Riding for Fun, Fitness and Friendship since 2011!

Northumberland Hills Cycling Club (NHCC) is the largest and most active cycling club centred around Cobourg, Ontario. With 100+ fun people to ride with, 11 regular season weekly rides, hiking and snowshoeing in off-season, and endless friendships to be made!

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ALL THE WHEELY FUN CLUB NEWS!

Saturday, July 8th: Cobourg Canopy Tree Tour

Please note that the meeting location has been changed to Donegan Park!

Participants are invited to enjoy a breakfast sandwich compliments of the Cobourg Farmers Market. Pick up your sandwich inside the Market Building between 8:30 and 9:00. Bicycle parking along the south side of the building.

 Join a guided leisurely 10km ride featuring Cobourg’s finest heritage trees. This tour is under the umbrella of the NHCC insurance. All members of the public are welcome to participate but non members will need to sign a waiver and pay $5 towards insurance. This is a very interesting and worthwhile tour so plan to attend!

Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 10:00 to 12:00
Meeting Location:  has been changed to Donegan Park on D’Arcy Street

Monday, July 3rd: Level 1 ride

Dennis is going to lead the Level 1 ride in beautiful Port Hope. He promises the ride will be easy with lots of time for socializing. A great way to wind down the holiday weekend!

Ride Start:  6:30
Meeting Location:  Gilmer’s Home Hardware Centre, Toronto Road, Port Hope
Ride Leader:  Dennis Benson

Ride Cancellation Notice

Weather interferes once again. The rain is not a big problem, but there is a good likelihood that thunderstorms will move in on us and that’s a safety concern so we are erring on the side of caution and cancelling tonight’s ride (Thursday June 29).

Thursday June 27: 50km EVENING Ride to Millbrook

We’re heading on up to Millbrook. Nice and simple route straight up County Rd. 10. You’ll climb slowly all the way from Welcome and then it’s going to be a zippity fast ride back down the same road. You don’t even need a route map for this one. It’s not as crazy hilly as one might think so if you are a relatively strong Level 3 rider and you have a road bike, you’ll be able to handle this one!

Start time: 6:30pm
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin
Start location: George Hamilton School parking lot in Welcome

Wed. June 28, L3 – 37km

We will be heading north from Cobourg to Bethel Grove. We will follow Bethel Grove/ Conc. #5 to Barrie Road. We will make our way south to Port Hope and then take Highway #2 back to our start point.

Start Time: 6:30
Start Location: Parkette on Carlisle Street
Ride Leader: Mike
Route Map: L3 37 km

Tues June 27, Level 2 Ride Sylvan Glen

Pam has a lovely ride for us. Please chime in if you can come and if you can sweep for the ride. She says:

“I will start my June 27th ride at the Sylvan Glen conservation parking lot in the Municipality of Port Hope.  It’s on Sylvan Glen Rd just north of Dale Rd. We’ll do a 22km route that is mostly flat and very beautiful. (Same as the one we did last year from the Canton church.) We’ll make a couple of stops to re-hydrate and check in to see how everyone’s doing. And we will have FUN!”

Start Time: 6:30 sharp
Ride Leader: Pam Tate
Start Location: Sylvan Glen Conservation Area parking lot. Municipality of Port Hope

Monday, June 26th: evening Level 1 ride

CANCELLED DUE TO IMPENDINg THUNDER STORMS

Petra will lead the Level 1 ride this evening (thanks Petra!). She is planning on taking the group eastbound to the industrial area using side streets, and returning to the Dutch Oven parking lot partly on Cty Rd 2. If anyone is up for more, she will then head west through Peace Park and over to Pebble Beach.

Date: Monday, June 26th
Time: 6:30
Meeting Location: parking lot behind the Dutch Oven
Ride Leader: Petra Hartwig

UPDATE: L2/3 Ride: Monday 26 June

Note: The start location has moved to Saint Mary’s school on Lyle Street

Description / Comment: Let’s try something different! Another out of town SP, a wiggle through the back streets of Grafton to avoid the traffic, a gentle ride up Shelter Valley, a slow climb via various back roads up to Scots Line, including Boomerang Rd for yet another colonial reference, and then a glorious down hill run along Hoskins and Gully back to Grafton.

Ride Leader: Allan (aka “The Old Sapper”)
Start Time: 6:30
Ride Location: Grafton Sports Complex Car Park ( north side of route 2 as you enter Grafton from Cobourg)
Route: L2/3 ADP Rampart Rampage

Thursday June 22: 57km EVENING Ride (Level 4)

Okay folks, this is one of the longest days of the year so we’ve got lots of daylight to do a 57 km ride. This Level 4 ride has some nice rolly ups and downs along Danforth, then we ride north up around Centerton and Grafton areas. We leave at 6:30 sharp, giving us 2 hours and 27 minutes till the sun sets. Unless you are super speedy and plan to ride like the wind, you’ll need lights on your bikes. Let’s hope it doesn’t rain!

Start location: Cycle Transitions (D’Arcy St.)
Start time: 6:30pm
Ride leader: Anita Macklin
Route map: Printable “CT, Centerton and Grafton” map here, or link to it on Ride with GPS