Tuesday Amelia to Mayport AKA Tour de Fish

[Doug R]

It was a great day to ride the islands!  We had 16 Folks show up to enjoy it.  It was also terrific to see our friend Skeeter and Carol back with on the dually. After a safety briefing with the focus keep it safe there was an additional new hazard!  Just south of the roundabouts the DOT has added the dreaded rumble strips in the bike lane.  To make it worse there is a lot of gravel as a result.  There are breaks in the strips so you can carefully switch to the lane when needed.  Please watch out.  It made me more likely to switch to the Amelia Island Trail at Big Talbot.  We had some enjoy the day by taking the ferry over for lunch.  Not reports of flats or mechanicals.  I will be leading next week.

Stay Safe

Doug

[Halle, James W]

Doug, thanks for the report. 

I want to second Doug’s warning about the ride south. It was no fun and is causing me to consider opting for the trail. 

Please be careful!

-JIM

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It was a great day to ride the islands!  We had 16 Folks show up to enjoy it.  It was also terrific to see our friend Skeeter and Carol back with on the dually. After a safety briefing with the focus keep it safe there was an additional new hazard!  Just south of the roundabouts the DOT has added the dreaded rumble strips in the bike lane.  To make it worse there is a lot of gravel as a result.  There are breaks in the strips so you can carefully switch to the lane when needed.  Please watch out.  It made me more likely to switch to the Amelia Island Trail at Big Talbot.  We had some enjoy the day by taking the ferry over for lunch.  Not reports of flats or mechanicals.  I will be leading next week.

Stay Safe

Doug

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[mike...@bellsouth.net]

Doug,

Thanks for the report and for leading yesterday.  Mike Pikula and I are reaching out to FDOT and their contractor today to ask to have the bike lanes on the south end of the island and on the Talbot islands cleared of the residual asphalt “ridge” that remained after the installation of the rumble strips.  The lane remains adequately wide on Amelia Island.  Sections thru the Talbots will be quite narrow with the strip in place.  More to come.

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Subject: [ameliaislandcycling.com] Tuesday Amelia to Mayport AKA Tour de Fish

 

It was a great day to ride the islands!  We had 16 Folks show up to enjoy it.  It was also terrific to see our friend Skeeter and Carol back with on the dually. After a safety briefing with the focus keep it safe there was an additional new hazard!  Just south of the roundabouts the DOT has added the dreaded rumble strips in the bike lane.  To make it worse there is a lot of gravel as a result.  There are breaks in the strips so you can carefully switch to the lane when needed.  Please watch out.  It made me more likely to switch to the Amelia Island Trail at Big Talbot.  We had some enjoy the day by taking the ferry over for lunch.  Not reports of flats or mechanicals.  I will be leading next week.

 

Stay Safe

Doug

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[Michelle Lange]

Hi All,

I had to go to Jacksonville today so I took A1A/Hecksher and I see what everyone means about the shoulder. The conditions are less than ideal with the ridge and so much asphalt debris which doesn’t seem very safe especially if riding in pacelines in my opinion. If anyone would like to do a different route (Main beach route or part of it?) at 9 tomorrow, let me know. :)

Michelle

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[Halle, James W]

Hello All,

Although I’m not all the way back from a LOOONG illness, I am feeling well enough to start the ride.  I will ask someone to be my assistant ride leader because I will not ride all 40 miles.

Tomorrow promises to be a cooler day than the past few.  It should be around the mid-60s with 13mph winds out of the NE when we start.  So dress appropriately.

Another note:  The start of the ride has changed to accommodate the work being done on Ash Street, but for the future, the new start at the Amelia River Waterfront Park allows for amply parking and is an ideal meeting place.

Hope to see you tomorrow at 9am (or before).

-JIM

[Halle, James W]

Hello All,

It was a beautiful day for a ride (although George K thought it was too windy) — temps in the mid-60s to 70 degrees with 15mph winds out of the NE.  We had 9 riders show up at varying times due to the new starting location.  As far as I know, there were no falls, mechanicals, or flats — well done, riders!  

If Mike S sends the photo he snapped at the start of the ride, you all can see that we will be meeting by the anchor at the Amelia River Waterfront Park.  This will be a wonderful place to meet up in the future, but I realize it will be a challenge until the city completes the work on Ash Street.  

I’ve attached one photo (that I remembered to take) when we gathered at the Fort.  There was much discussion of the new challenges presented by the rumble stripes milled into the pavement along A1A (AKA Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, Heckscher, State 105).  

Finally, Don E remains in the hospital and is improving gradually each day while further tests take place. He welcomes texts, emails or visits.  So, don’t hold back; after all, Don was one of the folks who made these group rides a reality!

Thanks,

-JIM

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