Chilly; a bit.   Windy; quite a bit!
Sunny, mid 40's, and 10-14 mph winds with gusts to 25mph.
Perfect riding weather?  You must be MAD!
Four riders braved the elements to enjoy 30 plus miles of head wind,
and 2 to 3 miles of tail wind. Funny thing about wind on a bicycle,
wind is much worse than a hill, at least hills have two sides, up and
down. You 'buy' the downhill with the uphill effort.
The only tail wind encountered today was after we turned onto rte 230
heading east from Willis Rd. I have never pulled that hill at 17 mph
before, and then a blast east on 230 towards hot coffee at Sheetz at
27 mph, effortlessly!!!
Checkout lady at Sheetz suggested we were crazy (are crazy?) to be
riding bicycles in that weather. What can I say?
MAD cyclists!
Perhaps she is right.
Bates

Today's MAD riders
Jane Gray
Guy Kovner
Bates McLain
Michael Stumpf

I'm tentative for Sunday and will try to clear my schedule up.

--- In madcyclists@yahoogroups.com, "Bates McLain" <sprey1@...> wrote:
> Forecast for Saturday looks 'ify' definitely cooler than forecast for
> Sunday.
> Lets have a quick Poll:, anyone interested in changing the St Paddy's
> Day ride to Sunday, same time same ride post your responce.
> Bates

Sunday is fine with me.
--- Bates McLain <sprey1@...> wrote:

> Looks like rain coming across the Hebron Valley ,
> radar shows rain in
> Page county.... looks like its gonna be real wet
> real soon. Thursday
> ride looks washed out.
>
> Forecast for Saturday looks 'ify' definitely cooler
> than forecast for
> Sunday.
> Lets have a quick Poll:, anyone interested in
> changing the St Paddy's
> Day ride to Sunday, same time same ride post your
> responce.
> Bates
> -- In madcyclists@yahoogroups.com, "John Berry"
> <john@...> wrote:
> >
> > What!  It's 80 degrees now!   Okaaaaay, see ya
> next time....
> >
> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> >
> > On 3/15/2007 at 7:42 PM janegray53 wrote:
> >
> > >Based on the weather forecast (temperatures
> dropping to 50, winds
> 15 -
> > >25 & rain after 5 p.m.), I will not be at the
> ride this afternoon.
> > >Y'all enjoy!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>




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I got one the other day, unfortunately no mention of any cycling
organizations in Planning District 9(Madison, Culpeper, Orange, Rapp.,
Fauquier)   The Yowell  Meadow Park Trail is shown.  There is a lop in
Remington but that's not the map either.

FYI:   There is also a VDOT/RRRC regional bike/ped forum in the works for Wed,
May 2, with presentations on new state bicycle policies and related
topics of interest, about which additional info should be forthcoming
shortly, both from VDOT and RRRC Rural Transportation Technical
Committee.


On 3/15/07, janegray53 <janegray53@...> wrote:
> Chris Franklin requested that someone post this since the network
> police at P&H have Yahoo Groups blocked (shhhhhhh!!! Don't tell Orange
> Co. Public Schools or I won't be able to either!). The Dept. of
> Transportation has published a state cycling map that is free. It can
> be downloaded or ordered at this site:
>
> http://www.virginiadot.org/bikemap/
>
>
> See y'all on the road! -jane
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


--
Khalil Hassan

Learn to listen
Listen to learn

Looks like rain coming across the Hebron Valley , radar shows rain in
Page county.... looks like its gonna be real wet real soon. Thursday
ride looks washed out.

Forecast for Saturday looks 'ify' definitely cooler than forecast for
Sunday.
Lets have a quick Poll:, anyone interested in changing the St Paddy's
Day ride to Sunday, same time same ride post your responce.
Bates
-- In madcyclists@yahoogroups.com, "John Berry" <john@...> wrote:
>
> What!  It's 80 degrees now!   Okaaaaay, see ya next time....
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> On 3/15/2007 at 7:42 PM janegray53 wrote:
>
> >Based on the weather forecast (temperatures dropping to 50, winds
15 -
> >25 & rain after 5 p.m.), I will not be at the ride this afternoon.
> >Y'all enjoy!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

What!  It's 80 degrees now!   Okaaaaay, see ya next time....

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 3/15/2007 at 7:42 PM janegray53 wrote:

>Based on the weather forecast (temperatures dropping to 50, winds 15 -
>25 & rain after 5 p.m.), I will not be at the ride this afternoon.
>Y'all enjoy!
>
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Based on the weather forecast (temperatures dropping to 50, winds 15 -
25 & rain after 5 p.m.), I will not be at the ride this afternoon.
Y'all enjoy!

Chris Franklin requested that someone post this since the network
police at P&H have Yahoo Groups blocked (shhhhhhh!!! Don't tell Orange
Co. Public Schools or I won't be able to either!). The Dept. of
Transportation has published a state cycling map that is free. It can
be downloaded or ordered at this site:

http://www.virginiadot.org/bikemap/


See y'all on the road! -jane

The schedule for Weds night rides in and around Culpeper is now posted
at rideva.com/rides/index.htm. Feel free to join us anytime, be sure
to bring the cue sheet if you are not familiar with the route.  Weds
night riders wait for no one! Many of us go to dinner afterward at
Luigi's in Culpeper or Pig 'n Steak in Madison.

I can't be there on most Thursdays until late June, but I'm in after that.
Fred

madcyclists@yahoogroups.com writes:


>John - I will be there this Thursday & plan to ride almost every
>Thursday. (Can't do it March 22 because of a meeting.) -jane
>
>John Berry <john@...> wrote:
>
>
>I'm sending this to the new Yahoo madcyclists group as well as those in
>my cycling email list, so some of you may be getting this twice, but I
>wanted to make sure I didn't miss anyone.
>
>If you haven't joined the new madcyclists email list, you should. ALL
OF
>MY FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST. Here's a link if you
>haven't signed up:
>[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madcyclists/
>]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madcyclists/
>
>I just want to make sure we still want to continue to have bike rides
on
>Thursday nights. I see that Jane already has some Tuesday night rides
on
>the calendar. Do we also want to have Thursday night rides? I don't
mind
>continuing to do them. I guess my plan would be to email the
madcyclists
>list early in the week, and if you can make it, LET THE LIST KNOW so
that
>no one shows up alone (if no one responds, I won't be there either!!).
>There will be weeks that I can't make it on Thursday nights, on these
>occasions I will also notify the list that I won't be there and someone
>else can pick it up, or we'll just skip that Thursday ride.
>
>Let me know what you all think.
>
>I'll plan to ride this Thursday. Meet at 5:30pm at Mt Zion Church in
Oak
>Park, we'll ride about 17 miles. Since Jane is heading to Radiant on
>Tuesday, we'll go out towards Brightwood on Thursday. Let me know if
you
>plan to be there!!
>
>John
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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I'm sending this to the new Yahoo madcyclists group as well as those in my cycling email list, so some of you may be getting this twice, but I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anyone.

If you haven't joined the new madcyclists email list, you should. ALL OF MY FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST. Here's a link if you haven't signed up:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madcyclists/

I just want to make sure we still want to continue to have bike rides on Thursday nights. I see that Jane already has some Tuesday night rides on the calendar. Do we also want to have Thursday night rides? I don't mind continuing to do them. I guess my plan would be to email the madcyclists list early in the week, and if you can make it, LET THE LIST KNOW so that no one shows up alone (if no one responds, I won't be there either!!). There will be weeks that I can't make it on Thursday nights, on these occasions I will also notify the list that I won't be there and someone else can pick it up, or we'll just skip that Thursday ride.

Let me know what you all think.

I'll plan to ride this Thursday. Meet at 5:30pm at Mt Zion Church in Oak Park, we'll ride about 17 miles. Since Jane is heading to Radiant on Tuesday, we'll go out towards Brightwood on Thursday. Let me know if you plan to be there!!

John

I'm sending this to the new Yahoo madcyclists group as well as those in my
cycling email list, so some of you may be getting this twice, but I wanted to
make sure I didn't miss anyone.

If you haven't joined the new madcyclists email list, you should.  ALL OF MY
FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST.  Here's a link if you haven't
signed up:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/madcyclists/

I just want to make sure we still want to continue to have bike rides on
Thursday nights.  I see that Jane already has some Tuesday night rides on the
calendar.  Do we also want to have Thursday night rides?  I don't mind
continuing to do them.  I guess my plan would be to email the madcyclists list
early in the week, and if you can make it, LET THE LIST KNOW so that no one
shows up alone (if no one responds, I won't be there either!!).  There will be
weeks that I can't make it on Thursday nights, on these occasions I will also
notify the list that I won't be there and someone else can pick it up, or we'll
just skip that Thursday ride.

Let me know what you all think.

I'll plan to ride this Thursday.  Meet at 5:30pm at Mt Zion Church in Oak Park,
we'll ride about 17 miles.  Since Jane is heading to Radiant on Tuesday, we'll
go out towards Brightwood on Thursday.  Let me know if you plan to be there!!

John

It seems I saw a mention of bikethisway.com in an earlier email.  They have a
nice little cue sheet generator that makes .pdf cue sheets in a form that's easy
to fold and carry with you.

Would it be better if the cue sheets that are word.doc's were converted to .pdf?
Does everyone have MS Word?  I have the Acrobat software to convert them to .pdf
if that would be of any use.

Also note that there are numerous rides with cue sheets, and some with maps,
here:
http://www.rideva.com/rides/index2.htm
Some energetic person can copy them over to the files section if they would like
:-)

John

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On 3/10/2007 at 1:05 PM bphollar wrote:

>I've posted a couple of pictures of maps under "files."  These are
>pictures of maps of Jane's
>rides.  One is a jpg the other is a pdf.  Does it matter which way I post
>them?  Are they useful
>in either form?
>
>Barry Penn Hollar
>
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

I've posted a couple of pictures of maps under "files."  These are pictures of
maps of Jane's
rides.  One is a jpg the other is a pdf.  Does it matter which way I post them? 
Are they useful
in either form?

Barry Penn Hollar

Welcome everyone!

There are routes for all rides (after Sunday's) posted under "files".
Unfortunately I am not savvy enough to include a map with them, but
there are written directions for each. Check the name of the route in
the calendar & then find the corresponding route in the files.

The weather looks favorable for our inaugural ride on Sunday. Hope to
see everyone there!

I sent out an announcement of this Sunday's Ride from Waverly Yowell.

I do not have all of the Madison riders addresses. Please send me any  
adresses you have so I can forward the invitation/ride announcement.

Thanks,
Bates




Bates, I’ve copied this response to all the bikers whose addresses I have.

bph
                  
   
.
    

Ditch work! Just dont go!

Only 4 Months Until the Triple!

Get on your Bike!

Ditch work!  Just dont go!

Only 4 Months Until the Triple!

Get on your Bike!

I sent out an announcement of this Sunday's Ride from Waverly Yowell.

I do not have all of the Madison riders addresses. Please send me any
adresses you have so I can forward the invitation/ride announcement.

Thanks,
Bates

Route for ride on Saturday:

From Waverly Yowell > L on Main St. > R on Thrift > R on 230 > L on
Willis Rd. > R on Shelby Rd to Wolftown > out-and-back to Graves Mill >
Shelby Rd. past dump to Shifflett's Corner > L to Annie's Rd. > R on
Repton Mills Rd. > Straight across 230 to Carpenter's Mill Rd. > Oak
Park Rd. to 29 > Washington St. > R. on Main St. back to start.