Hi all - I hope now that summer is here, you are all out riding your bikes, including on some club rides!  Just a couple of updates to pass along.

A belated thank you to Mike Lyon for organizing our 70.3 warm-up ride and picnic at Jamesville beach on June 2nd.  The weather forecast kept our turnout a bit lower than previous years, but it was still a fun time for those who joined us, with many participants walking away with some nice swag in door prizes.  Thank you to Mike, and also to Don Butler, chef Roland Pearson, and Tony Baleno for assisting in the day's activities.

Our club rides are now in full swing.  We truly have a ride for everyone.  If you like Tuesday's no-drop rides, then check out the Thursday rides as well.  If you have a mountain bike, join Tom and Peg at Great Bear on Monday evenings.  That area is a great place to mountain bike, and Tom and Peg know that area so well and will lead you on a fun night off-road.  If you have a triathlon/time-trial bike, join the other speedsters on Tuesday nights with Brian clocking your speed on the time trial course.  For you racers, check out the 315 Brewery rides on Wednesday nights.  Finally, our Wednesday, Friday, and weekend rides always have several different ride distance options.  If you have a Garmin, you can download these routes to your device to easily navigate the routes.  Check out the ride calendar for all options:   https://onondagacyclingclub.org/ride_calendar/

We need ride leaders!  Please look at the ride calendar and sign up to lead a ride.  If you have any questions about being a ride leader, let me know.  We are an all-volunteer club, please pitch in to help out.  Thank you to everyone who has led a ride so far this year!

This year, we are changing up our traditional Syracuse Race Weekend and instead having the Syracuse Race Classic.  This will be a one-day road race, to be held on Sunday, August 19th in Tully.  More details here:  https://onondagacyclingclub.org/syracuse-race-weekend/  

We will also need some volunteers to help out with the race, so please plan to help out if you can.

Mark your calendars for September 15th, when we will have our annual fall century charity ride.  This year, Step-up Moment will be the recipient charity.  You can learn more about the charity here:  http://www.familyfirstfitnessfoundation.org/

This is always a great ride to do when most of us are at the peak of our fitness, with ride distances of 20, 37, 63, and 100 miles.  We always have a great picnic after the ride as well, so please join us!

Thanks everyone, and see ya on the road.

-Colleen Farrell

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