Hello SYVCC I hope everyone’s weekend is going well. If you ordered clothing from the 2nd order, it will be on a plane from Italy tomorrow. Hopefully it will be at DR J’s in the next 10 days. We will send a update when it arrives. There is going to be a fun local cycling event at Vandenberg Space Force Base coming up. It sounds like a great low key event with both a MTB race and a Grand Fondo with a couple of options of miles. it would be fun to get a good group from the club to participate and support a local Cycling event. Here is the link to the event’s web sit https://www.vandenbergfss.com/space-country-classic/ 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 50 Miles
Where to meet: Solvang Park
Description: The Valley Loop: East on 246, Armor Ranch Rd, Happy Canyon, Baseline, Roblar, Los Olivos to Foxen Canyon, out to the top of Zaca Mesa, regroup, then down to Zaca Station, East on 154 to Ballard Canyon, or Alamo Pintado back to Solvang , 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: Brinkerhoff and Calzada out and backs by way of AP.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/1783/group_events/2000956?new=true Woman’s Saturday Ride
Start: 9:30a
Duration 2 Hours
Where to Meet: Solvang Park
Description: This ride will meet at Solvang Park every other Saturday. The next ride will be April 19th. The group that shows up will decide the route that week, or if they want to have a set regular route. Upcoming Club Team TT We are going to have 3 Team TT’s this year to coincide with the Grand Tours.
We will have an all-club party on Aug 2nd as well. Our May TT Giro D’ SYV will be from May 5th to May 18th. We will be building the teams in the next 3 weeks. Teams will be announced the week of April 28th 1 segment you can ride with others, and 1 individual segment you ride alone. Come out and give it a try, it’s a great way to meet other club members and a lot of fun. All club members are welcome to join a team. We hope to get at least 7 balanced teams of 5 riders.
Group Segment that you can ride with others. Fig Mtn Road to Neverland and Back. This will be a fast one, the road is in good shape, and you can do this with a group. We will do this on the Wednesday and Saturday rides probably a couple times.
Fig MTN Road Group Segment Out and Back
Individual Segment that you have to ride solo
This is the Jonata Frontage Road to the end on the Road. It’s off the Ave of Flags where the Zaca Creek Restaurant is.
Jonata Road Individual Segment Take a close list at the segments so you know the start and end points.
Prizes
$25 Gift Card for all members of the winning team
$15 Gift Card for all members of the 2nd place team
$5 Gift Card for all members of the 3rd place team
Fastest Man $25 Gift Card
Fastest Woman $25 Gift Card
email Jeff Thomson or Thompson Ogilvie if you’re interested in participating at:
thomsonjeff@msn.com
t.s.ogilvie@gmail.com -If you want to see who has done the route that week, click the weekly view tab on Stava for that Segment
-Ride the TT courses at least once (May 5th to May 18th) or as many times as you want.
-Upload your ride to Strava (you must have a GPS cycling computer OR use the Strava phone app to record your ride)
As a general reminder, here are a few rules we need to adhere to:
-be safe! you are responsible for your own safety
-Encourage your fellow SYVCC Members
-be a good representative of cycling in the valley (be courteous to drivers)
-time yourself with Strava if you want to see your results
-no drafting on the Individual segment, only the team one.
-Everyone is encouraged to participate no matter how fast or slow you feel, we will balance the teams so everyone team will have a shot to win!
-The last few TT’s the winning teams have been separated by less than 30 seconds, so it’s always really close.
-Star the two segments on the Strava App so you can see how you are pacing live on the segments
Good luck! For more club information check out our updated web site https://syvcc.org See the clubs Strava page info https://www.strava.com/clubs/1783
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