According to Mike Colucci, Saginaw Director at Large for the Tri-City Cyclists, at the March TCC Ride planning meeting a plan was put together to have multiple scheduled weekly rides that club members can plan around. These scheduled rides would be in addition to the weekday ROMEO rides and any impromptu rides that get scheduled.
The proposed schedule that was developed at the ride planning meeting includes the following rides:
Tuesday Evening: Slaughter Fest
Meets at the Senior Center in Midland
This is a paceline ride intended for race training.
We hope to regularly have two groups
Race Group averaging 23+ mph
Fast Group averaging 20-22 mph
Ride Contact: Matt Ohl
Wednesday Evening TCC Group Ride - Tentatively starting next week Wed. April 20 (depending on weather)
Meets at the Freeland Sports Zone at 6 PM
This is a group ride meaning that the intent is to generally to stay together in groups, not leave riders behind.
We also hope to regularly have at least two groups
Main group averaging 14-16mph
Faster group riding averaging 17-18 mph (Ken Kearns is planning to lead this group)
Ride Contacts: Mike Colucci, Dave Hawn
Thursday Evening Gravel Ride
Meets at varying locations - more details TBD
Ride contact: Matt Ohl
Saturday Morning TCC Group Ride - Tenatively starting with the Tore de Sore Buns on May 7
The hope for this ride is to have multiple groups of different speeds and lengths starting from the same location. Details are still being worked out.
Monthly Friday TCC Introductory Ride
We also discussed a slower paced monthly ride intended to introduce club members and non-members to riding safely and comfortably on local roads. More details TBD
Ride Contact: Thor Brecht
Says the group, “We look forward to having you join us on rides this year. Feel free to respond to this message with questions or if you are willing to help out as a part time ride leader for any of these rides please respond to this email to let us know what ride you can help with. Also feel free to respond if there are other types of rides you would like to add to help make happen.”
For more information, see the Tri-City Cyclists website at www.tricitycyclists.org or their contact page here.