Eleven hopeful, but as it turned out, foolish riders showed up.  It started out with me bringing a similar, but wrong map for my ride. Then looking at the radar, which showed all the weather considerably north and also west of us, off we went.  After about 30 mins the sky darkened.  Then it was mentioned that the front was moving at 40 mph.  I added we are doing 20 mph so it is actually moving toward us at 60 mph. My group decided to cut the ride short and headed back to the park.  Best decision ...Continue Reading

A TT Tale.....I arrived at the TT course around 5:50 and swept the course, set up the signs and was back at the start of the course by 6:20pm.   All was going as planned.   The red cells were hugging the north shore of Oneida Lake and passing to the east.  Skies were clear behind the red cells.  All was good with the exception of the swirling wind. The group opted to wait a little longer to let the wind die down.  Typically, the wind calms down after the cells pass by.  I monitore ...Continue Reading

Forecast has improved !!    Looking good now!    I'll be at the TT course at 6:15pm or so...    If everyone is ready to go, we can start before 6:45pm.    I'll wait for late arivals given the uncertainty with the weather.See ya there!Brian315-727-1458 ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* Brian Goetke <goetke1@PROTECTED>*To:* Occ2 <occ2@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 04:02:40 PM EDT*Subject:* Re: OCC Tuesday Night Time Trial - week 9 - Still on... fo ...Continue Reading

It's a tough call.   Still at 55-65% from 6-7pm.    The issue is that the front is a long way off and nothing shows up on the radar until 5:30pm  at which time a patch of cells spawn ahead of the front.    It's possible that this doesn't actually occur.  So, at this time, the TT is still on.  But, if I see that patch of cells pop-up at 5:30pm, I'll cancel and go to my other activity.Since we are deciding at the last second here,   I'm pushing out the START TIME to ...Continue Reading

When was the last time we had clear sunny skies with no chance of rain on Tuesday evening ?    I'm guessing at leatst 4 weeks ago.The forecast calls for a 60-70% chance of rain starting at 5pm and continuing on through the overnight.   If this forecast holds it doesn't look good for the TT tonight.   I'm not going to clinging to hope of pulling off the TT tonight if this forecase holds through mid-afternoon.  I have some other activity I'd like to attend at 6pm if the rain is almost a ...Continue Reading

Here are the club rides for this week:*WE HAVE MANY RIDES THAT NEED LEADERS THIS WEEK!*Please check the website before going to a ride - *NO LEADER MEANS NO RIDE!*https://onondagacyclingclub.org/ride_calendar***Please sign up to lead rides. Leading is easy - visits the ride's page and click the 'lead this ride' link. Instructions are here: https://onondagacyclingclub.org/rides-and-tt/ride_leaders/*Tue Jul 20, 2021, 6:00 PM - Warners-1: Slow 'n Easy Ride - West - https://onondagacyclingclub.org/ride_calendar/index.php?op ...Continue Reading

Hi everyoneLooks like we will be watching the weather yet again, hot and chance of rain.  I believe that Karen Kelly will be there tomorrow.  But if not, those that want a shorter slower 15 mile ride I will be leading it.  If necessary, hope someone steps up to lead my ride, which will be the _Walters-East Sorrell Hill-Newport_ option, that we didn’t do last week (896 ft of climbing). Tom’s group will be led by Mike Schisvone and will be doing option 5.The PDF and GPS for both rides can be found here: htt ...Continue Reading

Rained out. Two hardy souls came for the ride, but a misty fog and wet roads proved too much.  It has been a tough weekend for cycling. Bob Ravera ...Continue Reading

Well,  the weather doesn’t seem to have worked out  clear direction.  It is raining here in he East Syracuse / Manlius area.  The forecast seems to be cloudy with +/- 40% chance of continued showers.   Given that it may clear and I don’t really know what it is doing in Tully, I will head on down to the start point at the high school in the event anyone shows up for the ride.   Bob Ravera   Sent from Mail for Windows 10   ...Continue Reading

Well, the weather is not looking good for Sunday.  I’ll check the weather forecast and radar in the morning and put up a post on the listsere.   Bob Ravera   Sent from Mail for Windows 10   ...Continue Reading