SUMMER SOUND SERIES – FREE CONCERTS ON PIER 3

Friday July 17th. 
Meet at Parking lot behind Pub 99 in Fairhaven, near radio shack, for this 5:30 start.  An easy spin over the bridge into New Bedford for the Summer Sound Series. There is a beer truck, (Miller only), ice cream and light snacks for sale on the pier.  Or like me, you could strap a cooler to your rear bike rack and give Stella a ride to the concert.

If you want to have dinner, The Black Whale restaurant is also on Pier 3.

NOTE:     Dress summer casual. No helmet or spandex necessary for this slow 3.3 mile social ride on the bike path to New Bedford.     HERE is the bike route.

NOTE 2:  BRING A BIKE LOCK

Directions.  This is the old Shaws parking lot in Fairhaven.  From rt 195, take exit 18 to Fairhaven.  Cross Rt 6 at the second traffic light.

Enter the first driveway on the right which is 99 and Cardoza’s Liquors.  Stay right in the lot and drive around the back of Cardoza’s.  Park in  the large empty lot near Radio Shack.

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Back by popular demand!

Bike ride and Yoga class. (Weather Permitting)

Saturday – July 18, 2015
– Start Time for Ride 7:30am – Yoga Class starts at 8:30am – We will be riding at 12 to 14 miles per hour.

Meet up place – Parking lot across the street from Meditech which is located at 101 Martine Street (Route 6)

The Yoga class is given by Jeff Costa who is an internationally recognized fitness and lifestyle consultant and a leading creative force in the industry. The payment for the Yoga class is by donations and the class is located at Partners Village in Westport. The ride to the class is all on-road and is 10 miles with a 20 mile round trip. Those not taking part in the class will continue to ride to Westport Point and back for refreshments at Village Partners. Make sure to roll up your yoga mat and bring it along.

Blithewold Mansion Museum Ride (Weather Permitting)

Sunday – July 19, 2015 – Start time of ride is 9:30am – Museum opens at 10am
Meet up place – Take 103 toward Warren – after Del’s Lemonade take left and park along the left. Ride will be along the bike path and on-road. Approximately 8 miles to the museum. (We have made arrangements for parking our bikes in their carriage house.

The Blithewold Mansion and garden is located in Bristol R.I. Ranked by Yankee Magazine as one of the five best public gardens in New England, Blithewold, formerly home to the Van Wickle family, is a 45-room English-style manor mansion filled with family heirlooms, framed by a series of lovely gardens and arboretum on Narragansett Bay.

I came across and article in Adventure cycling magazine about a 13 year old riding his bike cross country.  He is posting on crazyguyonabike.com and his writing style and vocabulary is a hoot.  Here is an example.

“Ferry didn’t arrive ’til 4 very tired updates later.” That is the verbatim post that I had no trouble posting last after half a day’s ride. It is all true except for ‘updates later’. There were going to be updates later, but this stupidly weak signal failed three times putting a cumulative hour and a half spent writing beautiful descriptions (you’ll have to take my word for it) down the drain. So here is a brief summary:

I rode through Eastern Virginia

The END

He also has two other journals on the site that are worth reading.

CLICK HERE for some good summer reading.

As always, click any photo for big. Click again for bigger.

I’m not sure how many times I have done the Ten Speed Spoke Longest Day of the Year ride.  Seven, maybe eight times.  During our ride in 2009 one in our group got a call from her daughter that Michael Jackson had died.  Funny how we relate stuff like that to our bike rides.

On this day, 10 Speed Spokes had a pre-ride fruit table with apples, oranges and watermelon, along with assorted flavored water and sport drinks.   At the end were were offered those things in addition to all the pizza you could eat, juices, soda, water and two coupons for locally brewed beer.

An estimated 200 riders came out on this overcast cool evening for the 18th annual ride.  There was a 45-35-25 and 15 mile option.  Knowing the city pretty well, I was able to avoid the major climb that takes the 15 and 25 miles riders to the finish line, by bailing out of the arrowed course early, giving me a 19 mile ride.  Being in the first dozen finishers also guaranteed us hot pizza and cold beer.

It was quite a thrill riding the tourist lined streets of Newport, RI and we became an instant attraction for the camera and smart phone crowd.

As the band was setting up, a man living across the street approached and asked to see the live music permit.  He knew full well they didn’t have on because it’s he who issues them.  The bike shop put up a bit of an argument to no avail and the band packed up and left before most of the riders returned.

Thursday June 25th

Ten Speed Spokes Bike Shop longest day of the year ride.

This is one of my regular annual rides.  It’s a fun ride around Newport with lots of food and activities at the end.   It’s all free.

There is also convenient free parking at 437 Broadway.  I’ll be leaving that lot to ride to the ride registration and start at 5:15.

Saturday 06/27/15 – NBW Cafe Ride (weather permitting)

• East Bay Bike Path – from Fort Hill to Bristol Bagel and back (27 miles)
• Leaves Fort Hill Parking Lot at 9:00 AM
• Contact John Nery for more details

Sunday 06/28/15 – NBW #032 – Providence Bicycle Ride

• 10, 35 & 57 mile rides
• Starts off Branch Av in Providence

Towns & Villages we travel through

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Providence – North Providence – Smithfield – Glendale – Harrisville – Mapleville – Glocester – Foster – Scituate – North Scituate – Greenville – Johnston – Esmond

Some of the landmarks we pass by

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West River – Wanskuck Park (Great Sledding) – Georgiaville Pond – Stillwater Reservoir – Wolf Hill – Clear River – Scituate Reservoir – Whipple Hill

Start:

• 10:00 AM Regular Start
• Providence, RI
• The GPS address is 75 Branch Av, Providence, RI

GPS Files – RideWithGps format (free to use)

• 10 mile route with 700 feet of climbing
• 35 mile route with 2100 feet of climbing
• 58 mile route with 3700 feet of climbing

NBW #032 – Providence Bicycle Ride
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