Friday Night Fun Ride

Come join us for a social ride around North Seattle to celebrate the end of the week and the start of the weekend. If you have been on steady pace rides (12-14 mph on flats) and want to try riding moderate pace I am willing to lead the ride as a low moderate to help riders acclimate to a slightly faster pace. 

I will be at the east end of the parking lot of Gas Works Park, please arrive 10-15 minutes early for the pre ride safety talk.  Parking is available until 10 PM but riding your bike to the start is encouraged. We'll be riding on a mix of arterials with and without bike lanes, residential streets, and multi use paths. I will be encouraging (and coaching as necessary) safe urban riding on this ride. 

Please be prepared for the conditions we are riding in, adequate lights to see and be seen are a requirement for this ride. That means at least one solid white light on the front and a rear red light as we want to be street legal and safe. Fenders with flaps are strongly recommended. If you are riding without fenders and it is raining we will ask you to move to the rear of the group. Moderate to severe rain will shorten or cancel the ride depending on the degree of rainfall. Ride routes will be designed with bail out points in the case of adverse weather. 

We'll ride for an hour and a half to two hours and end where we started. This will be a stay together ride with regroups as necessary when separated by traffic and hill climbs but we generally don't wait for mechanical failures. Please be capable of fixing your own flats and other minor mechanical failures. Having a cell phone and an Orca Card is a good back up plan. The ride will be followed with an optional social gathering at a local establishment nearby, bring a lock to secure your bike if you want to join us post ride. 

RSVP via the meetup link below is appreciated but not required.