ABC Ride: Saturday, June 20 at 10:30 a.m. from 73 Fruit St, Ashland
Joel Arbeitman
The Ashland Bike Club’s next ride has been scheduled for SATURDAY, June 20 at 10:30 a.m. from the Warren School in Ashland.
GPS Address: 73 Fruit St, Ashland, Ma
Route Name: ABC – Ashland, Holliston, Sherborn, Millis, and Medway II (get the right version!!)
Ride
Rating:
Distance: Moderate (25.5)
Elevation: Moderate-Challenging (50)
Total Gain: 1282 feet
Steepest: 6.2%
Saturday’s
Weather
Saturday’s forecast calls for another great
day for riding
with partly cloudy skies, temps in the mid-70s, and a bit of a
strong breeze.
The
Ride
This
five-town ride includes a little bit of everything. The route travels on quiet,
scenic, country
roads with lots of farms and natural settings. This is a
beautiful route but
you’re going to have to work for your scenery.
Most of the ride is “roller coasterish” with lots of ups and downs. Most of the hills are fairly easy but there are a few tough ones on the route as well. The toughest hill, unfortunately, comes ride at the start of the ride. Maybe you could arrange something with Uber. Overall, we’ve rated the ride distance as moderate and the hills as “moderate-challenging”.
Here’s a link to a map of Saturday’s route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47004880
You can print our “official cue sheet” for the ride by clicking the link above, then click “More”, then click “Print Map and Cue PDF”, and finally click “Print Official”.
EAST BAY BIKE PATH ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24?
The weather still looks perfect for our
wildly
popular East Bay Bike Path ride on Wednesday, 6/24. Don’t miss this one … it’s
a club favorite! Put
it on your calendar. Stay
tuned for
details …
Off the
Route
Our “Off the Route” feature
includes interesting
topics that we think are worth sharing with the ABC cycling
community. Please let
us know what you think.
Ashland Bike Club Radio
The Beatles – With
a Little Help from My Friends
Laurie Lewis – Old
Friend
Carole King – You’ve
Got
a Friend
Kate Wolf – You’re
Not
Standing Like You Used To
Kate Wolf – Friend of
Mine
Terri Hendrix - Prayer
for My Friends
Social, Scenic, & Slow? Or
not slow?
For years, the Ashland Bike Club’s motto has been “social,
scenic,
and slow”. We figure our bruising 11 mph average speed puts us
squarely in the “slow”
category.
Well, not so fast (sorry!).
The article below seems to tell a different story. Using aggregate data, some data geek apparently derived an overall average speed for all rides recorded on the popular cycling app called Strava. Strava boasts more than 195 million users so the sample size is really large.
The average trip distance for these riders was a mere 12.8 miles. This is just about ½ the distance of a typical ABC ride.
The average moving speed for these Strava trips was a mere 11.86 mph which, given the shorter trips, is more or less the same average speed as an ABC ride.
Maybe we’re more social and scenic than slow.
Read the article: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/how-far-does-the-average-cyclist-ride-and-does-it-actually-matter
Does everyone have knee pain?
I know as we age our aches and pains become a popular topic
of
conversation. Lately, though, it seems you’re more likely to
meet someone who
has had a knee replacement than someone who hasn’t.
The parts department must be doing a whole lot of business.
The article below talks about an experimental alternative to knee replacement. It might not be available for a while but it’s worth keeping an eye on.
Read the article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260616102217.htm
Be sure to check your email after 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning to make sure we didn’t cancel or postpone the ride and … don’t forget those helmets.
See you soon.
Joel
