NCBC August '02 Ride Calendar

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Visitors are welcome on NCBC rides. However, we encourage you to join the club and support organizations which sponsor the rides.
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Weekly rides
Day Time Dist Pace Leader Phone Starting Location Comments
Mon thru Wed 5:45pm 25-40 19-22 Jon Buckley
jdbuckle@us.ibm.com
676-4274 Phillips 66 @ Harrington Grove Don't park in front of the store
Mon & Wed 6:00pm 30-45 19-20 Anthony Register
aregister@nc.rr.com
779-5240 Holland's United Methodist Church Located on Hwy. 1010 just past Old Stage Rd.
Mon &
Wed
6:00pm 30-40 18-20 Bo Glenn
bo@cyclingspokenhere.com

Cycling Spoken Here, Cary, NC
Tue
Thur
6:00pm 33 18-20 Ben White
benwhite@millerandlongral.com
831-2100 Cycling Spoken Here 
Apex, NC
Ride starts from CSH at Olive Chapel Shopping Center off Highway 55 at Olive Chapel Road in Apex.
Wed 6:00pm Sharp 30-50 Any David Cole
dlcole3@attglobal.net
Ed Downing
ohmelovelo@mindspring.com
362-9578 MacGregor Village Oh Melo Velo returns!
Out and back course,ride at your own pace, Different route each week. See ride summary for a prior year's announcement
Thur 5:45pm 20-25 19-21 Smith Doss
WeTandem@nc.rr.com
847-8437 Phillips 66 @ Harrington Grove Don't park in front of the store
Fri 11:30am ~20 18-20 Kevin Alexander
alexanke@us.ibm.com
224-1524 IBM rec center
Cornwallace and Davis

Sat 8:00am 20-35 15-17 James Kinn
kjameskinn@aol.com
851-5600 Parkway Pointe " Riders must call or email leader when they are on the ride"
This ride will continue through September
Sat 8:00am 30 &
50
12-15
& 20+
Floyd Cook
trifun@aol.com
773-0233 Bikeline of Garner
2668 Timbre Drive, Garner
Contact store for more info.
Sat 9:30am 45-60 19-20+ Cycling Spoken Here Staff
Cycling Spoken Here at Maynard Crossing Huge group ride. 19mph (tempo) with a 60 miles option. 20mph+ for the 60 milers.
Sat
Sun
9:30am 50-60 20-22+

Mission Valley
Sat
Sun
8:00am 55-70 *

Blue Jay Point Park Pick-up ride (Road Dog rules, we only drop our friends!).
Sun 8:30am 50-70 *     Food Lion Rolesville Rolling hills pick-up ride
Sun 9:00am 40-55 17-20 The Spin Cycle
http://www.thespincycle.com/
460-9373 Spin Cycle at Salt Box Village Two groups.
Notes:
  • Starting locations are described in the NCBC ride starting locations page.
  • Additional information on area century rides is listed on the 2002 NCBC century calendar page.
  • New entries (not listed in the newsletter) are shaded green.
  • Pace of pick-up rides is at riders' discretion; riders are encouraged to discuss pace before starting.
August rides
Date Day Time Dist Pace Leader Phone Starting Location Comments
3 Sat 07:00 ~70 19 Allan Walker
allenrwalker@mindspring.com
880-7967 Food Lion Durant Road Very hilly course, bring appropriate gearing. No riding on Durant Road required. Great training for upcoming mountain rides.
10 Sat 08:00     BikeFest 2000:
The Fifth Annual Rural Heritage Tour
(919) 687-5066 Superior Courthouse
Hillsborough, NC
Carolina Tarwheels
bikefest@tarwheels.org
www.tarwheels.org
11 Sun 09:00 30 or 50 Any "Gregg Warren" <gfwarren@mindspring.com>   Greg's House Tandem Ride
Two rides lengths one around 30 miles the second around 50.
17 Sat   100    Blue Ridge Brutal 100
West Jefferson
(336) 246-4483 Ashe Civic Center
962 Mt. Jefferson Rd
West Jefferson, N.C. 28694
www.asheciviccenter.com
This is a great ride. Nice people, nice town, nice scenery.  Lots of NCBC riders use this ride to tune-up for Bridge-to-Bridge. The route for this ride has gotten more difficult over the past few years. Last year it included over 105 miles with over 10,000 feet of climbing. 
Ride summaries from local riders
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18 Sun 8:00
7:45
7:30
18 100k 100m   Hilly Hellacious Hundred
Asheville
You must pre-register!
  Asheville
Pdf map
Really great scenery around Lake Lure. For extra credit, double your pleasure by riding both Brutal and Hellacious in the same weekend. 
Ride summaries from local riders
25 Sun 8:00 100m 18-19 David Cole
dlcole3@attglobal.net
(919) 362-9578 Harris Lake Park Raven Rock Ramble century route. Route is marked, and map and cue sheets will be provided. A few hills, but otherwise flat. At least a couple store stops.
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