Morning Eye Opener - South Lake Wa Maple Bar Challenge* (Steady)

Let's meet at the Heritage Park. Be there, ready to go at 9:00 AM.  We will start with a required safety briefing, and roll out when that's done.  All riders must attend the safety briefing to participate.

PARKING - The Heritage Park has a sign limiting parked cars to four hours.  We may go over that.  So, we should park up on the street.  

We are going to do the South Lake Washington loop and return on the 520 bridge.

This is a "rain or shine" ride.  Someone - perhaps just me - is going to do this ride!

We will stay within the rated "Steady" speed for level riding.  We will climb and descend hills at our own pace.  We'll also limit our speed on any multi-use paths to the legal maximum (usually 15 MPH, occasionally 10 MPH).

Restrooms are available at Marina Park in Kirkland (right after the start), Coulon Park in Renton, at 3rd Place Books and Caffe Vita in the Seward Park neighborhood, and at Madrona Park just north of Leschi.

We will stop at Seward Park for a short break.

Headlights and tail lights are not required, but the ride leader believes it never hurts to have lights on your bike.  A rear view mirror doesn't hurt either. 

Bring a spare tube and tools to fix a flat, just in case. Other things to bring: phone; ID; cash and/or credit card; ORCA card; water and a small snack. Please have full fenders if the roads are wet, or you may be asked to ride at the rear of the group.

Note: It is remotely possible that the ride might be cancelled due to completely miserable conditions.  But, it is May.  And the conditions will not be miserable.  However, if the ride is canceled at least two hours before the start, Ride Leader(s) will not be at the start location. Please check before leaving for the ride.

Did I mention that the start time is 9:00 AM?  

We hope you can join us!

(*) The challenge here is to make it to Caffe Vita before they run out of maple bars.  Nothing easy about this ride.