Tues Aug 28, Level 2 Ride:

Pam is taking us out Port Hope way with another beautiful ride. Here is her description:

“We’ll have another go at a sweet 24km loop that starts along Lakeshore Rd, then turns north and goes into the (small-ish) hills before circling back to the start point. Bring water and make sure your lights are in working order.”

Please chime in with the comments section if you are planning to ride or if you can sweep so we may expect you.

Start Time: 6 pm
Ride Leader: Pam Tate
Start Location: King’s Field Victoria St. South Port Hope

Thurs Aug 30, Level 2 Ride:

Janine is ride leading. Here is her description:” ‘Beautiful Scenic Farmland Ride’. Meet at St. Mary’s Church Parking Lot. Hwy 2, Shelter Valley Rd, King Rd, Hwy 23, Boomerang Rd, Clouston Rd, Grills, Scotts Line, Hoskins Rd, Danforth Rd, Gully Rd, Hwy 2 back to St. Mary’s Parking Lot. Make sure your lights are working and bring water. There are hills. Not to worry as we will keep together.”

Start Time: 6 pm
Ride Leader: Janine Turk
Start Location: St. Mary’s Church Parking Lot, Lyle St South, Grafton.

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Level 2+

This route (26 km) is an old favorite of mine. We will head north on Ontario St. to Cornish Hollow where then ride west on Smylie to Williamson. From Williamson we will follow Danforth Rd to Ontario Street. I drove down Williamson today and from Bickle Hill to Dale Rd—they have finished the re-surfacing, and the road is now ride-able.

Start Time: 6pm
Start Location: Arena on Furnace Street
Ride Leader: Mike

Level 3

Slightly shorter than of late (37 Km – Elevation only + 264m) but reflects less daylight hours available! Once again a bit of several previous rides all stitched together for what we hope will be another glorious escapade.

Start Time: 6:00pm (Prompt to make max use of ever shortening daylight hours)
Start Location: Hamilton Township Offices, Majestic Drive, Burhnam St (Rt 18), North of Cobourg
Ride Leader: Allan AKA “The Old Sapper”
Route: L3 ADP Redan Sundowner

Deb will lead everyone south towards the lake and maybe for ice cream so bring some money if you wish to partake!

Level 1: Monday, August 27th

Start Time: 6:00
Meeting Location: Beatrice Strong School south parking lot, Port Hope
Ride Leader: Debbie Parks

Can you believe this is the last weekday evening Level 1 ride of August? Don’t let the season slip past you. Come on out and ride!

Level 1: Wednesday, August 28th

Start Time: 6:00
Meeting location: parking lot behind Dutch Oven, Cobourg
Ride Leader: Petra Hartwig

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.

Media release- BIke Up Northumberland! 2018 – FinalBike Up Northumberland Poster 2018 (1). Bike Up Northumberland! is returning for the 4th year. This is a suppported charity bike ride with 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100km options raising money for life saving equipment for our local Cobourg and Campbellford hospitals. Our club has been closely involved since the beginning of this event with many members participating in the ride, working with Cycle Transitions in ensuring bikes are ride-ready, or volunteering as sweeps or manning the refreshment stations. David Pollack was co chair for the first year and Randy Albon succeeded him as co chair for the following two years.

One of our members, Liz Pollack will be riding on the Way to Go CMH team in memory of David. She’s participating in the 10km ride. If you are not riding, please support her or any participants raising money for our local hospitals.

Sign up today! Registrants raising $300 or more will receive an event jersey. Check out the Bike Up Northumberland website or facebook page for more information.

Call for Volunteers

I am also putting forth a call for volunteers for those not riding or any family and friends who would like to help out. This event is not possible without the fantastic support of those handing out refreshments and cheering on the riders, and the sweeps for each ride distance who make sure that everyone makes it back and receives medical or mechanical aid if required. If you can help please comment below or send an email to nhcycling2010@gmail.com.

We’re heading out of Northumberland County to explore new frontiers! Join us in Bath Ontario to ride some of the Lennox and Addington routes. There is something for every level, from enjoying the flat bike lane on Loyalist Parkway right beside the water, to a 71km route that also heads up to Napanee then to Hay Bay. There are also 109km and 76km options that we can discuss. This is Route D on the L&A County Trails guide at www.CountyTrails.com. There won’t be assigned ride leaders but it would be a huge help to know who plans to ride so that a) we know we are supposed to expect you and will watch for you in case you get a little lost or delayed getting there, and b) know that everyone has someone to ride with and knows where they are going.

The Bath Sunday Market will also be in full swing in the park from 9:30 to 2:00. Bath also hosts a grocery store and a couple of restaurants so there are opportunities to refuel.

We’ll meet north of the public washrooms in Bath Centennial Park.

Date: Sunday, August 26th
Start Time: 10:00
Meeting Location: 341 Main Street, Bath (aka #33, Loyalist Parkway) Centennial Park (South), north side of the public washrooms

Maps: Bath-Long Route printable route map, Link to long route on Ride with GPS
Bath- Medium Length Route printable route map, Link to medium route on Ride with GPS
Let us know if you hope to join us and what level you are planning to ride.

Level 2+

We will follow the L3’s up to Danforth Rd We will head head from there to Gully Rd. and will follow Highway #2 back to the start point. This route is 20 km long.

Ride Time: 6pm
Ride Start Industrial Park on Willmot
Ride Leader: Mike
Route: TBD

Level 3

Depart from Willmott Street and the route traverses the hills north-east of Baltimore

Ride Time: 6pm
Ride Start: Industrial Park on Willmot
Ride Leader: Raff or Roberto
Route: L2/3 Gabion Gaboon

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.