• Date: March 11 through September 30

• Time: each Wednesday at 6:00pm EDT !PROMPT! starts, finish at sunset.

• Location: MacGregor Village Shopping Center, South of US-64 at traffic signal immediately after US-1 splits off to Sanford.
  

• Ride Leaders:

  • "Crash Eddy" Downing
    home: 919-851-4264
    email: ohmelovelo@mindspring.com
  • David "RRR" Cole
    home: 919-362-9578
    email: dlcole@nc.rr.com

• Pace: whatever your heart can stand!

• You can ride a fixed time or distance:
  ride 1/2 your time and U-turn, or
  ride 1/2 your distance and U-turn.

• Duration/Distance

  • Distance is calculated to 18 mph average,
    bonus segment often routed,
    approximately 800 miles total for the year.

  • March 11: initial duration is 1:30,
    initial distance is 30 miles.

  • June 17: increase duration to 2:36,
    increase distance to 48 miles.

  • September 30: taper duration to 1:05,
    taper distance to 20 miles.

• All routes are out, U-turn, and return.

• Most routes start/finish on Old Raleigh Road to the West.

• Some routes start/finish on US-64/Tryon Rd/Regency to the South.

• Warmup and stay together for 5 minutes.

• No stops.

Special Events!

• March 11:  Post-ride chow&guzzle at El Dorado on FE's endless supply of 241 coupons.
• May 25, Memorial Day Monday, 9:30 AM:  Rock and Roll to the Rockin' Comet for breakfast.
• June 17:  74 KM Time Trial.
• July 15:  Smile Hill Redux.
• August 12:  Spin & Swim.
• October 7, Wednesday, 7:00 PM:  Potluck.
  
• November 14, Saturday, 10:00 AM (rain deferred):  Veteran's Day ride to Fuquay-Varina for lunch
• Crash Eddy and Rich's traditional Veteran's Day ride for Huavos Rancheros lunch
  at the oft-renamed Mexican restaurant, currently Los Tres Magueyes,
  with a celebratory stop at the grave of Revolutionary War veteran, John Norris, Jr.  Click here to view his headstone.
  Start location: Swift Creek Shopping Center.  Click here to view a map of the circuit.
  Distance: 54 miles, 37 before lunch, 17 after.
  Pace: 16 MPH no drop, + or - depending on ridership.
  
  
  

  At the gravesite of John Norris, Jr.

  Wayne, Gregg, Crash Eddy, Rich
  
  
  

  Aviator Tap House

  In September, our closest microbrew, Aviator Brewing Company, opened a nice tap house in a former Fuquay-Varina train station..  We four decided to stop here for a beer before lunch  Concluded we should add this as an annual stop in this Vets' day ride.
  
  
  

  Los Tres Magueyes

  Zonda joins us for lunch.


• December 6, Sunday, 10:00 AM:  Rock and Roll to the Rockin' Comet for breakfast