Get On Your Bike - Eastside Urban Trail Loop (Gravel)

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  • Advance registration required for all participants. If you decide not to ride, please click Cancel My Registration below to open space for others. (How to cancel) 
  • Attendance at the pre-ride safety briefing is required to participate in the ride.
  • If you have tested positive for COVID or have been exposed to someone with COVID, follow the quarantine and isolation guidelines. In general, if you have COVID or are displaying COVID symptoms, or if you are sick with the flu or a cold, you should not participate in group rides.
  • Carry a face covering in case a business or public transit requires their use.
  • Please, no spitting or “snot-rockets” while participating.
  • A CPSC certified helmet is required to be worn to participate.

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Date and Time: 
Saturday, July 24, 2021 - 9:30am
Start Location: 
South Sixty Acres Fields Parking Lot
15259 NE 116th St
Redmond, WA 98052
Directions
Contact Information: 
Juliana Pena
me@julip.co
4256108262
Distance: 
18 miles
Elevation Gain: 
713 feet
Pace: 
Steady: [12-14mph]
Terrain: 
Some hills
Regroup: 
Frequent
Weather Cancellation: 
Steady rain cancels
Interests: 
E-bike friendly
Gravel Ride
Mentor Ride
New Riders
Recreational

Join us for a beautiful ride along the major trails of the Eastside, starting from 60 Acres Park in Redmond!  This is an 18-mile route at Steady pace (12-14 MPH).

This ride is ideal for beginners! It's 90% on dedicated trails. There are some hills, but we'll take them at our own pace and regroup at the top. There is a long gravel trail on this ride, but it's very smooth gravel and any bike should be able to ride it (though wider tires will be more comfortable).

Let's meet at 60 Acres Park south-east parking lot and please be ready to ride at 9:30 AM (Note the earlier-than-usual ride start!). We will start with a required safety briefing and roll out when that's done.  If you miss the briefing, you will not be able to ride with the group. There are portapotties at the start but no water, so bring your water bottles filled up. Click here to see a map of the parking lot location.

The Route

We'll start by riding through the beautiful Sammamish River Trail to downtown Redmond and then do our big climb of the day up the 520 bike trail. We'll pass through the Microsoft campus to check the state of the light rail construction and the tunnel under 40th St. We'll take the 520 trail to the end in Bellevue's new Spring District. From there, we'll be on the gravel Eastrail, which turns into the Kirkland Cross Corridor. We'll have beautiful views of Lake Washington and pass through the Google campus and finally Totem Lake, where we'll be on roads to drop down back to the valley to the end of the ride.

The pace is 12-14mph on the flats (slower on gravel), and we will climb at our own pace and regroup at the top of hills.

Final Words

Bring a spare tube and tools to fix a flat, just in case. Please have full fenders if the roads are wet, or you may be asked to ride at the rear of the group.

Note: If weather conditions meet the weather cancellation criterion listed above or if there are unforeseen hazardous riding conditions or other unexpected events, the Ride Leader will post a ride-canceled note in the Comments section below at least two hours before the start and Ride Leader(s) will not be at the start location.

Ride leader mentoring is available for this ride.  If you are interested, please email the ride leader.

We hope you can join us!

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Comments

Submitted by Ed Kim on

Hi Shaun - which portion of the cuesheet is the gravel trail portion? Just curious as to how long that stretch is - thanks.

Hi Ed, the gravel portion is the Eastrail/Kirkland Cross Corridor from mile 8.4 to mile 14.5. The gravel is very smooth and you should be able to do it on any bike, no gravel tires required!

We just found out that the parking lots at 60 Acres Park are all in use, and there is no place to park.

I will get there as soon as I can, and gather anyone who doesn't see this message.

Everyone else should park in the Overlake Christian Church parking lot, at this address:

9900 Willows Rd
Redmond, WA 98052

Juliana will be there, and I will bring my group to her.

South Sixty Acres Fields Parking Lot
15259 NE 116th St
Redmond, WA 98052
Directions
Ride Leader(s)
Shaun Ivory
Juliana Peña

Registrations so far...
Steady: [12-14mph]

12 rider(s)