Start of 2026 Season

Pete is on top of the leaderboard with 300 miles of great riding in Arizona. We need to start a SSB camp in Tucson. Let’s make it happen in 2026.

This weekend will feature cooler temperatures as we start our rides.
NWS is predicting the following. Ride start time is 9AM.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. North wind around 9 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts

Saturday Coastal – https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1199460
Sunday 48 – https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1760026

Please register on the Strava page for the rides.
Thanks!

This weekend

Good morning! This weekend is coming quick. National Weather is predicting good weather. Most are registering for the Hanover 48. Potential coffee shop stop might be in Marshfield.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/2078860 InBetweeners Coastal Loop
https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/950499 Hanover 48

Next weekend, we will have a Halifax ride on Sunday.

Power Pedals

Some of us have the Garmin Power Pedals of different editions. They keep releasing new versions which promise to fix the bugs. The battery issue – they recommend to use 2 cells, when one larger cell can be used instead – is probably one of the bizarre things about the Garmin Power Pedals. Probably, the worse thing was them using plastic threads with their metal screw in caps on many power pedals. This renders them unreliable.

One member has the Favero pedals in Look. The New Favero in SPD are available, now. DC Rainmaker reviewed them. Check it out at https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/favero-assioma-pro-rs-spd-sl-power-meter-pedals-review.html

This weekend

National Weather is predicting warm weather and rain on Saturday afternoon. This means the morning is clear. I will be riding.

Saturday Coastal Loop InBetweeners
https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/2078860

Saturday Marshfield
https://strava.app.link/kQlCJUPITTb b/c
https://strava.app.link/gKrCWTWITTb A/B

Sunday Halifax b/c
https://strava.app.link/t0WgCtZITTb

Please register on the Strava.

2025 Rides

The Coastal Loop and Marshfield Hills rides have started again for 2025. The Halifax routes return in April as well.

PMC:  Steve Ropes and Wesley Brooks are each riding the full Pan Mass Challenge this year.  Steve’s page is at https://profile.pmc.org/SR0383.  Wes’s page is at https://profile.pmc.org/WB0117.

QUABBIN: We will roll the Quabbin loop on 6/22/25.  This ride gains our highest VAM rating of the year.  This is a fun tour.  Please register on Strava. The Tour goes on some good rollers around the Quabbin.  We will meet for lunch at the Steaming Tender after the ride.

WESTPORT: Our club century will be on August 3.  This is essentially a self supported tour.  We will stop at coffee shops and convenience stores.  We hope to have several speed groups that will stay together and support each other.  Please register on the strava.

P2P: We will have our annual club ride  from Plymouth to Provincetown on August 30.  Please register on the Strava Page. This will be the 8th consecutive year.  Many thanks go to Steve Ropes for making 2024 P2P a success.  Tracy Hubbard, Liz Malone, and Vito Visconte have helped for many years as well.  We are always looking for new people to help run the club events.  Help make it your own!

Upcoming Events:
Quabbin (6/22/25): https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1902667
Westport (8/3/25): https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1960952
P2P (8/30/25): https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1940335