Wheeling Rides

Millersport Corn Festival Ride • Carroll • Saturday, September 1 9:00 AM 30, 50, 75 Miles. All classes. This is JET's and Al's yearly ride to the Millersport Corn Festival. Corn is ready around 11:30. We start at Bloom Carroll High School,5240 Plum Rd. NW,Carroll, Ohio 43112 and ride to the festival. Bring $$ for food. Janice "JET" Thomas 614-837-1873 or Al Moore 740-756-9218

Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate and promote cycling as an alternative form of transportation and to declare cyclists' right to the road. We meet on the last Friday of every month, at 5:30pm on High Street in front of the Statehouse in downtown Columbus. The course is not chosen in advance, and we ride regardless of the weather. All cyclists are welcome. A very thorough and informative international directory can be found here: http://critical-mass.info/

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I will be adding more links when I get a chance Apparel www.dressforsuccess.com www.salvationarmy.com www.buffaloexchange.com Eyeglasses www.givethegiftofsight.org Shoes www.nike.com/nikebiz/reuseashoe Motor Oil Jiffy Lube and Kragen will recycle oil Tires Big O and Goodyear will recycle tires Cleaners www.freecycle.org Medications www.thestarfishproject.org Paint www.earth911.org Batteries www.rbrc.org Cell Phones www.collectivegood.com Computers www.cristina.org Fax Machines www.throwplace.org Ink www.fundingfactory.com www.recyclefund.com Appliances www.habitat.org Carpet www.carpetrecovery.org Plastics Plastics #1 and #2 are accepted by most municipal programs. Roofing www.earth911.org Wallboard www.earth911.org Books www.bookcrossing.com Computer CDs, DVDs, jewel cases, VHS tapes www.actrecycling.org www.greendisk.com

http://critical-mass.info/ Columbus, Ohio Last Friday @ 5:30 at the Statehouse

important lessons on Bicycle Safety by Michael Bluejay http://bicyclesafe.com/

ACB-Ohio Tandem Bike Rally to be held September 16, 2007 Kokosing Gap Trail Mount Vernon, Ohio Sign-In Times: o For 65 mile route—8:00 a.m. o For 30-mile route-9:00 a.m. o For 15 or fewer miles—10:00 a.m. Lunch—11:00—1:00 a.m. at the Shelter House at the trail head Registration includes: Maps, directions, in print and Braille, water, snacks, lunch, free stuff, and chances for door prizes. One registration form per person, please. The American Council of the Blind of Ohio, (ACB-Ohio) is hosting its first annual tandem rally-fundraiser. Visually impaired stokers and sighted captains will have three routes to choose from, 15, 30, and 60 mile-routes, each starting and ending on the beautiful Kokosing Gap Trail. Sighted tandem teams and single bikes are also welcome. The two longer routes will include the gently rolling hills and some more challenging ones through the beautiful Amish countryside, while the 15-mile route will stay on the trail, which is noted as one of the prettiest and m...

I post a lot of the same entries on my other blog, but you should check it out because sometimes I post geographic/ride specific information. http://columbusrides.blogspot.com

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I purchased the Garmin Etrex Vista Cx ($235) from PCntion.com. I was looking for a cheap turn by turn routing GPS. I originally was going to purchase a black and white model, but for $20 difference I went with the color model. The screen is visible and readable in daylight. It does have a backlight function, but I rarely need it. I already owned the Mapsource software ($100). I loaded most of Ohio, western PA, and a route down to MD into the stock 64MB memory card (upgradeable). The routes are turn by turn and if you plug in a destination the unit will auto route to your destination. One warning. If you purchase the handlebar mount ($15), the replacement back does not fit the Cx because of the memory card slot. Garmin tech told me to connect the clip to the existing back and clip it to the handlebar mount. I have taken it on about 5 rides without a problem.

On Saturday July 28 we rode the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail. We drove from Canal Fulton north to Brecksville Reservation. We rode south toward Akron for about 20 miles. The path is flat and is crushed limestone. It was wet from rain the night before so we were covered with the limestone dust. The ride is beautiful. It parallels the old canal and the Cuyahoga River for sections. The locks are still visible, but the canal itself is filled in for most of its' length. Canal Fulton does maintain a working section of the canal with mules and canal boat. Most of the path is protected by tree cover, but the path does cross cornfields and major roadways. It follows the river valley so the river is visible for most of the ride. It was fairly busy with foot and bicycle traffic. I would recommend a mountain or comfort bike with wider/knobby tires. We stopped at the Valley Cafe for lunch. We all had their gyro sandwiches which were delicious and quite reasonably priced.

On Sunday July 29 we headed up to the Sweet Corn Challenge in Richfield Ohio. I have ridden the Sweet Corn for the last three years. The first year I attempted the century and came up short at 88 miles. This year and last I rode the 50 mile option. They throw some hills into the ride and try to keep riders on their toes by changing the route each year. This year was no exception. The hills were loaded into the second half of the ride. I was averaging 16mph until the mid 30 mile range. I ended up with 14.4mph average over 50. Snowville Road was pretty tough and the organizers threw in a hill at the 49 mile mark. The ride starts and ends at the park in the center of town. They had massage tables setup and a live band. True to the name of the ride the corn this year was very sweet. The corn was part of a plate of food that is included in the admission.

7:00-9:00 AM. New Albany Elementary School, 87 N. High Street, New Albany OH. Ride the ridges on routes of 30/55/80/100 miles. Short route has three hills; longer routes have many more. Budget tour. Joanna Pallos 614/868-6875 jootbuck(at)aol.com Nancy Betz 614/847-0517 betz.3(at)osu.edu

COP 10th XOBA: Across Ohio Bicycle Adventure, Day 1 Date: Saturday July 21, 2007 Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 am Location: See Notes and XOBA Web Site Notes: FULL Light House Maritime Heritage Tour. Indiana to Pennsylvania with a happy combination of food, fun, friends, and frolic. Average daily mileage: 60. Rider limit: 200. Info at http://www.outdoor-pursuits.org/xoba/ or XOBA, 1525 Bethel Rd., Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43220-2054. Walt Williams 614/442-7901 xoba (AT) outdoor-pursuits.org

To all Nail City Bike riders, or any other riders in the Tri State area.....Taylor McCluskey, Doug Pettit and I [Marty Morrison] are on the Young Life committee, and we spoke to a number of the 'hard core' cyclists who went to the mountains in April about the YOUNG LIFE bike a thon to be held Saturday morning July 21 at the Warwood [Wheeling, Wva] park and shelter adjacent to the bike trail. The distances are 20 miles [on the bike trail, flat] 40 miles [up the bike trail to Short Creek, up to Mcgraws run down to 40, east on 40 to Atkinson crossing rd, and Atkinson crossing back down to Short Creek road and reverse the bike trail home. The 80 miler runs out the same start as the 40 mile, but on rt. 40 continues east on rt 40 to the OLD RT 40 that cuts up to West Alexander, following that back to 40 just below Claysville Pa., stay on 40 to Rt. 231 north out of Claysville 10 miles to Old Washington Pike [P.A. 644] left about 3 miles to Highland Springs G.C, left on 88 to Bethany, ...

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The race results... http://www.acaracing.com/cr061907.html And the points race... http://www.acaracing.com/points07.html

After numerous pre-championship races, two points races (in which I took 5th both weeks), and in an absolute down pour of a rain storm I finally pulled out a victory. Yep, after the women's race began last night, they had to bring the race to an end short of a finish due to lightning as the storm approached. Then around 7pm the lightning had ceased but the rains continued. In a 30 lap soul soaking, I embraced the rains from heaven and clinched a win over my team mate at that. In second place, our 17 year old not only surprised me by winning the most aggressive ride category for an unprecedented 3rd straight week, but was hanging on my wheel to the finish. This puts me one point behind the leader for the points championship as well. Tonight, I may either race in the category above mine or go out on a training ride with a team mate. Tomorrow the race results should be posted. As soon as they are available, I will send everyone the link. Until then, I hope everyone is having ...