OK, so last Wednesday we did a bit of climbing – but the downhills made it all worthwhile!  This Monday Allan has a less hilly course plotted but a little longer, 45kms, so no worry you’ll still manage to burn up all those excess calories! The more rolling countryside to the West of Port Hope should be ideal for a great Level 3 group ride.

Ride Leader: Allan Dennis
Start time: 6:30
Sunset: 8:51pm
Route map: “Chard’s Challenge” 45km route map on Ride With GPS
Elevation: 285m
Start location: Port Hope High School parking lot

This is the last call to secure your spot for the cycling weekend with the Ganaraska Freewheelers at St. Jacobs, July 26-28. The group will visit St. Jacob’s market, cycle a few 80km-ish routes, and enjoy some social time together. There are various accommodation options including camping, university rez, and hotel, but need to be reserved. You can read more about the weekend by reading their post Information: St. Jacobs — July 26-28. If you’d like to reserve a spot or ask questions, please email Sue from the Freewheelers at  seapott@hotmail.com.

CORRECTION to the Level 3 start location. The correct start location for tonight’s ride is the Cobourg Community Centre. See you all at 6:30

This Wednesday we’ll do a combined Level 3 & 4 ride again. This means that both levels will start from the same location and the first 20km is the same for both but:
Level 3: rides 39km in a group at a casual pace with a ride leader and a sweep.
Level 4: leaves 5 minutes earlier, rides at a faster pace and completes an extra 18km. There will be a ride leader but no sweep.

It’s a great opportunity to set out with the Level 4 crowd if you feel up to it and then drop back with the Level 3 group ride if you decide to.

Ride Leader: Allan Dennis (L3), and Anita Macklin (L4)
Start time: 6:30 (L4) and 6:35 (L3)
Sunset: 8:54pm
Route maps: Level 3, 37km route map, and Level 4, 56km route map
Elevation: 346m (L3), and 482m (L4)
Start location: Parking lot at the Industrial park, 210 Willmott St. Cobourg

Correction notice: The start point for tonight’s ride was previously incorrect. The correct location is the Cobourg Community Centre.

Monday Night Group Ride! This is a straight-up Level 3 which means group ride with a leader and a sweep, riding at a casual pace, making sure the group stays together. (Note there is no Level 4 option on the Monday ride). Start in Cobourg at the Community Centre, we’ll ride up past St. Anne’s and back down Lyle St., which is always a lot of fun!

Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start time: 6:30pm
Sunset: 8:55pm
Route: (44k) Centerton and Grafton A route map link on Ride with GPS
Start location: Cobourg Community Center

NEW for July. We are trying a new format for the month of July and have Level 3 and 4s riding the same nights (Monday’s & Wednesday’s). Believe it or not, after this Wednesday the days start getting shorter!

Level 4 will depart 5mins before Level 3. Both travel the same route as far as Little Rd where Level 4s continue on with an additional 14 Km loop. Level 4s self-navigate, so be prepared with map / loaded RWGPS route. Level 3 is a normal a group ride. 

Ride Leader (Level 3 Group Ride): Allan Dennis
Start times: (Level 4, 6:30) (Level 3, 6:35)
Sunset: 8:57
Route map (Level 3, 35km): Link to route map in Ride With GPS
Route map (Level 4, 50km): Link to route map on Ride With GPS
Elevation: Level 3–269m, Level 4–390m
Start location: Cobourg Memorial Arena on Furnace St. 

Monday June 24: Level 3 Group Ride

This ride is a nice & easy-ish ride starting at Port Hope High School and heading out to the quiet roads of Hope Township. We’ve got plenty of time to get the distance in with these super-long daylight hours! 35 km ride to Osaca along some very pretty and quiet roads, returning along Lakeshore Road.

Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start time: 6:30pm
Sunset: 8:58pm
Route map: “Osaca Ride” Link to map on Ride with GPS
Elevation gain: 227m
Start location: Port Hope High School

Wednesday June 26: Level 3 Group Ride

We are well into the cycling season and the legs are hopefully feeling a little stronger and a little more confident to take on a few more hills. This is a great route but we’ll not lie there are couple of good climbs. We’ll be cycling as a group, looking out for each other as always and we’ll not leave anyone alone! There is a detour we can take if necessary – once we see how we are all doing. This is the Old Sapper’s first lead of 2019 so come and support the poor old fella!

Ride Leader: Allan Dennis (The Old Sapper)
Start time: 6:30pm
Sunset: 8:58pm
Route Map:  “Gordon’s Gallivant” Link to route map on Ride with GPS
Elevation gain: 410m
Start Point: Industrial Plaza, Wilmot St, Cobourg East

This notice affects Level 1: Please note that there is an All Levels Ride on Wednesday. Therefore, the previously posted Level 1 ride in Port Hope will not take place. Ride details for Wednesday can be found here.

Monday June 17th: Level 3 Group Ride

Lots of daylight to work with! 2 hours 26 min of available daylight to cover 40km. In the spirit of “Group Ride” we will also make sure that the group stays together. This is a nice route with some reasonable elevation that will feel really extra amazingly awesome since the sun is scheduled to shine on Monday! 
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start time: 6:30
Sunset: 8:56pm
Elevation:  257m
Route map: 40km “Grafton East” Route map on Ride With GPS
Start location: Haldimand Memorial (Grafton) Arena

Tomorrow the weather appears to be rainy in the morning so rather than cancel, if there is enough interest we will delay the start until 2:00pm and Anita will lead. Please leave a comment here if you plan to ride. We will only proceed if there are three or more riders.