GIVE UP Morning Coffee Rides
April 19 Coffee Ride to Third Space
Meeting up at 7:30 at Millvale Riverfront Park, rolling at 7:40 sharp.
Distance: 5.7 miles / 359 ft of elevation
Strava link / Route: https://www.strava.com/clubs/1039130/group_events/1631856
I gotta be honest with you, GIVE UP: This is a rough time of year for me. The sun comes out, it gets warm out, the weather becomes reasonable, and you basically lose me mentally. Is there something important I should be thinking about? I don't know, it's nice out and I want to go ride bikes. You really expect me to care about work and standup meetings and weekly progress reports when it's 70 and the bucs are playing a short bike ride from my house? Nonsense.
So, that's why I'm late once again posting all of my rides for this week. At least that's the excuse I'm going with today.
Friday morning around 7:30am, we're going to all meetup at Millvale Riverfront Park. It's going to be a real hoot. Around 7:40am we're going to meander around a bit, working our way down to the 31st St. Bridge, up though the Strip into Larryville, taking a bop through the Cemetery (thanks Tiffany for explaining all the different cemetery routes to me, I have never quite gotten the hang of it,) before gliding our way to Third Space.
You should bring blinky lights, a helmet, water, and snacks. We all deserve snacks. Oh shit, don't forget money for coffee, either. That'll come in handy.
There's no official return trip to the start planned for this ride. I will be leaving to return to the start at some point, but I make no promises on when I will leave Third Space. If you know you're going to need an escort back to the start, I recommend making plans with somebody returning to the start before committing to this ride.
So I think that covers all of the points I'm supposed to hit in these posts. Did I forget anything? I guess I'll just post it and we'll see if anybody complains that I forgot something.
Oh yeah, standard weather/cancelation disclaimer: I am but a mere mortal and have little if any control over the weather. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of mother nature. Please RSVP to this event on Strava if you want to get updates on cancelations (for weather or any other reason.)
Please text me if you have any questions: 412.616.4937
GENERAL RIDE INFORMATION:
What: GIVE UP Morning Coffee Rides
When: Friday Mornings, roughly
Time: Arrive at 7:30, leave at 7:40am
Distance: 5-10 miles (one-way)
Starting Point / Route: Starting point and route to change every week and be announced here at least a week in advance. Trying to make them a bit centrally located so everybody can get to work on time.
Speed: Probably average 11-12 mph overall. Will wait at the top of any hills (if there are any) because I'm a bro like that.
Bring: Water, gloves, snacks, no really you will want gloves, helmet, lights, sense of adventure, gloves
Description: A reasonably casual bike ride in which we all meet up somewhere early in the morning, bike to a place that has coffee, drink a cup of coffee outside with each other, and then disperse to the winds. We are not necessarily doing return trips to the start, so please be prepared to get yourself to where you're going after coffee. Really this is just an excuse to ride bikes before work starts on Friday.
Bring water and maybe some snacks. Helmet highly suggested because we'll be on roads.
Feel free to invite people who can bike
We probably will not do this ride if it is raining in the morning, I'll announce cancellations here by 5:45am morning-of.
questions: bingosherlock at g mail.com
or text me: four one two six one six 4937