Daily Rides for April 27, 2024

Description: This Saturday morning weekly ride begins and ends in the Publix grocery store parking lot located at 7200 Cosby Village Road, Chesterfield, VA 23832. Rides will vary in length between 30 and 60 miles depending on the season. Throughout most of the year we begin the rides at 8:30 a.m. but adjust the starting time to 8 a.m. during the months of July and August.

Routes vary on a weekly basis and details including a link to a download for a Ride with GPS turn-by-turn map will be posted on the club’s message board a day or two in advance. Non-members are encouraged but not required to contact the ride leader in advance as we’ll gladly forward the route and answer any questions. Most, but not all, routes will have a store stop for refueling. Please don’t be shy about reaching out for more information. We want you to ride with us!

Most routes feature long stretches of quiet roads in the western and southern parts of Chesterfield County. We often combine the neighborhoods of Magnolia Green, Woodlake, Harpers Mill, and Hampton Park taking advantage of reduced vehicle speeds and additional lanes allowing for traffic to easily pass. All rides will have an A pace ride leader, and many are planned to have a B+ leader (when available-please check with the ride leader in advance). Others are always welcome to attend. We’ll try our best to match you with similar riders, but you are also free to ride your own pace. It is our goal to expand the pace groups to include as many cyclists as possible so check the calendar and message board often for the latest updates.

Parking: Out of respect for the local businesses we ask that you park in the spaces farthest from the grocery store and near the dumpsters as you face the entrance to Publix. These are the dumpsters located between the grocery store and Autozone in the corner near Sand Dollar Beach Kitchen. When you arrive, you'll see a row of parking spaces running parallel to Hull Street with dumpsters at one end. Let's park and meet there.

While this is not intended to be a no drop ride leaders will do their best to match riders of similar abilities. We can regroup at intersections if necessary.

Description: The Crump Park ABC ride time will be self led. 

 If you would like to help lead the ride on a regular basis, contact Greg Johns (g.s.johns@verizon.net), the Weekly Ride Director. If you would like to lead it on an impromptu basis, just post it to the RABA message board. Provide the pace, distance and route.

Ride with GPS has a wide array of rides available starting at Crump Park.  See the details for the RABAs benefits for Ride with GPS membership on the club website.

Directions :  This ride leaves from the rear parking lot behind the football field in the RF&P portion of Crump Park (3400 Mountain Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060).

ALL RIDERS: Ride times listed are departure times. Please email or text (preferable)/call the ride leader one to two days before the ride to double check that the departure time remains as posted and to let the ride leader know that you are coming.

Description:Come out on Saturday mornings and enjoy a ride through the rolling, rural countryside of Goochland, Hanover, and Louisa counties. We ride a variety of routes in the 35 to 45 mile range at an honest B+ pace. We also usually have a few riders who ride a faster pace on their own. A reminder including the cue sheet for the week's ride is typically sent via the RABA Message Board on Thursday or Friday.

**The start time is usually 9 am but may change depending on the weather and the ride leader. Please email the ride leader for the correct start time.

Directions:The ride leaves from the parking lot of the Food Lion (30 Broad Street, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103) in the Broadview Shopping Center in Centerville.

Description: This will be a challenging 46 mile route, with 2700 ft. of climbing. We will begin at the Hoover Ridge Park off Fairgrounds Rd. and Primary School Road near the town of Madison. We will cross Rt. 29 into the town of Madison and the proceed through the scenic Hebron Valley to the very foot of the famous Old Rag Mountain. Our store stop will be Etlan and the Community Store there. From there we will head to the little town of Criglersville, and then back through Madison to Hoover Ridge Park. Traffic will be light with the possible exception of the several miles near the town of Madison. All roads are well paved.

Let's plan to gather at the Rockville Park and Ride prepared to leave there by 8:30am. After the ride, we will head to Iron Pipe Alewerks in Orange for great local craft beer and pizza.

There is a significant mile and a half climb (294 ft.; 3.5% average grade) at 8 miles into the ride. There are other shorter climbs throughout the ride.

Barry would love to have other folks prepared to lead faster or slower rides.

Cue Sheet/Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45990861

Ride Start/Finish Location: 10 Hoover Ridge Rd., Madison, Va 22727