[C4 Rides] C4 New Year 2016 Ride - Update 1 week out

[Earnhardt, Sean]

Good afternoon C4 riders and also Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!

I've attached a Cue Sheet for the planned New Years Day ride and we are definitely looking at a 10:00 start time from the NC Research Center in Downtown Kannapolis.  If you are not 100% sure where that is, you should be able to find it on Google maps OR via the ride links below.  Once there, just park near the parking deck.  We need to be READY TO ROLL at 10:00; not getting there at 10:00.  If you are not there at 10:01 you will most likely start out chasing the groups.

After speaking to everyone, I'm not advertising this as an A ride per se, but an A- ride.  I'm looking for a no drop 16.5 / 17 avg. for the lead group.  This only has a little more climbing than the Sunday route and is spread over about 25 more miles so everyone that normally rides our Sat. and Sun. rides in the 16+ speed should do fine on this ride.  Having said that, there are at least 2 folks planning to do the route at closer to a 15/16 mph pace so I'm sure that they would love some company.  (If you'd like to ride slower, or know someone that would, please have them contact me so that I can get them in touch with that group of riders.)  I'd really like to see no less than 5 in that group just so folks can take turns pulling.

The extended forecast is looking like about 45 degrees at the start with 55 being the high.  I'm looking at the ride taking about 4 hours total assuming we keep the 16+ average and keep the mid-ride break to 10 minutes.

If weather turns south or either group wants to cut it short, I've included the B route as well which cuts off about 12 miles.  Granted, it's mostly the 4 lane from Salisbury but the road is wide and a lot of bikes travel that road so we should be safe if we need to take that option.

I've got commitments from many of you, but I'd like to see a few more folks join in as long as they are willing to ride the proposed paces.  Also, feel free to invite others not on this list.

If you are planning to go and haven't already said so, let me know!  If you have questions, let me know!

Thanks team, looking forward to it.
Sean Earnhardt
VP - C4

A Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11363543
B Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11425102
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