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

Sun Jan 3 11:39:57 EST 2016

Yes, at least 5 so far.
On Jan 3, 2016 11:37 AM, "Jim Coleman via Rides" <
rides at centralcarolinacycling.com> wrote:

> 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
>> Cc: Tommie Brock (tommielbrock at gmail.com); 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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