The route for tonight is 27km with a few smallish inclines. (baby hills) If you are a Level 3 or 4 rider it’s an ideal opportunity to come out to meet and support newer riders and enjoy a nice social ride. The new batch of Can-Bike instructors-in-training will be on hand during the ride so safety and a few other cycling topics will be a theme.

Start Time: 6:30pm
Start Location: Cycle Transitions – Back Entrance (Darcy Street opposite CCC)
Ride Difficulty: Level 2+
Route Map: Printable route map with elevations or, Link on Ride with GPS
Ride leader: Anita Macklin

Hope you can all make it! We’ve got to enjoy this great cycling weather while we have it.

For those who like to plan ahead, these are non-NHCC rides, but are special cycling events taking place in our area and may be of interest to our NHCC membership.

September 20-24th, 2013: The Canadian Paramedic Memorial Ride: A 500km+ ride from Toronto to Ottawa. 4-days and 3-nights. Register for 1 or all 4 days. Registration includes an event jersey and lunch. Go for four days and the SAG truck will transport your luggage. (Registration: $100 for single day ride, $200 for entire four-day ride)

Kawarthas Northumberland Classic: September 22, 2013: A single-day cycling event benefitting the United Way. Ride the 30km route either once, twice or three times. BBQ afterward. (Registration: $43)

There will be no Thursday EVENING ride option this week. Instead, there will be an inter-club combined NHCC and Ganaraska Freewheelers ride followed by a potluck at Randy’s home (Your NHCC president) on Friday Evening. We meet at his house, head out for a ride (distances between 14 and 47k), and then upon return we’ll eat and socialize. All levels of riders are welcome and there will be suitable distances to choose from for all levels.

For the Potluck: In keeping with traditional Freewheelers fashion, please bring a dish to share (including serving utensils), your own plate & flatware, and preferred beverage.
Start time: 5:30pm
Start location: Randy’s house
Route maps:
Level 1 (14km): Printable route map here, or link to Ride with GPS
Level 2 (30km): Printable route map here, or link to Ride with GPS
Level 3,4 (47km): Printable route map here, or link to Ride with GPS
Lights required on bikes at: 8:00pm (Sunset at 8:30)

IMPORTANT: Please RSVP by commenting below if you are coming so that Randy can anticipate numbers. We don’t want to publish his address on the Big Web so if you need his address please send us a quick email and we’ll fire it off to you.

Although it’s a holiday, we’ll still head out for a Level 1 ride. We’ll just cruise around town, taking it easy and enjoying the summer evening.

Start time: 7:00pm
Start location: The park on Carlisle St. between Ewing and Westwood
Ride Leader: Anita Macklin

Not everyone wants to do a hilly hundred, and since the Thursday morning ride was cancelled due to rain, we’re just re-scheduling it for Sunday. If you start from Precious Corners the distance is 42k. Starting from The Mill a little earlier adds 8km for a 50km total.

Start Time (Level 3):9:00am sharp
Start Location (Level 3): The cemetery at Precious Corners (park along side of road)

Start Time (Level 4): 8:40am
Start Location (Level 4): The arena on Furnace St.

Route Map: Printable Route map with elevation chart or, if you are equipped with a GPS View the link on Ride with GPS
Ride leaders: Level 3: Mike McLellan

If you are planning to ride, please ensure you’ve printed out a route map and review it in advance. If you are able to lead the ride, please comment to let us know!

It’s the long weekend and that means an NHCC Century Ride. This one ain’t for the squeamish, let me tell you! There are plenty of hills (in the second half you’ll get a wee break as we take the Waterfront Trail). It’s a great 100k to get those legs ready for the next Big One, the 160k on Labour Day weekend. When your legs are screaming after this one, you can thank our wonderful NHCC President, Randy, for developing this route! 🙂

We drove the route and sourced out an optional lunch stop in Orono, a little place called the Firehall Bistro. We checked it out and it’s a quaint little diner on the main street and their menu appears to offer some decent options for cycling-minded folks like us.

Start time: 9:00am
Start location: The Mill parking lot
Route map: “Hellacious Hilly 100k” printable route map here, or link to Ride with GPS
Ride leader: Randy Albon, of course!

Please use the comment section below to get the conversation going about who’s riding, who’s planning to stop for a quick lunch break etc.

CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER WATCH

In case you can’t make it to the morning ride, there’s the Evening option but with just one start time and location. The only difference between the Level 3 and 4 will be pace, so choose accordingly. The days are definitely getting shorter so it’s essential you now have lights on your bikes for evening rides. The law requires them starting 30 minutes prior to Sunset which is why we have that handy link over in the right hand column of the website and why post the time of Sunset for longer evening rides.

Start Time:6:30pm sharp
Start Location: The cemetery at Precious Corners (park along side of road)
Route Map: Printable Route map with elevation chart or, if you are equipped with a GPS View the link on Ride with GPS
Lights Required at: 8:05pm (Sunset: 8:35pm)

The Thursday Evening Ride doesn’t provide a ride leader. Taking part in the Thursday evening ride option requires that all riders be equipped with a map, tools for replacing a flat tire should you find yourself in such an unfortunate circumstance and make an effort to ensure that you have someone to ride with. (The Buddy System!) Use the commenting section to let others know you are riding.

The forecast shows rain, but if we keep our fingers crossed that might change and if it does, here’s the plan:

Start Time (Level 3):9:00am sharp
Start Location (Level 3): The cemetery at Precious Corners (park along side of road)

Start Time (Level 4): 8:40am
Start Location (Level 4): The arena on Furnace St.

Route Map: Printable Route map with elevation chart or, if you are equipped with a GPS View the link on Ride with GPS
Ride leaders: being determined

Let us know where you’ll be starting from so we know to expect you and if you are able to lead one of the reads, please let us know!