the ride portion but want to partake in the Potluck you are welcome to do so. Feel free to bring your significant other.  If you are hesitating because you didn’t ride much and feel a little shy, don’t be, we’d love to have you there for some or all of the planned activities!

Ride time: 4:00pm
Potluck time: 6:00pm

RSVP: Please send us (Randy and Anita) a quick email nhcycling2010@gmail.com or simply leave a comment to let us know you’ll be there so we can plan a little.