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*Upcoming Away Rides:*
May 18, Tour of Amgen/Angeles Crest
June 29, PCH coastal ride
Saturday May 4th
Ride Leader Route Miles Climb (ft.) Map
Red 9:00 AM Route to come 75 ? ? <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27880990>
from Kent
Orange 8:30 AM Route to come 50 ? ? <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/289469>
from Kent
Gold 9:00 AM Route to come 25 ? ? <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/289469>
from Kent
Meeting at Conejo Community Park
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//34.1916448,-118.8854825/@34.1916662,-118.8…
<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.1916448,-118.8854825/@34.1916662,-118.88…>
Sunday May 5th @9:00 am
Ride Leader Route Miles Climb (ft.) Map
RED Alfonzo Agoura/Kanan 39 2,821 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29860779
Orange 787.240.1332 Erbes/Carlyle
Social Kay Westlake/Kanan 20 1,097 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/17136221
818-419-1172 Agoura
Question of the week: What is the picnic ride to you? For me it’s a
fun social ride. It allows the club to give back to a few charities,
which makes me feel good. I get to eat lunch and socialize with other
members who I may not normally have the chance to. With the exception
of the rainy event a few years ago, it’s a nice spring day. I’ll
probably have my “summertime” playlist going, humming along while I
pedal. It’s a nice easy day...until Aaron gets bored and decides to
pick up the pace.
Safety Tip of the Week: Be Predictable-Group riding requires even more
attention to predictability than riding alone. Other riders expect you to
ride straight, at a constant speed, unless you indicate differently. Along
with hand signals, verbally warn cyclists of your changes in direction or
speed. The lead rider should call out “left turn,” “right turn,” “slowing,”
stopping,” etc. Announce a turn well in advance of the intersection, so
that members of the group have time to position themselves properly. Riding
in a predictable fashion
<http://www.bikeleague.org/resources/better/roadrules.php> also makes it
easier for cars to go around (and not into) you.
When riding with us:
· wear helmets and ensure your bike is in good working order
· stay in bike lanes and no more than two abreast on them; single file
otherwise
· not overlap wheels
· descend carefully! Look out for debris, animals, potholes, tight
bends, and slick spots
· pass slower riders on the left
· ride predictably: signal when changing lines and call out hazards
· avoid bunching up
· respect all traffic rules and the rights of motor vehicles,
cyclists, and pedestrians
· always use proper hand signals to indicate to drivers and other riders
your intentions
· we are a "rules of the road" cycling club
· Inclement weather policy: In the interest of safety, whenever it is
either actively raining
or the ride route has wet roads, it is our club policy to cancel a club
ride.
Club members may still choose to meet and ride in these conditions;
however, the ride will not be considered an official club ride
--
Taylor Hodoose
805-390-2200
