Toy Ride - Bruce's St. Phillips to Christina Taylor Green - C-1-22
Details
“Every child should have a toy for Christmas.”
We'll meet behind the Homewood Suites in St. Phillip’s Plaza near The Loop. I'm riding a recumbent bike, and you'll see a multi-color flag streamer coming up from the seat.
Our route will start at St. Phillip’s Plaza with wheels rolling at 8:00. We’ll ride up to Christina Taylor Green Park and on the return leg, we’ll stop at the Rillito Racetrack, arriving there between 10:00 and 10:30. GABA volunteers will provide drinks and cookies, and when the festivities are over it’s only a short ride back to St. Phillip’s Plaza.
In the spirit of the holiday, you can bring a smile to the people we pass by decorating yourself and your bike.
Please bring a new unwrapped toy (or maybe even more than one) with you.
If your toy is too big to bring with you, Oro Valley Bike Shop, Sabino Cycles and many other bike shops will have toy boxes set up a couple of weeks before the ride. We’re still recruiting locations, but there will be a list on the GABA Toy Ride web page that we’ll update as we get closer to the event.
At the racetrack, The Salvation Army will provide a truck to take the toys back to their HQ in South Tucson and get them ready to give out to the kids who need them.
This is a social ride on the loop, with an easy 12-13 mph pace. You don't have to be a GABA member to ride with us, so please invite your friends.
Here's the route - Map Link
If you are not a member of our cycling club, please join: Sign Up Link
⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ Rider Information Requested ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
- If you have not sent me your contact information since January 2021, please send me: Your name, phone number, emergency contact, emergency contact phone number (NOT 911) and covid vaccination status at btucker4sos@cox.net.
- I will fill in the ride waiver prior to the ride you will just need to verify the information and sign it.
Ride Description:
• Pace: 12-14 for 33 miles
• Terrain: Flat - It's the Loop
• Elevation Gain: 407ft
• Traffic: zip, none, nada,
• Ride Type: Social - Regroup as needed
• Route: The Loop - St. Phillips to the Mercado Annex (shipping container stores)
Parking: Southern parking lot, in back of Homewood Suites
Remember to bring lots of water and hydrate before you leave the house. This is an Easy Peasy Ride and no one will be dropped intentionally.
Ride Coordinator: Bruce Tucker @ (520) 661-6210
If you sign up for the ride and are running a couple of minutes late call me on my cell at 520.661.6210 and we will wait. If you are looking for a high paced training ride, this is not it.
Bring:
• Food & fluids for 2-3 hours - 2-3 24oz Bottles or Hydration Pack.
• Bring a tube/GABA patch kit and a way to inflate.
• Be sure your bike is in good mechanical condition.
• Helmets must be worn at all times while riding.
• No ear buds! This is a safety requirement; not a request.
• Obey traffic laws. Drive your bike as you would your car.
• You are a representative of the greater cycling community and should therefore conduct yourself appropriately.
• Please represent GABA well.
GABA Ride Types:
• Social – No Drop: we ride together two abreast where conditions permit. We often have a sweep rider and no one gets intentionally dropped
• Re Group: We ride in smaller groups at our own pace and
regroup at specified points in the route
• Training Ride: The route is posted and all riders need to be self sufficient
Please select GABA rides where you are confident that you can ride the posted distance and pace.
When you are looking for a different pace or distance, contact any GABA Ride leader to request a ride. We LOVE requests!
GABA Ride Codes:
Pace
• A 20+ mph
• B+ 18-20 mph
• B 16-18 mph
• C+ 14-16 mph
• C 12-14 mph
• D 8-12
Terrain
• 1 Flat
• 2 Minor Hills
• 3 Moderate Hills
• 4 Long Climbs or Very Steep