CVC RIDE PREVIEW August 30-September 5 Ride Start Time for Saturday Because of the pending heat, all Saturday rides will start at 8am! This is just for this week. Hopefully we can finish before the weather finishes us! -UPCOMING EVENTS- Labor Day Ride 8:30am at The Landing parking lot. Have a holiday ride and wish Mitch Albo happy birthday. Help celebrate the semi-official end of Summer and Mitch's end to his 30's. Route link: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5809536 Afterwards there is a no host B-day party at 12:00pm (or so) at the Public School 805: Restaurant & Bar in the Westlake Promenade Alley. Please RSVP to Jim Doane if you are planning on joining up for the party so that he can make reservations or at least alert them to our arrival. jdoane1175@msn.com Away Ride-Saturday, September 13 Ventura to Ojai and Santa Paula loop. This is a great ride with some wonderful views. So mark this date in your calendar. Routes for all levels. Details to come. Saddle Saturdays! “This seat is killing me!”. We’ve all said this at one time or another. Most of us have saddles we have purchased that worked for a while, and don’t now. Or, we’ve upgraded and now have extras just lying around. Yes, we can try a few from the local shop, but why not keep things “in the family”. So, we are going to try a bike seat co-op. Bring those bad boys to the ride start with your name and contact info on the underside of the saddle, I’ll hang onto them, keep track of who has what. Someone else can borrow and try it out. When someone decides it’s a keeper, the two parties can work out the deal. -THE RIDES- While in a group and riding in the bike lane solo, the cyclist must use the middle portion of the lane, not the white line separating the bike lane and traffic. This makes it safer for a cyclist to pass without endangering themselves by going into traffic or passing on the right which can endanger both riders. Saturday: 8:00am at The Landing parking lot (Note the start time!) Red/Orange Combo Leader: Jim Doane & Gary Silver Route link: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5788568 Gold-We are starting a new sub-level of Gold, same route, same re-grouping stops, but with a faster pace. Route link: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4826572 -Gold: 12-14 mph average pace Leader: Phil Callan -"Z" Gold 13-14+ mph average pace Leader: Cam Young Purple**-Leader: Bill Sietsema Route link: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5803525 Sunday: 9am from The Landing parking lot G.O.-Leader: Dale Smith Route link: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4818966 Social Ride-Leader: Kay Fields Route link: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/289399 Tuesday: The Landing parking lot Orange/Gold Ride-5:15pm-Leader: Dale Smith for Rock Store Ride. Racer Ride-5:30pm-Leader: Jonathan Woodbury for the Rock Store 'n more ride. MTB Ride-5:30pm-Location and route TBA. Check your emails for announcement early in the week. Wednesday: 3:45pm at The Landing parking lot Landing Ride-Discontinued until the Fall. Thursday: 5:30pm Go Thursday Ride**-Sherrie Felton leads a variety of rides that may start at the grassy park by Westlake Lake, or from various local watering holes where the group can end up with food and refreshments. Check your emails for announcement early in the week. Red Ride-From the Landing parking lot. Leader: Jonathan Woodbury, up Westlake Bl. and Little Sycamore. Routes may vary from week to week so check your emails for announcement. MTB Ride-Location and route TBA. Check your emails for announcement early in the week. ** This is considered a "no drop" ride. The ride leader will keep an eye on everyone. No one is left behind. 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 & 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. It is mandatory to have & wear a helmet. It is the rider's responsibility to ensure that the helmet is in good condition (check expiration on helmet inner tag) and that your bike is in working condition as well. That’s all for now, folks. Have a great week! Cameron “Cam” Young CVC Ride Director 805-217-6659 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.
