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Come Ride With Us! The Spokane Bicycle Club is a recreational and social organization that promotes lifelong cycling for fun and health. Group rides range from leisurely 10-mile social rides to longer fitness and endurance rides, as well as occasional multi-day tours. Some rides are urban and some are in the wider Inland Northwest around Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. We offer monthly meetings showcasing cycling adventures and innovation, and we advocate for safe cycling through sponsoring and supporting cycle-positive events and activities. More about our club can be found at: www.spokanebicycleclub.org. To JOIN the Spokane Bicycle Club ($25 per year individual membership), and support our rides and bike advocacy efforts, go to Spokane Bicycle Club membership
The Club offers Zwift indoor trainer group rides four days a week Nov-Feb. Details at: SBC on Zwift
Note: Helmets are required on Club rides.
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Team Thursday: Little Garden, Charles Road, Coulee Hite Loop
Little Garden Cafe, 2901 W. Northwest BLVD, Spokane, WA, USStart Time: Meet at 9:45 for 10:00 AM rollout
Meeting Location/Address: Little Garden Café 2901 W Northwest Blvd, Spokane, WA 99205
Distance: 45 miles
Pace: 12 – 15 on flats, personal pace on climbs
Terrain: Paved roads; one very difficult climb; otherwise, typical Spokane rolling terrain. Total elevation gain +/- 2200 ft.
Route Description: Last official Team Thursday ride of the season. Let's go out with a bang! This ride will start from the Little Garden Café and follow the traditional Monday route to Sontag Park; from there, five miles along Charles Road to the beginning of the climb proper. About a mile and a half of serious climbing, with sections at +/- 13% grade. Once we get that out of the way, it’s a pleasant ride with mountain views through rural scenery, west along Charles, south along Wood and east along Coulee Hite Road, with about 10 miles of descending in the mix. We’ll connect with 7 Mile Road, then make a left along 0.8 miles of gravel to the Deep Creek Overview. Then it's back onto the Centennial Trail returning to the start along the traditional Monday route.
Note: after Sontag (mile 11), no water or food available, so plan accordingly.
Link to route map and download option: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51265484
Regroup Locations: McLellan Trailhead; Sontag Park; top of Charles; others to be determined during ride
Eat: Little Garden, post-ride
Weather cancellation: Rain/snow, high winds, other extreme conditions may cancel. Check Meetup for status updates or contact ride leader.
Ride Leader: Tim Hunt 503.880.9896
Helmets required on all SBC rides
4 attendees
Monday Riverside State Park Out and Back
2901 W Northwest Blvd, Spokane, WA, USMeet: 9:45 a.m. at Little Garden Cafe, 2901 W Northwest Blvd and North A St. Note later start time for Octobr 6 thrrough November 24.
Ride starts: 10:00 a.m.
Pace on the level: 12-14 mph (typically faster on the outbound leg due to slight slope downstream and mild SW tailwind). Because this is a recurring, out and back ride, riders are free to ride their own faster pace than posted pace if they desire. Faster riders wait for all riders at regroup point at McClellan trailhead on outbound leg.
Distance: 26 miles.
Terrrain: Mostly flat to hilly with some very short hills.
Regroup: McClellan trailhead past 7-mile, and at Nine Mile Recreation Area (snack stop).
Approximate time: 3 hours
Route Description: This is an out and back ride to Long Lake via Aubrey White Parkway, Centennial Trail, to 9-Mile Recreation Area at Long Lake/Lake Spokane.
Food, water, and clothing: Bring your own water and snacks. Drinks and food at Little Garden /cafe after ride. Dress for the conditions, which will be chilly to cold, so check forecast.
Restroom at Little Garden Cafe. Vault toilets at McClellan trailhead, N of Seven Mile bridge, CT at Carlson Rd, Sontag Park. Restroom at 9-Mile Recreation Area (open through October 31)).
Weather policy: Heavy rain, ice, snow that sticks, high winds, heavy smoke, will cancel ride.
Leader: Don Barden 206-450-3576
Note: Helmet required on all SBC ridesI
Pedal-assist E-road bikes welcome!
Link to Ride With GPS map and cue sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42570261I invite all riders not members of the Spokane Bicycle Club to join at www.Spokanebicycleclub.org
2 attendeesMonday Riverside State Park Out and Back
2901 W Northwest Blvd, Spokane, WA, USMeet: 9:45 a.m. at Little Garden Cafe, 2901 W Northwest Blvd and North A St. Note later start time for Octobr 6 thrrough November 24.
Ride starts: 10:00 a.m.
Pace on the level: 12-14 mph (typically faster on the outbound leg due to slight slope downstream and mild SW tailwind). Because this is a recurring, out and back ride, riders are free to ride their own faster pace than posted pace if they desire. Faster riders wait for all riders at regroup point at McClellan trailhead on outbound leg.
Distance: 26 miles.
Terrrain: Mostly flat to hilly with some very short hills.
Regroup: McClellan trailhead past 7-mile, and at Nine Mile Recreation Area (snack stop).
Approximate time: 3 hours
Route Description: This is an out and back ride to Long Lake via Aubrey White Parkway, Centennial Trail, to 9-Mile Recreation Area at Long Lake/Lake Spokane.
Food, water, and clothing: Bring your own water and snacks. Drinks and food at Little Garden /cafe after ride. Dress for the conditions, which will be chilly to cold, so check forecast.
Restroom at Little Garden Cafe. Vault toilets at McClellan trailhead, N of Seven Mile bridge, CT at Carlson Rd, Sontag Park. Restroom at 9-Mile Recreation Area (open through October 31)).
Weather policy: Heavy rain, ice, snow that sticks, high winds, heavy smoke, will cancel ride.
Leader: Don Barden 206-450-3576
Note: Helmet required on all SBC ridesI
Pedal-assist E-road bikes welcome!
Link to Ride With GPS map and cue sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42570261I invite all riders not members of the Spokane Bicycle Club to join at www.Spokanebicycleclub.org
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