[C4 Rides] C4 New Year 2016 Ride - Definite B Group

[Jim Coleman]

Is anyone doing Flowe today?


On Monday, December 28, 2015, Earnhardt, Sean via Rides <
rides at centralcarolinacycling.com> wrote:

> O.K. folks,  It's the LAST week of the 2015 year and it looks to be a bit
> wet.  Tuesday Night Loops (With a run up to 152) looks possible if it isn't
> too wet at 6:00.
>
> Anyway, short and sweet:  We officially have 2 groups to fit your speed!
> A dedicated B ride (14-16) pace and a dedicated (NO DROP) A- Ride (16.5+)
> pace.  If you are interested in EITHER ride and I haven't heard from you,
> please let me know.  I'd definitely like to get the number in the B group
> up to a definite 5 or 6 just to be able to rotate the pulling.  So far, all
> riders are interested in the 63 mile (full) route.  However, if you aren't
> opposed to taking the 4 lane from Salisbury, you can shave it down to about
> 50 if you get in trouble.
>
> Friday at 10:00 from NCRC.  Route Links at bottom of email...
>
> A- Ride:                        B Ride:
> Bruce Bickar                    Kristin Sinclair
> Sean Earnhardt                  Steve Clark
> Ben Ellington                   Doug Gold
> Shawn Fleming                   Camille Ball???
> Kris Abell
> Mike Baker
> Smitty Streetman
> Scott Trufant
> David Doolittle
> Craig Turnbull
> Matt Hartman (assuming back from vacation)
> Matt Broadway
> Joshua Gray
> Joey Arnold
> James Abrams
>
> Come on folks, there's more of you that I know are interested... Where are
> ya!  Looks to be 55 for most of the ride, that's not too cold!
> Interested (based on Facebook:)
> Jesus Silva
> John Glass
> Tony Funderburk
> Jeremiah Nance
> Tonia McGrew
>
> There are a few names here that are new to me.  If you know them, reach
> out to them and let them know that we'd love to have them!
>
> Thanks,
> Sean E
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnhardt, Sean
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 2:18 PM
> To: rides at centralcarolinacycling.com <javascript:;>
> Cc: Tommie Brock (tommielbrock at gmail.com <javascript:;>); Ben Ellington
> Subject: C4 New Year 2016 Ride - Update 1 week out
>
> 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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