Deer Festival from Northridge Church

Last week Dale led us due south into the howling winds of Byron.  On Saturday at 9am -- to kick off the official Baselayer season -- we'll ride due north for a store stop at the 45th Annual Monticello Deer Festival.  Then we'll wolf down a funnel cake and suffer southward.  The start will be at Northridge Baptist Church on Gray Hwy just north of downtown Macon (location map at bottom of page).   There is a short section of dirt (about a mile) but it's very smooth with no gravel. Hwy 11 is a good stretch of road for practicing rotations.  The route length is 69.6 miles.  No attack zones or sprints for this one.

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Park in the lot directly behind the building near the dumpster:

Dale - 3.5 hr ride

Gabe has postponed his Milledgeville century until later in the year.  So on Saturday Dale Vaughn will lead us 60 miles through Byron.  The route is shown below

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FG 50

Thanks to Monty for hosting the Fried Green 50 yesterday.  It was a good event and great fun.

The Piedmont Wildlife Refuge is a beautiful place to ride:

Sunday Ride

On Sunday (Oct 23) at 9am, Christian will lead a 5- to 5.5-hr ride from Howard middle school parking lot on Old Forsyth Road.  Please make sure to e-mail Christian ahead of time at cparrett89@gmail.com if you plan to join him.  This will not be a no-drop ride, although no one will be left lost and stranded.

Monty's Fried Green 50 will be held Saturday at 10am in Juliette.  Fifty miles of dirt and gravel roads.  See you there.  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206274419439876

Sapelo Island

I'll be on the coast this weekend. So unless someone wants to lead a ride on Saturday, we'll see you on the 22nd for the Fried Green 50. I pre-rode it Sat and saw a zoo. Bobcat carrying squirrel, et cetera.  What I saw looked just like the pic below.  And it was windy, so he couldn't hear me and I got very close before he dropped the squirrel and hauled ass.

FG50 recon

I'm going to ride parts of the Fried Green 50 route that I don't know well. The pace will be mellow: bird watching speed. Probably about 2.5 hours starting at the Juliette boat launch at 9am Saturday. Join me if you'd like. Cross or MTB.

No ride this Saturday.

No Baselayer ride this Saturday, the 8th.  Macon 'cross at Sandy Beach on Sunday.  Monty's hosting some great dirt roads on the Fried Green 50 on Oct 22; and Gabriel Denes will lead us on the Milledgeville Century on October 29th.  Stay tuned for details.