BFSC Ride Schedule January 28 & 29

To our BFSC riders participating in the Suwanee Bike Club's 50 miles mountain bike ride this Saturday, have a safe and fun ride.

BFSC Sunday's Road Ride Start Time changes to 9:00 AM.

With the winter cooler weather it has been suggested to change the Sunday road ride start time to 9:00 AM and match the mountain bike start time. This will allow the day to warm up a little more and maybe more road bike riders will join the Sunday ride.

Beaches Weekend Weather Forecast (observed at Mayport Naval Air Station)

Beaches First Street Cycling Ride Schedule

Saturday – 8:00 AM @ the Lodge – 40 miles

The BFSC Saturday Ride warms up together for the first 5 to 6 miles.

The Ride Pace begins to pick up quickly to the Palm Valley Bridge.

The BFSC splits into 2 groups base on Ride Pace either at the PV Bridge

Or at the Traffic Light at Crosswater Parkway & Old 210

Group 1 = Ride Pace 25+ MPH with max speed 30+
Group 2 = Ride Pace 19 – 25 MPH 
See link for the Map on the right. 
Group 1 will make Right at Crosswater Parkway. 
Group 2 will make a Left at Crosswater Parkway

  

There are TWO Optional Ride on Sunday.

9:00 AM Mountain Biking at Hanna Park

Meet at the front Parking Lot ready to ride at 9.

Entrance Fee $1.00

This is a group ride. We will regroup at the trailhead or trail fork, so that you can ride at your pace.

9:00 AM Road Ride Leaving from the Lodge – 40/50 miles

Group Ride Ride Pace = 19 – 22 MPH.
Remember this is a GROUP ride.
We will regroup when necessary for those loosing contact with the group.
We have been trying to keep everyone together back to the Palm Valley Bridge, so that everyone finishes the ride together.

BFSC Ride Schedule January 21 & 22 - Sunday Road Ride Start Time Change to 9:00 AM

BFSC Sunday's Road Ride Start Time changes to 9:00 AM.

With the winter cooler weather it has been suggested to change the Sunday road ride start time to 9:00 AM and match the mountain bike start time. This will allow the day to warm up a little more and maybe more road bike riders will join the Sunday ride.

Pro Bike Racing season has started on TV. The Tour Down Under has been on NBCSports TV (Comcast Channel 448) all week at 5:30 PM & 12:30 AM. The TDU will be on Friday, Saturday and the finish on Sunday.

If you are interested in checking out a new mountain bike or would like to try mountain biking at Hanna, Bicycle Etc. is sponsoring a TREK demo day this Sunday, January 22 at Hanna Park from 10:00 to 3:00.

Beaches Weekend Weather Forecast (observed at Mayport Naval Air Station)

The Beaches Weekend forecast is a nice warmer temperature for a change. Saturday’s 8:00 ride time forecast is 59F with an 11 mph SSW wind and Partly Sunny. Sunday’s 9:00 ride time forecast is 61F with a 6 mph SSW wind and Partly Sunny.

Beaches First Street Cycling Ride Schedule

Saturday – 8:00 AM @ the Lodge – 40 miles

The BFSC Saturday Ride warms up together for the first 5 to 6 miles.

The Ride Pace begins to pick up quickly to the Palm Valley Bridge.

The BFSC splits into 2 groups base on Ride Pace either at the PV Bridge

Or at the Traffic Light at Crosswater Parkway & Old 210

Group 1 = Ride Pace 25+ MPH with max speed 30+
Group 2 = Ride Pace 19 – 25 MPH 
See link for the Map on the right. 
Group 1 will make Right at Crosswater Parkway. 
Group 2 will make a Left at Crosswater Parkway

  

There are TWO Optional Ride on Sunday.

9:00 AM Mountain Biking at Hanna Park

Meet at the front Parking Lot ready to ride at 9.

Entrance Fee $1.00

This is a group ride. We will regroup at the trailhead or trail fork, so that you can ride at your pace.

9:00 AM Road Ride Leaving from the Lodge – 40/50 miles

Group Ride Ride Pace = 19 – 22 MPH.
Remember this is a GROUP ride.
We will regroup when necessary for those loosing contact with the group.
We have been trying to keep everyone together back to the Palm Valley Bridge, so that everyone finishes the ride together.

NBC Sports Cycling (formally Versus TV) TV Schedule - Comcast Channel 448

NBCSports.com news services

updated 2:01 p.m. ET Jan. 9, 2012

The 2012 Epic Cycle Schedule
This TV schedule is subject to change and all times are considered ET. All events are same-day delay or next-day delay except for the Tour de France, Tour of California, and USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

The Tour Down Under Classic (January 15 at 3 p.m.) and Tour Down Under (January 17-22 at 5:30 p.m.)
The first stop on the world cycling calendar, the Tour Down Under is the biggest cycling race in the southern hemisphere. Watch the heroes of the peloton as they race past Adelaide, Australia's outstanding beaches and world famous wine regions. This is your chance to get up close and personal with the best in world cycling.

Tour of Qatar: February 20 at 4:30 p.m.
As much as providing an early-season form guide for those looking to peak later in the year, Qatar is also a key stepping stone for Classics riders to reacquaint themselves with vicious cross winds and nervous bunch racing.

Tour of Oman: February 26 at 3 p.m.
Hailed as an ideal early season training ground by the cyclists, this race is a major test in endurance as well as around a loop of the ancient seaport of Sur.

Paris-Nice: March 4 at 3 p.m.; March 5-9 at 4:30 p.m.; March 10 at 3 p.m.; March 11 at 11 p.m.The 70th edition of the race offers something for every type of rider.

Criterium International: March 25 at 11 p.m.
The race, known as the "mini Tour de France," moved south to Corsica after having been held in Charleville-Mézières, in the French Ardennes, since 2001; it marked the return of top-flight cycling to the island since the Tour of Corsica disappeared in the 1980's. 

Tour of Flanders: April 2 at 11:30 p.m.
The Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris-Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI ProTour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar, and contributes to the UCI World Ranking points. It is the most important cycling race in Belgium and, along with Paris-Roubaix, the world's most important cycling race held on a single day.

Paris Roubaix: April 8 at 7 p.m.
Paris-Roubaix is one of the oldest races of the professional road cycling calendar. First run in 1896, it has been stopped only by the two world wars. The race usually leaves riders caked in mud and grit, from the cobbled roads and rutted tracks of northern France's former coal-mining region. However, this is not how this race earned the nickname l'enfer du Nord, or Hell of the North. The term was used to describe the route of the race immediately after World War I. The organisers give levels of difficulty to the cobbled sections, evaluated by length, irregularity of the cobbles and the condition of each section and its position in the race. The course passed through ruins, craters and destruction. Every year seems to bring a new controversy and greater glory to the victor. This is truly a cobbled classic race that should not be missed.

Fleche Wallonne: April 21 at 12:30 a.m.
The Flèche Wallonne is an international cycling race of one day, a classic, which takes place in Belgium during the spring. 2010 saw Team BMC'sCadel Evans resplendent in the rainbow stripes of the world champion, didn't hit the front until the last 100 meters of his victory in the northern classic.

Liege Bastogne Liege: April 22 at 12:30 a.m.
The oldest of the classics, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, draws an end to the spring racing season. La Doyenne is one of the "Monuments" of the professional racing calendar and is part of the Belgian Ardennes Classics series. Don't miss the arduous climbs riders will be facing throughout the route.

Tour de Romandie: April 24-27 at 5 p.m.; April 28 at 10 p.m.; April 29 at 10 p.m.

Amgen Tour of California: May 13 at 11 p.m.; May 14-18 at 5 p.m.; May 19 at 7 p.m.; May 20 at 6:30 p.m.
The move of this event into May two years ago allowed the Tour de France-style road race to visit locations that would not have been possible previously. Due to the incredible success, the race will remain in May to provide fans with the most action-packed, exciting race possible.

Criterium du Dauphine: June 3 at 9 p.m.; June 4-7 at 4 p.m.; June 8 at 3 p.m.; June 9 at 1 a.m.; June 10 at 7 p.m.
The Critérium du Dauphiné (before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré) is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. The race was inaugurated by a local newspaper, the Dauphiné Libéré, which gave its name to the event. For many years, organisation of the event was shared between the newspaper publishers and the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO): in 2010, the newspaper ceded all organisational responsibility to the ASO, and the race's name was abbreviated. Along with the Tour de Suisse, the Dauphiné is an important race in the lead-up to the Tour de France in July, and it is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar.

Tour de Suisse: June 9 at 2 a.m.; June 10 at 9 p.m.; June 11-16 at 5 p.m.; June 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Tour de France: June 30-July 22, times TBDThis year's race will be the 99th Tour de France and will start in Liege and end on the Champs-Elysées in Paris.

2012 Pro Cycling Challenge: August 20-25 at 4 p.m.; August  26 at 2 p.m.

Paris Tours: October 7 at 7 p.m.
Paris-Tours is a French single-day classic cycling race every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is known as the "Sprinters Classic" because it frequently ends in a bunch sprint on the 2.7 km long Avenue du Grammont, in Tours.

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BFSC Ride Schedule - January 14, 15 & 16 Monday MLK Holiday Road Ride

Monday is a MLK Federal Holiday. For those BFSC riders that have the day off, there will be a group road ride from The Lodge at 9:00 AM.

Beaches Weekend Weather Forecast (observed at Mayport Naval Air Station)

It is going to be chilly ridding on Saturday and Sunday in the low 40F ride time temperatures so dig out your winter bike clothing. Monday normal morning temperatures return.

The 8:00 AM Ride Time temperatures Saturday are 41F & 47F at 10:00 with 14 mph NW wind & Sunny. Sunday forecast is Sunny 43F/46F at 8:00/9:00 ride time with 10 mph NW wind. Monday forecast is a lot warmer 9:00 Ride Time is 53F with 13 mph E wind & Sunny.

Beaches First Street Cycling Ride Schedule

Saturday – 8:00 AM @ the Lodge – 40 miles

The BFSC Saturday Ride warms up together for the first 5 to 6 miles.

The Ride Pace begins to pick up quickly to the Palm Valley Bridge.

The BFSC splits into 2 groups base on Ride Pace either at the PV Bridge

Or at the Traffic Light at Crosswater Parkway & Old 210

Group 1 = Ride Pace 25+ MPH with max speed 30+
Group 2 = Ride Pace 19 – 25 MPH 
See link for the Map on the right. 
Group 1 will make Right at Crosswater Parkway. 
Group 2 will make a Left at Crosswater Parkway

  

There are TWO Optional Ride on Sunday.

9:00 AM Mountain Biking at Hanna Park

Meet at the front Parking Lot ready to ride at 9.

Entrance Fee $1.00

This is a group ride. We will regroup at the trailhead or trail fork, so that you can ride at your pace.

8:00 AM Road Ride Leaving from the Lodge – 40/50 miles

Group Ride Ride Pace = 19 – 22 MPH.
Remember this is a GROUP ride.
We will regroup when necessary for those loosing contact with the group.
We have been trying to keep everyone together back to the Palm Valley Bridge, so that everyone finishes the ride together.

Monday MLK Holiday

9:00 AM Road Ride Leaving from the Lodge – 40 miles

Group Ride Ride Pace = 19 – 22 MPH.
Remember this is a GROUP ride.
We will regroup when necessary for those loosing contact with the group.
We have been trying to keep everyone together back to the Palm Valley Bridge, so that everyone finishes the ride together.

19th Century - Riding Etiquette for Women

19th-Century Ride Etiquette for Women

Were the early years of organized cycling a boys club?

By Caitlin Giddings

Are you a female bike rider who races, rides centuries, or simply pedals up hills unassisted? Or a woman with a carefully cultivated “bicycle face,” who wears bright leggings, boasts of long rides and screams every time she encounters a cow? If so, according to an 1895 edition of the Newark Sunday Advocate, you are a danger to yourself and society, and you should probably stop discussing your bloomers with every man you know.

Lists of Note posted the following list of “Don’ts for Women Riders,” which was originally published on the heels of an 1895 article about the Unique Cycling Club of Chicago’s punishment of two female cyclists with the audacity to show up wearing skirts over their bloomers.

The list, which addresses a number of bloomer-related cycling gaffes, is a mix of fashion and safety advice that sheds some light on the state of women’s cycling during the American bicycle boom of the 1890s. The bicycle might have been a source of freedom during the early stages of the women’s liberation movement, but it’s clear there were still restrictions on how far and fast respectable women should ride—not to mention the advisability of garden party hats.

DON’TS FOR WOMEN RIDERS

Don’t be a fright.
Don’t faint on the road.
Don’t wear a man’s cap.
Don’t wear tight garters.
Don’t forget your toolbag
Don’t attempt a “century.”
Don’t coast. It is dangerous.
Don’t boast of your long rides.
Don’t criticize people’s “legs.”
Don’t wear loud hued leggings.
Don’t cultivate a “bicycle face.”
Don’t refuse assistance up a hill.
Don’t wear clothes that don’t fit.
Don’t neglect a “light’s out” cry.
Don’t wear jewelry while on a tour.
Don’t race. Leave that to the scorchers.
Don’t wear laced boots. They are tiresome.
Don’t imagine everybody is looking at you.
Don’t go to church in your bicycle costume.
Don’t wear a garden party hat with bloomers.
Don’t contest the right of way with cable cars.
Don’t chew gum. Exercise your jaws in private.
Don’t wear white kid gloves. Silk is the thing.
Don’t ask, “What do you think of my bloomers?”
Don’t use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys.
Don’t go out after dark without a male escort.
Don’t without a needle, thread and thimble.
Don’t try to have every article of your attire “match.”
Don’t let your golden hair be hanging down your back.
Don’t allow dear little Fido to accompany you
Don’t scratch a match on the seat of your bloomers.
Don’t discuss bloomers with every man you know.
Don’t appear in public until you have learned to ride well.
Don’t overdo things. Let cycling be a recreation, not a labor.
Don’t ignore the laws of the road because you are a woman.
Don’t try to ride in your brother’s clothes “to see how it feels.”
Don’t scream if you meet a cow. If she sees you first, she will run.
Don’t cultivate everything that is up to date because you ride a wheel.
Don’t emulate your brother’s attitude if he rides parallel with the ground.
Don’t undertake a long ride if you are not confident of performing it easily.
Don’t appear to be up on “records” and “record smashing.” That is sporty.

Read the full story at Lists of Note.

Bicycling Magazine 50 Bike Rides of a Lifetime

50 Rides of a Lifetime

We asked readers and staff to name their all-time favorite places to pedal. The result (in no particular order): classic destinations, must-do events, and two-wheeled adventures that should be on every cyclist's bucket list.

1. The Cobbles of Belgium.

Cyclists like to suffer, and the mystical mecca for pain—in the form of jaw-rattling pave—has to be Flanders. Follow the narrow roads of the spring Classics, try to summit one of the countlesshellingen (short, sharp climbs) like the fabled, 20-percent Muur van Geraardsbergen, then take solace in the fact that Belgium is also home to 450 kinds of beer.

2. Vermont's Green Mountains.
Autumn leaves—bazillions of them—flashing red, orange, and gold.

3. Slickrock Trail, Moab.

4. Pacific Coast Highway, California.
Follow Highways 1 and 101 from the Oregon border to L.A. for 800 spectacular miles.

5. Classic Climbs of the Tour de France.
Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux, Col du Tourmalet.

6. Traverse the rocky coastline of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.

7. Kingdom Trails, Vermont.

Red barns meet G-force berms on a 100-mile dirt network. (Herb Swanson/Bloomberg)

8. Ride a Bike to Work.
Wakes you up, winds you down, saves the planet.

9. Kyoto, Japan.
Preferably in early April, during cherry-blossom season. Preferably on the same mamachari("granny bikes") locals use.

10. Switzerland's National Route System.
Take No. 4 for Alpen passes; No. 1 for a mellow Rhone-side pedal all the way to Geneva.

11. The BC Bike Race.
Seven days of racing on Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast, Squamish, and Whistler singletrack. (Don't want to compete? Cover the same route on a tour with BC Bike Ride.)

12. Bordeaux, France.
Chateaux, Cru, churches.

13. A Charity Ride.
Every cyclist should pedal for a cause at least once.

14. Climb to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park.

15. Boulder, Colorado.
Take the Peak-to-Peak Highway.

16. L'Eroica.
Race 35 to 205km on Tuscany's strade bianche (white roads) in full-on retro gear—wool jersey, leather shoes, pre-1987 bike.

17. Inca Trail, Peru.
Ancient singletrack—and what may be the world's longest downhill (11,000 feet and 36 miles on the Olleros Trail).

18. Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, Cape Town, South Africa.
35,000 starters + 109km = (the best kind of) mayhem.

19. Blue Ridge Parkway.

The 469-mile Parkway climbs as high as 6,000 feet. (Kennan Harvey/Aurora Photos)

20. Rent a Beach Cruiser.
Ride it on a boardwalk. Eat an ice cream.

21. Pedal up and down Maui's Haleakala.

22. Spin along singletrack on the Continental Divide on Colorado's Monarch Crest Trail.

23. Icefields Parkway, Alberta.
Lake Louise to Jasper through the most spectacular peaks on the continent.

24. Amsterdam on a City Bike.

25. Follow American frontier history through Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi on theNatchez Trace Parkway.

26. The Ripio of the Carretera Austral, Chile, where the Pan-American Highway hits Patagonia—and turns to gravel

27. Passo Dello Stelvio.
Forty-eight hairpin turns to Italy's highest mountain pass.

28. Ireland's impossibly green Ring of Kerry.

29. Oregon's North Umpqua River Trail.
Singletrack, old-growth forests, hot springs.

30. Napa Valley, California.

31. Try a Velodrome.
The oldest? Washington Park, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The steepest? Portland, Oregon's Alpenrose.

32. Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.
4,727 feet. 72 turns. Average grade of 12 percent, with the last 100 yards kicking up to 22-plus.

33. Barrel down singletrack through tunnels of July wildflowers on Trail 401 in Crested Butte, Colorado.

34. New York's Finger Lakes.

35. The Maah Daah Hey Trail, North Dakota.
"Underplayed. Amazing," says one staffer.

36. West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Quiet roads on the island's wildest corner.

37. Ragbrai.

38. Vietnam's National Highway 1.

39. Ramble the rolling, cypress-covered hills between San Gimignano and Volterra, Italy.

40. Going-To-The-Sun Road, Glacier National Park. There are 25 glaciers left. They might be gone by 2030.

41. Hit the purpose-built trails, cafes, and bike shops of Scotland's 7stanes Mountain Bike Parks.

42. California's Glendora Ridge and Mt. Baldy Roads.

The climb up Mt. Baldy finishes with 15 switchbacks. (Chris Milliman)

43. Tour of the Moon.
The old Coors Classic stage is long gone, but the red-rock desert ride—in Colorado National Monument—is still there.

44. Follow the Danube River east past thousand-year-old villages into Vienna.

45. Paradise Royal, California.
The best new (legal) mountain-bike trail system in Humboldt County.

46. Thread through Basque Country And The Pyrenees on a Rioja-and pintxos-fueled excursion between the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean.

47. DC to Pittsburgh along The C&O Canal Trail and Great Allegheny Passage.

48. England's Lake District.

49. Namibia.
African bush, pink-orange dunes, shipwrecks. Oh, and elephants.

50. Dip your rear wheel into the Pacific and your front wheel into the Atlantic to bookend aRide Across the United States—the ultimate American cycling pilgrimage. 

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