Easter rides?

[lindsayf]

Hello long-lost (to me) TS team members,

I am getting pretty excited since I have some mornings off coming up this weekend and I am hoping that there will be some rides happening? Will you be having the usual Friday ride? What about something on Monday if anyone has the day off!? I am heart breakingly slow right now, but no better way to get back in shape than jump right back into TripleShot!

Hope you are all well and I get to see you soon!

Lindsay (the girl who used to come with Minda all the time in the fall!) (=

[jeremy]

I think Friday will be the usual ride, on holiday Monday's we usually do the Sunday ride, fairfeild Starbucks @ 7:00 then ride the Sunday route

[Plawless]

I am pretty keen on going long on Friday.... 3 hours or so on the Saturday Route??? Or ??

Peter

[Roland_Buehler]

Peter: 3 hours on Friday sounds great - where and when do you plan on going out?

[sylvan]

I am pretty keen on going long on Friday.... 3 hours or so on the Saturday Route??? Or ??

Friday seems like it might be a good day for... HIGH MOUNTAIN MADNESS!!! Anybody up for Goldstream Ridge, via the Mill Bay Serious Coffee/Shawnigan Lake route we did last year, 6 am Douglas/Mayfair Starbucks?

[Josh.E]

I am pretty keen on going long on Friday.... 3 hours or so on the Saturday Route??? Or ??

Friday seems like it might be a good day for... HIGH MOUNTAIN MADNESS!!! Anybody up for Goldstream Ridge, via the Mill Bay Serious Coffee/Shawnigan Lake route we did last year, 6 am Douglas/Mayfair Starbucks?

finally, someone talkin' some sense!!

[Plawless]

I would be into High Mountain Madness! In case that sounds scary to some people its not. There are a good few spots to re-collect and parts where you can skip the climb to make sure you arent too shattered. last year we had a great bunch of folks do it and it was a spectacular ride!

I again emphasize that there is NO ONE who couldnt do this ride......

Peter

[sylvan]

In case that sounds scary to some people its not... there is NO ONE who couldnt do this ride...

Yup, it's an awesome training ride and it lets you hit the highest paved road in our local parts - 502 metres IIRC, compared to 352 metres at the malahat summit. That is a quality accomplishment right there.

[Josh.E]

What Peter said. Don't be afraid of trying this ride. When we've done it in the past, we've regrouped at Serious Coffee in Mill bay after the Malahat and then ride a nice easy pace as a group around Shawnigan Lake to the base of the 2nd climb.
The climb up to Goldstream estates from Shawnigan is an out and back, with a climb to the first summit (500m elevation), then a downhill, and a steep climb to the final lookout. We regroup at the lookout, and there's also the option of waiting at the first summit, which is an awesome goal point, or anywhere on the way. The group will be coming back along the same road and everyone can join back up.

[dreeves]

How long does the ride take? I'm probably in if we can start at 6:00am

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[Roland_Buehler]

I'm in - sounds like a great ride.

[4827north]

What's the distance? Can someone post a map/route from their Garmin? I'm keen to do this route Friday over any other day. Rolling out at 6am usual start time.

[Josh.E]

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/28192242

I didn't hit the start button until we were on the goose up closer to the hospital, so add 6km or so to that.

[Dylan J C]

sounds great to me, ill be there 6am on friday, epic climbing madness

[Schofield]

This ride looks awesome.

[lindsayf]

So much for easing back into it... Better put my big-girl pants on for this one.

[Josh.E]

So much for easing back into it... Better put my big-girl pants on for this one.

[jeremy]

you guys/gals might wanna keep an eye of road closures on the malahat due to that idiot that spilled the tanker truck full of gasoline, they are gonna still be working on it through the weekend.

[Stéphane Tran]

Where's the meeting point for this ride?

[sylvan]

Where's the meeting point for this ride?

Douglas/Alpha Mayfair Starbucks, 6 am roll.