The Bicycle Club for South Shore, Massachsuetts
We will ride the Coastal route on Saturday. We roll at 9 AM from the Norwell High School.
The Hanson ride is on Sunday at 9AM. We roll from the Shaw’s Supermarket Plaza. Check out the ride details page. There is a map on Strava and you can export a TCX file. Mike Togo has prepared cue sheets. The new route is different from the 2015-2016 route. There was some road construction on the old route. We will go on a new routing that features freshly laid pavement.
Bill
The South Shore Bikers winter ride has started. This ride is great for those that want to ride to the start. New members are welcome. It is easy to reach Hanson from towns such as Duxbury or Bridgewater.
Wear your new kit jackets!
See https://www.strava.com/routes/6667249 for the route file. You can download a TCX from Strava to import into your Garmin. You Garmin(touring, 820, or 1000) can provide turn-by-turn directions.
The Hanson ride returns for the fall. We ride through the winter. Many days feature warm opportunities. 55F and a clear sunny day is a remarkable thing. Try it.
We will have 32mile and 20 mile loops for 10/9/16. We will have moderate and slower pace groups. On the following weekend we hope to have some longer distances with higher pacing; Bill will not be there on the 10/9/16 date.
See strava for a MAP and TCX file. The TCX file can provide turn by turn directions on your Garmin.
The address is 470 Liberty Street in Hanson. We park in the Shaw’s Supermarket Plaza. Look towards the eastern side of the parking lot.
We will roll promptly at 9 AM. Coffee will be after the ride.
https://www.strava.com/
We will do the coastal loop on 10-01-16 from the Norwell High School. We roll at 9AM.
Bill
Linda rode MS Global during the past week. She raised a lot of money for the Multiple Sclerosis fund. Vito was also riding as a crew chief. The South Shore Bikers were well represented.
In the picture above was Tyler Hamilton with Linda. Linda would ride with him over the past 7 days. Tyler Hamilton raced for gold in the Olympics.
We had a great ride! It started off, slow. Two riders missed the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. To be true to our word we waited for them at Oak Bluffs. We ride, together. This is touring ride, anyways.
We rolled from Oak Bluffs towards the interior of the island. We made a pass over the northern part of the Forest surrounding the island’s major airport. From there we made some zig-zags to head towards South Road. We went over some nicely laid pavement.
The wind started to collect its forces against us. There was a strong
headwind as rolled through Chilmark on the way to Aquinnah. Combined with the high humidity it made a challenge. We took a tour of Lobsterville but we did not take the bikeferry to Memensha. We headed for Gayhead lighthouse.
We stopped at the restaurant overlooking the bluffs to regroup and eat som
e hamburgers. Afterall, it was national hamburger day! We had a great tailwind on the return towards Chilmark. Those miles ticked furiouslypast. We went up Middle Road, which featured smooth pavement and a tailwind.
After the ride we stopped in Vineyard Haven for some ice cream at Murdicks.