In our continuing tradition of cycling and eating, Strays will ride
about 19 miles on the Gainesville Hawthorne
Trail on Tuesday evening Dec 11,
weather cooperating, followed by $2
hamburger / sausage-sub night at Market Street Pub.
Meet at 6 PM, at the grass parking
lot, next to the intersection of Angle Road (234) and the Gainesville
Hawthorne Trail, for a 6:15 pm
departure.
Strays have been authorized legal permission to ride the
trail after dark.
Full legal lighting is required for this ride. A white headlight of
minimum 5 watts or equivalent, a blinking or steady red tail light,
and a passive red rear reflector (most blinkys are also passive red
reflectors). Other reflective materials/lights, and brightly colored
clothing, are advisable and recommended.
No speed limit, this is a training ride, but mostly
hanging around 12 - 14 mph.
There will be a convenience store / rest room stop at the mid point in
Hawthorne, if desired.
For those who don't want to ride, or can't, but want to join us for
the food, we usually make it to MSP between 8
-8:30 pm. If there is heavy activity around MSP when we
arrive (drunken brawls, hoards of rowdy people, etc.) we will change the
venue to some other place on the spot. Also, if we encounter delays caused
by flats, broken lights, wild animals, ufo abductions, etc, on the
ride, we may arrive too late at MSP to order food, in which case we
will divert to some place else for dinner.
No pacelines, no racing, no wheel sucking, just a fun social
ride.
Helmets are REQUIRED on all
Strays rides, mirrors recommended, headphones
forbidden.
Safety protocols are always observed on Strays
rides
NEW RIDERS must
read the following before joining us:
Any other questions:
Rob Wilt
386-418-3794
(All calls are screened, if you identify yourself
as a GCC member, I will pick up, if home)
Cell number provided at ride start
To get to the start point at the Angle
Road & GHT intersection:
Take 26 (University Ave) east out of Gainesville
to the juncture of 26 and 20 (Hawthorne Road). Take 20 east for 5
miles. Turn right on 2082 and travel 1.25 miles. The grass lot is on
the right, in front of the bike trail, just before the intersection
of 2082 and 234. There is a rest room 1/4 mile east
of this parking area, on the Gainesville Hawthorne Trail.
To get to the Market Street Pub:
From the intersection of University and Main, go south on Main one
block and turn right, Market Street Pub is on the right in two
blocks. If you don't see us out front, be sure and look around
inside, we sometimes find a warm smoke free cubbyhole.
"I talk to the wind, but my words are all
carried away,
I talk to the wind, but the wind does
not
hear..."
-King
Crimson-