Saturday, July 14, 2012

Hey everyone!
We now have a new meeting time.  The LCP Bike Group will be meeting on Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m.  Stay tuned for info on our next meeting location and course.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Routes for Sunday, May 6th

Hey everyone,
Looking forward to riding this weekend.  Here is what we will we be doing this week:

The recreational group will be doing the Loop the Loop route on the Bike and Hike Path through Kent and Stow.  We will be doing the loop in reverse fashion (counter clockwise) this time.  To get started just head across Norton from LCP and cut through the Giant Eagle parking lot to Sowul and the Path is one block down on your right.  Just take a right onto the path to go West, and follow the signs around (Directions will be provided at the ride).  Total distance is 22.2 miles with 831 feet of climbing.  Here is the map of the route.

Loop the Loop Counter Clockwise

Our advanced group will be starting out the same way, but then jumping onto Barlow Rd. to head down to the CVNP.  As I hinted at earlier this week, we will have some guests joining us this week coming all the way from Michigan.

Besides seeing if the Roadies can take the Triathletes, regardless of ability, we will be trying to set benchmark times, that can hopefully be improved throughout the summer.  After an easy warmup riding down Truxell Rd, we will be testing ourselves with a 13 mile time trial loop along Akron Peninsula from Truxell Rd. to Bath Rd, then North on Riverview to Peninsula and back to Truxell via Rt. 303 and Akron Peninsula.

After we re-group, and recover, we will be setting our benchmark times up the Truxell Road Climb.  This a challenging but fair test of your riding, with a lot of veritcal, some flats, a steep part in the middle and rollers at the top.

Total for this ride is 28.8 miles and 920 feet of climbing.

Valley Loop and Time Trial

Monday, April 30, 2012

Did you miss it?

This week, we had 5 people that showed up to ride in the inaugural Bike Group.  The group does meet at 1:00 on Sundays, not 1:30 as previously posted in the LCP Program Guide.  If you showed up late and missed us, you are welcome to come next week and join in the fun.


This week, the route was the Metroparks Bike and Hike path from Hudson to the Bedford reservation.  We had great weather and a wonderful ride.  I am working on posting a link to the GPS file of the ride, so stay tuned.

 As a heads up, next weeks ride is already planned.  The theme is "Are you faster than a Triathlete".  I have some friends coming to town for a weekend training camp, and we will be challenging all comers to a 13 mile time trial in the Cuyahoga Valley and a Hill Climb time attack up Truxell Road.  More details will be posted later in the week.

Come join us this
Sunday at 1:00!