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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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THE WHEELY FUN CLUB NEWS!

NHCC Rides for the week of: Monday July 31st to Sunday August 6th

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Believe it or not, the days are already becoming shorter….quickly! Over the next 30 days we will lose 47 minutes of daylight for our evening rides. For that reason, the start times for the evening rides will move to 6:00pm.  We’ll move it again, come September. By the way, did you know that the Highway Traffic Act requires cyclists to have both front and rear lights on their bikes from 30 minutes before sunset until 30 minutes after sunrise?  Therefore, it’s going to be essential to have your lights charged up and ready to for each evening ride.  As a matter of fact, we encourage you to have your lights operating on every ride—day or night! 

This week you will also notice that Level 1s and 2s will merge rides—which is actually a lot of fun because you ride with a bigger group and meet new people! This Thursday the Level 3/4s are riding to Presqu’ile Park and back—either 42km or do a Century Ride—there are two distances to choose from, with different start times. Then on Sunday you can also choose to make the ride any distance you want because it’s out-and-back.  Easy peasy!

The Quick Facts: 

More details about all rides are found in your Cycle Club account Events page.

Tuesday August 1st: Evening Ride

Level 1, and 2 (Start time: 6:00pm)
Start location: King’s Field – 28 Victoria St. S, Port Hope

Level 3/4 (Start time: 6:00pm)
Start location: Baltimore Recreation Centre, 23 Community Centre Rd., Baltimore.

Thursday August 3rd: Morning Ride

Level 1, and 2 (Start time: 9:30am)
Start location: Haldimand Community Memorial Arena, 10766 County Rd 2, Grafton

Level 3/4 (Start time: 9:00am or 10:00am—depending on distance)
Start location, 100km (9am): Cobourg Memorial Arena, 206 Furnace St., Cobourg
Start location, 42 km (10am): Keeler Centre, 80 Division St, Colborne

Thursday August 3rd: EVENING Ride (Level 3/4 only)

Level 3/4 (Start time: 6:00pm): 
Start location: McDonald Trailhead, Northumberland County Forest, 507 McDonald Rd, Grafton (about 2Km north of Centreton Road)

Sunday August 6th: Morning Ride

Level 1/2 (Start time: 9:30am)
Start location: Diamond Head Industrial Mall Inc. – 210 Willmott St, Cobourg

Level 3/4 (Start time: 9:30am)
Start location:“Hastings Pisces Park”, 5 Dit Clapper Dr, Hastings

RSVP: 
Members only: Please let ride leaders know you are in, using your Cycle Club Account.  
Guests: Those wishing to ride as our guest may leave a comment on the website to let us know you are coming. Please bring a signed Guest Waiver with you (available in the right-hand column of our website)

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