FLCC> families biking in Belle Sherman: Sunday ride

[Christine Porter]

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder about the family/adult beginner ride tomorrow (Sunday) 
at 10!

Weather should be good - about 60 and at least partly sunny. I know 
we'll have at least (a) and (b) groups. Haven't heard from anyone saying 
they'll lead a (c) group, but then again I didn't ask.

Our three-year-old can't wait ("Is there going to be /alot /of kids? no 
grown-ups?" I think she might be forgetting that our tandem needs a 
captain.)

Christine

Christine Porter wrote:
> For those of us who have propagated our genes (or those who like really 
> slow and really short rides), Hobit and I are proposing a family ride 
> this Sunday, 20 April, at 10am.
>
> Unless it rains (or snows...) we'll meet on the East Hill Rec Way (EHRW) 
> at the parking area between the French Lavender shop and huge Cornell 
> facility of some sort on Mitchell Street, across from Cornell's 
> Maplewood Housing complex. This is a few blocks uphill from the primary 
> school, on your right.
>
> We're thinking of three option levels:
> a) beginners: up and down the flat part of EHRW for really little ones 
> on their own bikes or other beginners. For parents to run or ride along.
> b) intermediate: a slow loop along EHRW, up Honness, through EH Plaza, 
> briefly on Pine to Maple, and back along EHRW (maybe the lower part of 
> EHRW too, depending on the group). Aside from road crossings, the only 
> road bit is on Pine for a short bit. (Felix and I plan to do this with 
> our 3-yr-old on tandem and baby in a trailer and maybe join group A 
> afterwards)
> c) advanced: counting on organic leadership for someone to lead an 
> appropriate road loop with older kids, e.g., following group B to the 
> lower EHRW and going up Stevenson.
>
> Please invite other families you know to join, and of course feel free 
> to replicate in another neighborhood!
>
> Looking forward, our organizing hopes include:
> 1. FLCC family overnight trips
> 2. Other members starting neighborhood family rides (so families can 
> bike instead of drive, and to expand to non-FLCC families)
> 3. Having regular Belle Sherman (and other neighborhood) family rides 
> and inviting other families along, e.g., through the neighborhood 
> listservs, school newsletters, newspapers.
>
> But let's see how this one goes.
>
> Christine
>
>   

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Christine Porter

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