The Bicycle Club for South Shore, Massachsuetts
We really have a lot of club members working hard! This is wonderful. Last week, no one could beat Coach Tony. He is holding the top spot week after week. Awesome!
Rob rode another century and he is riding those left and right!! Great job!
Aaron is on the board with lots of mileage and elevation gain. Great job!
The Time Trial is moved to 06-30-17 at 7PM due to the threat of thundershowers. Norwell ride is at 8AM on Saturday. 30 and 50 mi options.
We will have a Wompatuck 24 on Tuesdays at 9AM. This will be every Tuesday throughout the summer. Paul and Judy are the ride leaders. Meet inside Wompatuck State Park. Park across the street from the official visitor’s center.
Paul and Judy will be leading the Wompatuck 24 ride every Tuesday. Heavy rain cancels. There will be a ride every Tuesday at 9AM. Meet at the Wompatuck State Park. The road through Wompy has been repaved.
This ride is in addition to the Wednesday Wompatuck rides and the “makeup” Thursday Wompatuck rides.
Bill
We learned a few things from this trip.
The trip went well. Almost everyone found the boat on time. Most parked at the lot on Depot Avenue in Falmouth. We biked down the Shining Sea bikeway towards Woodshole. We picked up Gregg and Allison at the Locust Street parking lot. Everyone purchased their tickets and we boarded the boat.
We rolled from Vineyard Haven to Oak Bluffs. We passed the lighthouse at West Chop and the MV Hospital. In Oak Bluffs we saw the gingerbread houses and the Flying Carousel. No time to stop for coffee!
We rolled along a secret Ocippolini route into the middle of island devoid of cars and onto the bike paths around the Manuel Cornelius state forest. I saw that South road is under construction, again. The pavement is constantly replaced and South road seems to take the brunt of the abusive New England winters. We found a nice path through the woods of the state forest and avoided all of the drama of South Road.
We waited at the Alley General store and VP Mike went for coffee. We had a nice break and we waited for a bit. We headed on ward to Gayhead light. We reached the town of Aquinnah. Some of us went straight up the rollers, which were shorter. Others went down the hill to Lobsterville and round the coastline of the peninsula. We met at the Gayhead lighthouse on the Aquinnah reservation.
Next, we rolled eastwards into the east wind!! Going downhill helped to preserve our average. Eric was flying down some of the roads. We had 3 guys pass our long line of 20 riders. They were tired when they reached the top of the hill. They promptly pulled over. One of them started to puke. Eric lead the line past them on the hill. Perhaps we will see those speedies on another trip.
We reached Middle Road, which has become one of
my favorites!! The pavement was smooth and the farm scenery is idyllic. The road looks daunting to the uninitiated. It has a bit of roll to it. We regrouped at the end of the road. We proceeded from there to the luncheon at the Black Dog Cafe.
See you next week at the club century.
See you next week! Norwell ride is at 8AM. Meet at the Norwell High School. 30 mile ride and 37 mile ride is planned. Look for Mike and park next to Mike.