* This group  ride on Labor Day is a pretty fun day of cycling and meeting lots of other cyclists. 
Any kind of bike and all levels of skill and speed are welcome .
Come ride solo or in whatever group you want. 
Feel free to bring a friend or your own group. 

* The Labor Day Ride will start from Oden Brewing Company at 802 West Gate City Blvd.  
No charge, no fees, just fun! 
Riding the 63 mile route, arrive by 7:45 AM. 
Riding any of the other routes, arrive by 8:30am.  we will start grouping up at 8:45 AM.

* No guarantee of bathrooms before the ride, but Oden has agreed to open early for us after we finish our rides, so please stick around and socialize after the ride. 
Feel free to bring food and non-alcoholic drinks for yourself and to share with new friends after the ride. 
There may be a food truck as well, but no guarantees.

* Please park in the dirt lot at 826 West Gate City Blvd.  If you do not arrive before 8:45am, I suggest you park on Tate Street or Oakland Street.  They are located just north of Oden Brewing Company on the UNCG side of the train tracks.  Due to the number of bikes being moved around by 8:40am, I doubt you will be able to drive a vehicle through the parking lot.

* At 8:45 AM we will meet at the picnic tables, for a couple announcements about how to start each route and to point out the people who will be riding at specific paces. Before coming to the picnic tables, please leave your bike on the paved parking lot by gently leaning your bike against a parked vehicle.  If you do not want bikes leaned against your vehicle, please do not park in the paved lot.

* Special thanks to all the cyclists who openly post their rides on the Triad Ride List Google Group: John Erickson, Mary and Rick Hughes, Woodie Andersen, Phil Kusiak, Carl Fenske, Tom Noll and Anjie Blount.  Also, thanks to the individuals and groups welcoming riders to their group rides: Suzanne Pezick, Cathy Thompson, Team Perpetual Motion, Kernersville Cycling Club, Mayhem Cycling, Major Taylor Cycling, CyclePaths, and the Easy Rider Groups.

* Below are the routes and the names of  cyclists that will be riding at specific paces.  You are welcome to ride with them so "NO ONE RIDES ALONE."  Search them out as soon as you arrive.   If an experienced rider is giving pre-ride instructions, please listen to what they say.  Pease look as far down the road as possible (not at the road directly in front of your bike), always converse facing forward (only look at the person next to you when you are stopped), and keep both hands on the bars as much as you possibly can. 
 

 

The 45 and 63 mile routes include seeing the Mickey Mouse Barn on your right at mile 21.8.

 

Rolling at 8:00 AM

63 miles - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44295826

Store Stop at mile 27 and mile 44.9

19-21 mph - Katie Woof and Curt Cess (Fat Tire Society)

17-18 mph - Anyone willing to help with this one?

15-16 mph - Paul and Lynne Davis (Perpetual Motion)

If anyone wants to lead a group at a different pace, please let me know.

No Sweep!

 

Rolling at 9:00 AM - 29 mile and 45 mile routes

 

43 miles: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34109953

Store stop at mile 27.  This route will break from the 29 mile route at mile 11.4

19-20 mph - Michael Amend and Scott Romine (Social Media Influencer)

17-18 mph - Felicia Higgs (Mayhem Cycling) and Ron Jones (Mayhem Cycling)

15 mph - Woodie Andersen (Cycles de ORO) and Cathy Thompson

12-14 mph - Mark Lang

No Sweep!

 

29 miles: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44284256

Store stops on this route are at 13.5 and 13.9 miles.  This route breaks from the 45 mile route at mile 11.4.

16-17 mph - Mary and Hughes (Wednesday Night Chick-fil-A rides)

14-15 mph - Cornelia Johnson and Charissa Peterman (Mayhem and CyclePaths-Two Clubs One Family)

12-13 mph -  Tom Noll (Get Your Taters On)

No Sweep!

 

Rolling at 9:10 AM - 14 mile and 17 mile routes and the 2 Hour Urban Ride

 

17 miles: Road Route to be determined in the next few days

12 - 14 mph - Mont Taitt - (CyclePaths)

Unknown pace - Treva Whittmoyer (DIY Cycling)

No Sweep, but Mont and Treva will do their best to keep their groups together.

 

Urban routes include bike paths, gravel paths, tunnels and maybe even some grass.

 

14 mile Urban Easy Rider Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48045391

Plenty of places to stop on this route.  Will include a stop at the Community Bike Shop at Barber Park, two pedestrian tunnels and a cool bicycle bridge.

Relaxed pace with regrouping - Carl Fenske (Bicycling In Greensboro)

Sweeps David Hampstead  and Sheldon Herman (Greensboro Community Bike Shop)

 

2 Hour Urban Ride - Route will be explained as you ride

13-16 mph with lots of regrouping - John Erickson (Founder and Organizer of the Saturday Suds Rides - longest running open group ride in Greensboro))

 

Remember, we are all riding at our own risk.  This ride is not associated with any company, bike shop, organization or group.  No mechanics will be on hand, no cue sheets will be available at the start, and there are no route markings on the roads.  This is simply a bike ride with friends on public roads and public property.