A Labor Day Ride Along the Duwamish

KEEPING RIDERS SAFE

  • 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: 
Monday, September 6, 2021 - 9:45am
Start Location: 
Jack Block Park
2130 Harbor Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98126
Directions
Contact Information: 
Allen R Bentley
abentley@abentley.digitalspacemail8.net
2066695914
Distance: 
27 miles
Elevation Gain: 
395 feet
Pace: 
Steady: [12-14mph]
Terrain: 
Mostly flat
Regroup: 
Stay together
Weather Cancellation: 
Steady rain cancels
Interests: 
Social
Fitness / Health
Recreational

Let's meet at Jack Block Park and please be ready to ride at 9:45 a.m. 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. 

Please join us for this ride to Tukwila and back. The ride begins at Jack Block Park in West Seattle.  The ride follows the Alki Trail, the Duwamish Trail and the Green River Trail to Fort Dent (a/k/a  Starfire Sports Center), then we will return to the start.  On the way back, we will detour for coffee at a Starbucks in Tukwila.  Much of the trail is on bike paths, but there will be times when we will be riding on city streets (traffic is anticipated to be light in view of the holiday).

We will leave Jack Block Park at 9:45 a.m.  If you plan to drive to the start from outside of West Seattle, allow extra time because the West Seattle Bridge is closed and you will need a different route.  Jack Block Park can also be reached via the Rapid Ride “C” bus (use the first stop in West Seattle).  Parking, restrooms and water are available at the Park.  Bring a spare tube in case of flats and whatever else you might need to address mechanical issues. 

This Is a social ride, and we will stay together.  The pace is “steady,” which means riders should be comfortable with riding 12-14 mph on a flat road without headwind.   Our average speed on the ride will be less than the listed pace, given that the route is punctuated by several traffic control devices and two sets of railroad tracks.

Steady rain cancels.  If a cancellation is necessary, ride leader will post a notice in the comments section two hours prior to the start.

Links: 
Ride with GPS

Comments

Thanks all for all the help with everything today folks. Apparently I veered off the sidewalk a bit and my bike tire fell into a bit of a groove.  When I steered back onto the pavement the wheel was stuck, and over I went.  Hard to believe that surgery is needed for a broken pinkie.  But mine this fracture is pretty badly displaced so they are going to try to fit the pieces back together and pin it (with ORIF and a plate as backup plan) this week.  

Karen:

Thank you very much for letting us know your status.

Very sorry that you were not able to finish the ride with the group.

Regards,

-- Allen

 

 

Jack Block Park
2130 Harbor Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98126
Directions
Ride Leader(s)
Allen R Bentley

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Steady: [12-14mph]

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