Weekend Ride Route Summary SATURDAY All rides meet & depart from "The Landing" parking lot at the South End of Westlake Lake. Please park in the middle lanes away from the homes on the East side of the lot. 8:30am at The Landing. Red Ride, Leader: Taylor Hodoose Decker, Lil Sycamore and Encinal: Triunfo/Westlake/Mulholland/Lil Sycamore/Mulholland/PCH/Encinal/Rock Store/Cornell/Agoura Route link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/17471470> Orange Ride, Leader: Gary Silver Decker, Encinal and Latigo: Triunfo/Westlake/Mulholland/Encinal/PCH/Latigo/Calimigos Ranch/Mulholland/Westlake/Agoura/Lakeview Route Link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14912792> Gold Ride, Leaders: Sharon Campise and Lisa Gutman Hidden Valley and Santa Rosa: Triunfo/Westlake/Potrero/Lake Sherwood/HIdden Valley/Lynn/CSU/Lewis/Santa Rosa/Read/Olsen/Pederson Route Link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/10180298> SUNDAY - Mother's Day Combine Ride All rides meet & depart from "The Landing" parking lot at the South End of Westlake Lake. Please park in the middle lanes away from the homes on the East side of the lot. 9:00am at The Landing. Club Combined Ride, Leader: Kay Fields and Bart Ziegler Hidden Valley, Lake Malibu and optional Rock Store: We will ride out to the Horse Stables in Hidden Valley with the harder ride doing Treasure Hill, then a return to Westlake for laps or continuing south to Cornell and Lake Malibu. Those wanting a longer ride will continue onto the Rock Store, while those pressed for time can return down Cornell and Agoura. This will allow you to ride 22, 35 or 51 miles. Main 35 Route link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21060777> Longer 51 Route link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21060853> WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT Hey CVC, We have a perfect weekend forecast for riding, with clear skies and temps in the 60's and 70s. Remember the sunscreen though. It's blazing sun time of the year. On Saturday we have three rides. The Red Ride is heading up Westlake to Lil Sycamore, descending Mulholland, back up Encinal and over Rock Store. The Orange Ride is heading up Westlake as well, then descending Encinal to the beach and coming back up Latigo. And the Gold ride will out Hidden Valley, dropping down to CSU and going through Camarillo and back up through the Santa Rosa Valley. On Sunday in honor of Mother's Day, we'll do a fun family club combined ride that can be adapted to your schedule. We'll head out Hidden Valley together, let the rockets run up Treasure Hill while the rest of us go directly to the stables area. Then we will loop back over Sherwood and you can finish with a lake lap, or continue with us up Cornell for a loop around Lake Malibu. If you have time and want a little more, you can continue up over the Rock Store. Bring mom. She'll love the view : ) We've also got midweek rides Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, including the our famous Rock Store Race Ride (with moderat-paced options), a Wednesday afternoon spin with Sheri and destination rides Tuesday and Thursday mornings. When riding with your groups, please be very verbal and watch for debris in the bike lanes. Always warn riders behind you of everything approaching! You are their eyes when you are on the front. Our Purple and Newcomer rides are getting a good turn-out. Please help spread the word and bring friends! Our next Purple ride is scheduled for May 20th. We can also put together a Purple ride anytime. Contact me or Sheri. Come join us and bring family and friends. Let me know if I can help with anything bike or ride-related. I always have extra gear, nutrition, supplies and my toolbox, pump, etc. And let's ride! Bart Ziegler Ride Director Conejo Valley Cyclists UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, May 17th The Ride of Silence (ROS) will be held at The Lakes in Thousand Oaks (2200 e. Thousand oaks Blvd). We encourage everyone to participate and to bring one or two people. The ride is an easy, slow paced 10 miles. The Thousand Oaks Motor Officers “hold” all the intersections so there is no stopping for any red lights. The ride starts at 5:45pm and is over at 7:30. The Ride of Silence is a yearly international bicycle ride to commemorate cyclists killed or injured while riding on public roads. It helps to raise awareness among motorists of the dangers they pose to cyclists. REGULAR WEEKLY CLUB RIDES Tuesday: Morning Ride - Leaders Susan Ashby and Sherrie Felton 9:00am rollout from The Landing parking lot. Hidden Valley and Santa Rosa route. Route link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/10180298> Come and join us. There is little traffic at this time. Evening Ride - Rock Store Loop, Leader - Jonathan Woodbury. Moderate-paced group leaves at 5:15 and race-pace group leaves at 5:30pm from the Landings parking lot. The route is the Rock Store loop with or without Upper Encinal. Warm-up pace along Agoura and fast after the turn onto Cornell. Re-group at the Encinal Y for a few minutes. Sunset is about 7:45 pm so we have about 55 minutes from the Encinal Y to sunset. Wednesday: Ride Leader - Sheri Leiken 3:45pm at The Landing parking lot. Please join us for a mid-week ride Wednesday afternoon. Route to be determined at start. This is a Gold+ pace ride of approx. 20-25 miles. Thursday: Morning Ride - Leader Susan Ashby and David Stumpf 9:00am rollout from The Landing parking lot. 7-Minute Hill route. Route link: <https://ridewithgps.com/routes/10862130> Come and join us. There is little traffic at this time. SAFETY REMINDERS If there is a marked bike lane, cyclists may ride shoulder to shoulder. Single file otherwise. There is no three or four abreast at any time while moving.If you are wearing a CVC kit, you represent the club, so please be sure to follow the rules of the road. When riding with CVC, you agree to: * Wear a helmet and ensure my bike is in good working order. * Ride to the right, pass on the left. * Ride in the bike lane (where available) and signal when moving into another lane. * Ride no more than two abreast in the bike lane, single file on narrow roads, and avoid "Swarming" (bunching up and multiplying the chance of accidents) * Call out and point if I see a traffic hazard * Respect ALL traffic laws and the rights of all autos, bicycles, and pedestrians* Ride predictably and remind other to be safe * Be a bicycling ambassador PARKING Please remember when parking at The Landing for any weekend morning rides to park and congregate towards the far end of the lot away from the street and use the middle row. Do not park next to the homes. ADDITIONAL NOTES The Purple ride is considered a no drop. Having said that, please note that if you are falling behind or slower than the average pace, you may be dropped. All rides not asterisked are considered a "drop ride" so please understand the route before you start (and how to get back). If you get to a regrouping spot and no one is there, consider yourself dropped. As always, we will try to stick together and have a fun, safe ride. We will regroup regularly to allow everyone a chance to ride together. If for any reason you leave a group ride, please pass along the information to the ride leader. 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.
