Notes on What’s Happening Soon

First The Contest Announcement!

It was a tough process, going through all the tens and dozens of entries, but we burned some midnight oil, and we are happy to announce, we have a WINNER!

Here’s the results:

2^nd Honorable Mention (no prize awarded): Alan B. For forgoing cycling in order to bring a new member into the fold.

1^st Honorable Mention (no prize awarded):  Brad F.  For buying a new bike and using it instead of going on vacation.

Grand Prize  Steven C.  Steve will be contacted, and a suitable award ceremony arranged.  Steve will receive the Walz Special Edition Japan Relief Cycling Cap.  Hopefully, we will be able to publish a picture or two, and the winning entry in the very near future.  Congratulations Steve!

RIDE STUFF!

Mid-Summer’s Eve Celebration Night Ride:

This one goes in less than a week.  Next Monday, 1 August, we’ll go out and howl at the moon.  (Naked dancing around the fire is completely optional.)  Details below.

Mid-Summer’s Eve (Lughnasad)

Where:  Senoia, GA.  The parking lot on Seavy St.  (Brick lot, behind Maguire’s)

Date:  Monday 1 August

Time:  7:30 PM (sharp)

Distance/Pace: approx 45 miles, about 3 hours

Requirements/Conditions: Group will stay together.  Headlights, tail lights, reflective sash or vest, reflective ankle bands, Helmets.  Dress for the weather. Ride goes Rain or Shine.

ORIGINAL ROUTE 3 GAP RIDE:

A week from this coming Thursday.  That’s on 4 August.  Details below.

We’ll ride the traditional “south triple,” with a start/finish in Dahlonega.  We’ll do this one with one bit of a difference.  Find your parking where you will, but ride to the Courthouse Square.  We’ll use the Square as a Rally Point for the start and finish.  Meet at the Gold Museum at the southeast corner of the square.  (Please use courtesy and common sense in selecting your parking spot.  Do it legally.)  We’ll do the traditional approach to Neels Gap, up Rockhouse Rd, and Porter Springs.  There’s a possibility of a stop at the top of Neels Gap (mile 22), but I prefer to “roll” this summit.  We have another possible store stop in Suches (mile 37).  After

descending Woody Gap, we’ll take the old “back way” into Dahlonega.  It’s a lot nicer, and less traffic.

Where:  Dahlonega, GA.  Court Square.

Date:  Thursday, 4 August

Time:  0900 A.M.  (Sharp!)

Distance/Pace:  Approx 53 miles, with re-group options

Requirements/Conditions: Helmets are required, road bikes strongly recommended.  We’ll go rain or shine.

Suggestion:  Mount your climbing gears!

NOTE ON THE UPCOMING TRIPLE GAP RIDE:  We’re going to “loosen up a bit” on this one.  I will start promptly at 0900.  But once we are out on the route, feel free to pass, or to lag.  Ride at your own pace.  If you are behind me, let me know, please, and I will keep an eye out for you.  If you plan to depart the route and go your own way, that’s fine, but please let me know first.  I do not plan to stop at the top of Neels Gap, but I will definitely make a stop in Suches.  (That’s just before the last climb, up Woody Gap.)

I’ve put a cuesheet up on the South Side Cycling Club site.  It’s in the “Documents” section and is titled, “Original Triple Gap Route.”  It’s in MS Word.  You will have to be a club member to see this page.