Archives for October 2018

2018 Club Rides are History

Regularly scheduled KBC rides – on Monday and Wednesday evenings – for the 2018 riding season are a thing of the past. With the upcoming Fall time change on Sunday, Nov 4th, riding in the evenings means riding in the dark, and we’d rather not do that. Below are the folks who turned up for the final Monday Nite Ride for 2018. Great rides were had by all on a beautiful, clear and not too chilly fall evening.

It has been a great riding season. We had 33 Monday Night Rides – one was officially cancelled due to thunderstorms – and 34 Wednesday Night Rides. If we had been keeping records, we would likely find that we had a record year for rider attendance – especially in the fall. We had several summer evenings with 90+ riders at the Monday Night Ride. And, many of us don’t remember ever seeing so many riders post-Labor Day on Monday nights, especially in October.

Thank you to every cyclist who came out and rode with us, including the Tuesday Night and Friday Morning Women’s Rides. We extend an especially big thank you to everyone who served as a ride leader this year, again including the Tuesday and Friday Women’s Rides!

Regularly scheduled KBC rides for 2019 will begin asap after March 10, 2019 (at 2 in the morning!) and, based on good authority, will be even more fun and satisfying than they were this year. So…weather permitting, the next Monday Nite Ride will be on March 11, 2019. And, Wednesday Nite Rides will recommence on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Both regularly scheduled rides will continue through October 2019.

Thank you all again for riding with us! We are already looking forward to next season. Now..take a break then get in shape for next year.

Gravelmaps for groaders

Here https://gravelmap.com/#@42.4245487789684,-85.74318315429684,11,hybrid is a very cool link, brought to you by Steve Cox, via Doug Kirk, to more potential gravel routes than you could possibly imagine. So, next time you feel a hankerin’ for some groading, consult this map, ride the route you choose, record the route on your phone in Ride with GPS, and then send your route (if it’s a good one) to Dale Abbott (communications@kalamazoobicycleclub.org) for uploading to the KBC Routes Library on Ride with GPS.

KBC Forest Foliage in the Fall Ride

Forest Foliage in the Fall Ride, KBC’s annual self-supported and no-drop club ride to get out and enjoy fall colors, will take place on October 21st, rain or shine so dress for the weather.

The rides – three routes of 34, 50, and 62 miles – will start at 10:30 am from the Gun Lake Park at 124th & Patterson (https://goo.gl/maps/m8Y6fB7LA652). Donuts and Cider are the prize for everyone at the end, back at Gun Lake Park.

Here’s a link to the routes on Ride with GPS:
https://ridewithgps.com/events/67583-forest-foliage-in-the-fall-2018 You can also find links to the individual routes in the KBC Ride with GPS route library.

KBC at KVCC Wellness Fair

Representatives of the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club participated recently in the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Wellness Fair. The fair emphasized the importance of well-being in all areas of life – physical, spiritual, mental, social, etc. With KBC’s help, the fair was very successful. Approximately 400 students, staff, and faculty attended.

Paul Wells and Thom Brennan, members of KBC’s Education Committee, promoted healthy lifestyles through bicycling while “flying the colors” of KBC. Thanks Paul and Thom.