Author: Bill O'Hara

This Weekend

Todd has been racking up the miles with more than 250 miles during the prior week. How many will it take to be king of the leaderboard on this Sunday?

Marshfield Hills Route is running. Planning to run 2 separate groups.

B group will avg 16-17.

https://strava.app.link/MqfnL9ukz5b

NWS is predicting great weather

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

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PURCHASE YOUR TICKET AT CAPTAIN JOHN’S WEBSITE. Rides rain or shine.

The club’s annual ride to Provincetown. We ride through the Cape and the take ferry back to Plymouth. Parking is at the Jenny Grist Mill parking lot. This ride is for all abilities. You must be able to reach Provincetown by 4PM. We will ride in groups, together.

There will be a SAG.

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Ride starts promptly at 7 AM. Please be in the parking lot by 6:45am. You need to have your bag in the SAG car. You will get your bag at the beach at the end of the ride. We ride past Ptown to the end of the land. We will reach the beach. The swim is worth it. Watch for sharks !!

There will be several different speed groups. You should be able to maintain a 16mph average in order to make this an enjoyable ride for you to experience. Slower riders will be in smaller groups. The ferry leaves later and allows you more time to complete the ride. We expect to have 2 major groups with rotating pacelines at 16 and 18 mph.

For our route we will use the service road. We will not ride all of the extension to the rail trail. Some of the roadways were repaved. We will be on 6A longer. We will use the bike trail in a couple of different spots.

The annual tradition as started by the V is to make a swim in the water. There are free showers at the beach. The route includes riding to the end of the Provincetown. We meet at Herring Cove beach to take the bags. There is a bit of additional riding after the beach to the restaurant.

The SAG wagon will transport 1 SMALL bag for each rider. You can have a change of clothes and a towel.

The return ferry is at McMillian Pier.

You must register for the event prior to the ride on the Strava Event. Purchase your boat ticket at https://www.captjohn.com/

Club membership page and waiver is at https://southshorebikers.com/about-the-club/dues/.

This weekend

The weather looks good for the weekend. Will run the coastal loop for 38 miles on Saturday. Start time is at 8AM. Greg ran the 48 mile course last weekend. We will run the longer course again. Plus the counterclockwise route will run in a few weeks.

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

https://strava.app.link/FOrkbn2sa5b

We are an inclusive club that welcomes new riders. We are here to ride. New members are welcome to register on the strava event and attend the ride.

This weekend

For the next few weeks we are going to focus on the Coastal loop route on Saturdays. We will have a Marshfield ride towards the end of May. We will split the Marshfield group into 2 sections. We had a good turnout for last Saturday. New and strong rider Ian lead the the pack with Justin. Kim was also crushing those hills; the training in Arizona pays off.

We had a small group ride the 30 mile course on Sunday for steady pace workout averaging 17.

NWS is predicting the following: “chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible..” It was 32F and cold at the start on the prior Saturday. For Sunday “50% chance of rain before 2pm.”

Saturday:
https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1199460 Coastal 38 B/C Group
https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/2078860 Coastal 38 Informal

Sunday:
https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/3399452320504626398 Halifax 30
https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/1760026 Halifax 48

Please register on the Strava events page. Click on the route map link and click the star button to save the maps to your bike GPS.

P2P Tentative Date is Aug 30. See https://www.strava.com/clubs/186760/group_events/3484552394878704662.