Rides for all paces and an after-ride party to start the year off on the right foot!
Bike Parking will be provided by SCBC.
Rides will begin in Sally T’s parking lot
There will be portable toilets in the parking lot
PLEASE PRINT YOUR OWN ROUTE SLIPS
Rides start (roll) at the times posted below (not 10 mins later).
No coffee stops are planned - bring snacks and plan to keep moving in order to arrive back for brunch.
TIMES AND ROUTES BELOW ARE PRELIMINARY AND MAY CHANGE
DUE TO NEW COUNTY REGULATIONS, NO MORE THAN 50 RIDERS CAN DEPART AT ANY ONE TIME - WE WILL NEED TO SPLIT LARGER GROUPS AND ALLOW AT LEAST 5 MINUTES BETWEEN DEPARTURES
If you can lead a ride contact the ride director at: bridgettedeshields@sbcglobal.net
If it rains, the rides may be cancelled but please come for the Brunch.
Drinks will be served starting at 11:30 AM and brunch will be from Noon to 2:00 pm.
Please don't arrive early (or late).
MENU: Pasta Buffet
Penne Pesto with chicken
Penne Pomodoro (vegan/vegetarian)
Caesar Salad
Garlic Bread
Note: if you need a gluten-free meal, please indicate so when registering
Non-alcoholic beverages: Iced Tea, Lemonade & Water Station
NO HOST BAR
Questions? Contact mailto:bridgettedeshields@sbcglobal.net
* Sonoma County passed a new ordinance - prior to that rides like our club rides that require following the CA vehicle code were exempt from permitting. Now any ride with over 250 participants requires an encroachment permit. Furthermore, a permit would be required for any ride where we have more than 100 participants if we have a "mass start" unless we have no more than 50 riders leave at any one time, with at least 5 minutes between groups. So for larger rides, we cannot have any groups start at the same time and need to break up groups larger than 50.
Why don't we just get a permit? The lead time to get a permit is 60 days or longer and the process would take as much as 20 hours of volunteer time to complete (applications, meetings, obtaining approvals from multiple agencies, etc.), plus a permit fee. We would also need to have all details on our ride months in advance (which we do not have for normal club events) and the County could impose requirements that would be costly (like CHP or medical support) or could ask us to change routes, start times, etc. This is simply infeasible for our all volunteer organization and for a free member-only event. So we will limit "regular" club rides to 250 or less.
