Hello SYVCC Looks like a great week of weather coming up . Hope to see you out on the road! See Below for weekly rides and information on this year’s club TT’s. Upcoming Club Team TT Our first club Team Time Trial is just around the corner in May. This year we are going to have 3 time trial events followed by our all club BBQ in August. The events will mirror the 3 Grand Tours. May will be the Giro De SYV. July will be the Tour De SYV, and Sept will be La Vuelta of SYV. The Giro Event will be 2 weeks, The Tour De SYV will be all of July, and the Vuelta event in Sept will be 2 weeks. The first TT in May will be May 13th-May 27th. It will be in the team format, with one individual segment, and one group segment on Strava. You don’t need to do anything right now. We will send a follow up email in a couple weeks with all the details and start building the teams. See upcoming ride Club member Darren Potter is organizing. The Velogen cycling club is putting on a Bike and Burger ride on May 4th, beginning at Rincon Park with routes to either Ventura or a longer loop through prestigious Montecito and Santa Barbara. If any cyclists from SYVCC would like to attend that would be great. Multiple route options with be available to riders of all abilities. Be at the Rincon Park ready to roll at 8:29, the long route through Montecito is incredible scenic and will take 3.5 hours of steady pedaling, quicker if cyclists stay together as a group. The BBQ will have amazing burgers and the cost of the BBQ is $10 per person, which will give you a big plate of food. BBQ should be finished by 1 PM’ish. Then enjoy the time on the beach or the view of the islands. If anyone is interested, you can contact Darren at dpotter35@yahoo.com Weekly RidesCLUB RIDES (Standard Rules Apply: helmets required, no head phones in the group, obey all traffic laws) – These rides are not for our members only, so if you have friends and family in town, invite them out on one of the rides, all are welcome! Saturday A RideStart: 9:15am
Duration: 3hrs
Where to meet: Solvang Park
Description: The Valley Loop: East on 246, Armor Ranch Rd, Happy Canyon, Baseline, Roblar, Alamo Pintado, Foxen Canyon, Out to the top of Zaca Mesa, Turn Around, Zaca Station, East on 154 to Ballard , pace 18-19mph avg. Saturday B RideStart: 9:05am
Duration: 2.5hrs
Where to meet: Solvang Park Solvang
Description: This ride is not a “hammer ride”. It will be led as a “no-drop”, 14-16 mph group ride. This pace may change depending on the route and the riders who show up. The plan is for this to be a fun, intermediate, social ride, where we can stop for coffee/smoothie after or close to the end of the ride. Wednesday Ride Start: 4:15p
Duration: 90 Minutes to 2 hours
Where to Meet: Solvang Park
Description: 17-19 MPH. The route will vary week to week. The routes will be designed to be out and backs so we can regroup. We will also incorporate the TT’s when those start back up in later Spring and Summer. The Route This week: Alisal out and back to the 101. The lead group will go right at the stop sign out and back to the 101 and back on the old road. The rest of the group will go left up the climb and everyone will regroup there. Back to Solvang, regroup at the Post Office, AP to Baseline to Refugio to Quail Valley, back to Solvang, hope to see you there.
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