C pace (13-14mph) ride (30.3 mi) - Saturday Aug 2, 8:10am - Wilson Park

The weather forecasts are now suggesting more rain overnight, continuing into Saturday morning. This may mean a later start for the ride.

Please be on the lookout for further messages by 6:30am Saturday. You may also want to check the Meetup listing before you head over to Wilson Park.

Ride leader (Rob) plans to maintain at least a 13mph average pace. We will ride between 12-13mph initially to make sure everyone is warmed up. Faster riders are welcome to start with us and form your own group.

Rest stop at mile 15 (on Vernon Rd, at the top of the hill, under the shade, overlooking the horse pasture).

Riders who form a separate group, or who leave the ride, are kindly asked to notify the ride leader so we don't go looking for you.

Slower riders are also welcome to bring a buddy to ride with (use the comments section to recruit same-paced riders:-).

We'll start the ride with introductions and sharing favorite safety tips, so come prepared! Look for us at the lower level parking lot (silver Ford Fusion).

The weather will finally be cooler at 68-69 degrees, but a NE wind at 10mph is forecast with gusts up to 20mph. It's hard to know exactly what the wind speeds / weather conditions might be on Saturday, so please respond to this posting with RSVP so leaders can know estimate of attendees and notify you of any updates due to weather, etc.

We'll have a few cue sheets, but please print one or download the route to your device. This ride is not for the new or inexperienced rider. You should have a road bike, be able to follow a cue sheet, be comfortable riding in a group, and managing personal hydration/nutrition.

The route is on Carolina Tarwheels home page, and here are the links:

# WP30.3 Cane Creek w/o Borland

Route (ride with GPS): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26416154
You may download this route onto your cycling computer if it supports that. Or you may use this link to print a hardcopy of the cue sheet:
[http://tarwheels.net/pdf/26416154 ](http://tarwheels.net/pdf/26416154)

This is a no-drop ride. Please do, however, have a cue sheet or have downloaded the route. I may have a couple of extra cue sheets available, please ask me.

If you have any trouble with these links, please let us know!

If you have not recently looked over our ride policies, please take a moment to consult:
http://tarwheels.net/wp/policies/

If you have not already done so, please take a minute to electronically fill out the 2025 Tarwheels ride waiver before coming out to the ride.

http://tarwheels.net/ewaiver

Current Tarwheels members need only do this ONCE a YEAR. NON MEMBERS are required to do this before EACH RIDE, so please consider becoming a member and save yourself the hassle.