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Local Rides

Day Start Time Description Location
Monday 6:30 pm Whitehouse Ride with Toledo Area Bicyclists. Pace: 16-20 mph Distance: 25 miles This is a ride where no one gets dropped. We suggest being able to maintain 14 mph for at least 20 miles. General's Ice Cream Depot - 6751 Providence St. Whitehouse, OH
Monday 6:30 p.m. Bedford Loop with Toledo Area Bicyclists. Pace: 16-20 mph Distance: 25 miles. Bedford Jr. High School - 8405 Jackman Rd Temperance, MI
Monday 6:30 pm Join triathletes to get some training in on the road. 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Tam'O'Shanter back parking lot - 7060 Sylvania Ave.
Tuesday 6:30 pm Paceline Practice Ride with Toledo Area Bicyclists. Pace: 16-20 mph Distance: 25 miles. Oak Openings Park Mallard Lake parking lot Swanton, OH
Tuesday 6:30 pm VERY high intensity - the fastest group ride in town. No mercy! Pace varies between 25-30+ mph. Southview High School (front parking lot) - 7225 Sylvania Ave.
Wednesday (June-Sept) 6:15 pm Ride to Berkey with Toledo Area Bicyclists. Option 1: Pace: 15-19 mph Distance: 20 miles Option 2: Pace: 19-21 mph Distance: 25 miles. Park at McCord Rd & University/Park Trail
Thursday 6:30 pm Thursday 3Fer with Toledo Area Bicyclists. Option 1 (Hot): Pace: 20-23 mph Distance: 27 miles Option 2 (Spicy): Pace: 17-19 mph Distance: 25 miles Option 3 (Mild): Pace: 14-16 mph Distance: 20 miles. Side Cut Metropark (Silver Lake side) Maumee, OH
Thursday 6:30 pm Thursday Night Racing with the Maumee Valley Wheelmen. The club puts on about 24 training races every year.  Several formats are offered (Crits, Road Race, Omnium, Time Trial, and Cyclocross). The races are run under an (A,B,C) format based on experience. Varying Courses
Saturday 7:30 am Plus 5 Group - Distance varies from 40-60 miles and pace varies between 19-22+ mph. Riding style is single, double and occasional oscillating pacelines. Rides are usually canned if it is raining or below 35 degrees. Dorr Street Elementary - 1205 King Road
Saturday 9:00 am

Breakfast Ride with Toledo Area Bicyclists.  Pace: 16-19 mph, Distance: 30-60 miles. 

Winter: Monclova School
Oct: Sidecut Park

April: Secor Metropark
May: Monclova School
June: Sidecut Park
July: Perrysburg YMCA
Aug: Secor Metropark
Sept: Monclova School

 

Saturday and Sunday 8:00am/9am in winter Breakfast Ride with local race club, Maumee Valley Wheelmen,  Every Sat. and Sun., and most holidays an informal group rides a hard pace out 16 miles to Grand Rapids, Ohio for breakfast-varying route/distance options after breakfast. (A,B,C) Format. Fort Meigs 29100 River Road Perrysburg, OH
Sunday 1:00 pm Get-Away Ride with Toledo Area Bicyclists. Pace: 16-19 mph, Distance: 25-30 miles. Monclova Elementary School 8035 Monclova Rd Monclova, OH

 

Last Updated 01/24/10