Quickreleases - What is in this Issue - see newsletter below for more details
- Upcoming Special Rides
- Weekly Rides
- Other Stuff - Street Skills for Cyclists, Bikeshop Rides, more
Hi Everybody!
Samantha Gilley is a blind cancer survivor who is doing a charity ride for St Jude. She is riding from Chattanooga to Memphis. Sam will arrive in Memphis to finish her ride to St Jude late next week. I'm not exactly sure when she will arrive, but details will be forthcoming.
More details are here: http://www.samslife.org/samsride/samsride.php
A lot of Hightailers are traveling to Helena for tomorrow's Tour Da Delta. Looks like a great ride. http://www.tourdadelta.org/
Weather: If the current weather forecast holds up, it looks like another great weekend for riding. You might need your fog lights if you ride early Saturday.
Here's the weather from the National Weather Service:
Friday Night: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West southwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 48. North northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North northeast wind around 10 mph.
Upcoming Special Rides
Local or Regional Rides (not sponsored by the Hightailers)
Support your local bike shop-- They have rides.
Bike Shops and links to their rides are listed here: http://bikememphis.com/memphis.htm
October 27th Tour Da' Delta http://www.tourdadelta.org/ Helena, Arkansas
Critical Mass - Tonight, October 26th, 5:30 pm or so, Halloween Ride -- wear a costume or something. Overton Park, Rainbow Lake parking area. No charge, no t-shirt, no plan other than to gather and ride together.
Weekly Hightailer Rides
Saturday & Sunday Morning 8 am: the Superlo Rides
The weekly Saturday & Sunday morning rides will leave from the parking lot in front of Super Lo on Southern between Perkins and Colonial. The rides depart at 8 am.
The rides usually travel between 25-30 miles. Avg. speeds range from 12 to 18 or so mph. Saturday's group is usually larger and often has a wide variety of riders from beginner to advanced. Sunday is generally smaller and a bit more relaxed in general. The rides have rest stops at grocery or convenience stores near the midpoint.
Want more info? E-mail Cliff H
Sunday Afternoon -- Hustle & Flow with the Saints and Sinners, 2:30 p.m
Are you a saint who went to church on Sunday morning? Or are you a sinner who partied too much and just woke up on Sunday afternoon? Either way, this is the ride for you.
Intermediate pace (15-19 mph) 25-40 miles. We try to be aware of riders with different abilities and pace preferences-- we will try to not really drop anyone, but sometimes we fail at this endeavor.
Varied routes, mostly urban. Lots of bumps, holes, tracks, and glass. Orange Mound, Frayser, North Memphis, Beale, Summer Avenue, Trolley tracks, Hooters, Stax, Elmwood, Hollywood.
Want a tame, sedate, bucolic, suburban nature ride? This isn't it. Departs from Super Lo, 2:30 pm sharp. More info? E-mail Cliff H
Other Stuff
Be sure to check out the bike forums on the website for new items for sale, thoughts about rides, and other things that your fellow club members have posted.
Enjoy the rides--
Cliff H.
cliff@bikememphis.com
Deadline: If you have an item you would like to have included in the newsletter, get it to me no later than the Wednesday afternoon before the newsletter is mailed.
Hightailer Officers and Contacts: Visit www.memphishightailers.com
and click the "Officers" link