ABC Ride: SUNDAY, August 11 at 10:30 a.m. from the Warren School, Ashland
Joel Arbeitman
The Ashland Bike Club’s next ride has been scheduled for SUNDAY, August 11 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 III (get the right version!!)
Ride
Rating:
Distance: Moderate (26.1)
Elevation: Moderate-Challenging (54)
Total Gain: 1401 feet
Steepest: 6.9%
Sunday’s Weather
Sunday’s
forecast calls
for a sunny day with temps between 75 and 80, comfortable, dry
air and ... a
bit breezy.
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.
It’s our first
time doing this
exact route although all the roads will be familiar.
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. Overall, we’ve rated the ride distance as moderate and the hills as “moderate-challenging”.
Here’s a link to a map of Sunday’s route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47018511
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”.
SCITUATE RIDE NEXT WEDNESDAY???
The weather still looks perfect for our
wildly
popular Scituate ride on Wednesday, 8/14.
I think it’s a safe bet you can write it on your calendar
in ink. Next week’s
weather looks perfect! Stay tuned
…
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.
E-Bike
Cheaters?
In the
US, e-bikes are
categorized as Class I, II and III. All
classes have restrictions on how fast they can go before the
battery assist
cuts out.
Or so I thought …
I read recently that it’s easy to override the speed limitation. All an owner needs to do is enter a smaller tire size during the setup process. The software calculates bike speed based on the number of times the wheel axel goes around times the tire’s circumference. If a fraudulent circumference is entered, i.e., a smaller circumference, the bike may actually circumvent the intended speed restriction.
Does anyone know if this can really be done?
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/07/more-than-half-of-fatbikes-in-amsterdam-souped-up-police-find/
Just
for airheads?
Everyone
is always
looking for “the next thing” but airbags in helmets?
I just can’t see this catching on. Would you buy one of these things?
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/poc-and-autoliv-patent-airbag-helmet-design-308997
Be sure to check your email after 9:00 a.m. SUNDAY morning to make sure we didn’t cancel or postpone the ride and … don’t forget those helmets.
See you soon.
Joel