Cobbossee Ride RESCHEDULED to SUNDAY, Hot Dog!

Due to forecasts of steady showers on Saturday we will reschedule the Cobbossee Odyssey ride in Manchester to Sunday, July 12, and hope for a break in the weather.  Since the weekend ride was originally intended to be our annual "Ken's Hot Dog Ride" (postponed due to COVID-19) we will honor that ride in spirit with "Ken's VIRTUAL Hot Dog Ride" which you are free to participate in on your own, or virtually - share a photo with us if you do!  See you Sunday!

Sunday, July 12th - MANCHESTER

"A Cobbossee Odyssey": a tour around Cobbosseecontee Lake.

START: 9:00 A.M., at the parking lot on McArdle Street, just off Rt. 202W past the junction of Rt. 202 & Rt.17, between the Manchester Grange Hall and Fielders' Choice Ice Cream Stand. The parking lot is the first right after you turn on McArdle Street.

DISTANCE: 28.8 miles.

TERRAIN: rolling with some challenging hills.

HIGHLIGHTS: views of Cobbossee Lake, back roads of Winthrop, Manchester, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmouth, and a potential ice cream stop conveniently at the end!

LEADER: Jim Merrick, hjmerrick@gmail.com

Link to Ride Map (2015): http://gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6801528

For more info on the Kennebec Valley Bicycle Club contact Jim Merrick at hjmerrick@gmail.com, check out the club blog at http://postedroads.blogspot.com, or follow us on Facebook.

May is Bike Month - No, Really!

May is fast upon us, and May is Bike Month, and is seems like every bicycle clothing manufacturer is busy cranking out...masks.  Here in Maine we are still under the same restrictions as last month - no more than 10 people at any gathering or event - and that's with masks.  With luck, that may be raised to 50 in June, but for the time being we will abide by those constraints.  Will we have any group rides?  That is still "to be determined" although some of us are looking into trying out some possible "social distancing" rides for small groups, with an eye for testing out parameters for when we can ride in larger groups.  Stay tuned for details, and in the meantime we will try for some more creative "virtual spins" coinciding with our previously scheduled rides.  Get out and ride in any case!