What we’re about
Come Ride With Us! The Spokane Bicycle Club is a recreational and social organization that promotes lifelong cycling for fun and health. Group rides range from leisurely 10-mile social rides to longer fitness and endurance rides, as well as occasional multi-day tours. Some rides are urban and some are in the wider Inland Northwest around Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. We offer monthly meetings showcasing cycling adventures and innovation, and we advocate for safe cycling through sponsoring and supporting cycle-positive events and activities. More about our club can be found at: www.spokanebicycleclub.org. To JOIN the Spokane Bicycle Club ($25 per year individual membership), and support our rides and bike advocacy efforts, go to Spokane Bicycle Club membership
The Club offers Zwift indoor trainer group rides four days a week Nov-Feb. Details at: SBC on Zwift
Note: Helmets are required on Club rides.
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Team Thursday: Kendall Yards, Pleasant Prairie, Mead Loop
Olmsted Brothers Green, North Nettleton Street, Spokane, WA, USStart Time: Meet at 9:15, rollout at 9:30 AM
Meeting Location/Address: Olmsted Brothers Green 441 N Nettleton St, Spokane, WA 99201
Distance: 43 miles
Pace: 13 – 15 cruising speed on flat surface
Terrain: Paved roads except for a half-mile downhill gravel road section. One 1.2-mile steep climb, otherwise typical Spokane rolling terrain. +/- 1900 feet elevation gain
Route Description: This ride is similar to past Team Thursday rides, with some novel elements thrown in to keep things interesting. Routine rollout along Centennial Trail/Upriver Drive to the “hill of the day”, namely Fruit Hill at mile 10. If weather cooperates, we’ll enjoy post-harvest scenery as we roll through Pleasant Prairie. Things diverge from previous rides in that we ignore the Moffat descent (sorry folks) and continue northward for a bit before a new downhill (including 0.5-mile gravel) that will bring us to the Mt. Spokane Highway. We’ll follow that for a bit then skirt the border of Green Bluff before cruising through downtown Mead on our way to the Children of the Sun Trail. We’ll take the trail to our coffee stop at Derailer Coffee. We can probably stash our bikes at Hillyard Bike Shop (one of our longtime club sponsors). After the break we’ll return to the start using some of Spokane’s designated bike infrastructure.
Link to route map and download option: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52916947 (Note: there is a temporary closure of the Centennial Trail near Mission Park that is not reflected on this map. We will ride on the designated detour)
Regroup Locations: to be determined during ride
Eat: Derailer Coffee at mile 36
Weather cancellation: Rain, high winds, other extreme conditions may cancel. Check Meetup for status updates or contact ride leader.
Ride Leader: Tim Hunt 503.880.9896
Helmets required on all SBC rides
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Monday Riverside State Park Out and Back
2901 W Northwest Blvd, Spokane, WA, USMeet: 9:45 a.m. at Little Garden Cafe, 2901 W Northwest Blvd and North A St. Note later start time for Octobr 6 thrrough November 24.
Ride starts: 10:00 a.m.
Pace on the level: 12-14 mph (typically faster on the outbound leg due to slight slope downstream and mild SW tailwind). Because this is a recurring, out and back ride, riders are free to ride their own faster pace than posted pace if they desire. Faster riders wait for all riders at regroup point at McClellan trailhead on outbound leg.
Distance: 26 miles.
Terrrain: Mostly flat to hilly with some very short hills.
Regroup: McClellan trailhead past 7-mile, and at Nine Mile Recreation Area (snack stop).
Approximate time: 3 hours
Route Description: This is an out and back ride to Long Lake via Aubrey White Parkway, Centennial Trail, to 9-Mile Recreation Area at Long Lake/Lake Spokane.
Food, water, and clothing: Bring your own water and snacks. Drinks and food at Little Garden /cafe after ride. Dress for the conditions, which will be chilly to cold, so check forecast.
Restroom at Little Garden Cafe. Vault toilets at McClellan trailhead, N of Seven Mile bridge, CT at Carlson Rd, Sontag Park. Restroom at 9-Mile Recreation Area (open through October 31)).
Weather policy: Heavy rain, ice, snow that sticks, high winds, heavy smoke, will cancel ride.
Leader: Don Barden 206-450-3576
Note: Helmet required on all SBC ridesI
Pedal-assist E-road bikes welcome!
Link to Ride With GPS map and cue sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42570261I invite all riders not members of the Spokane Bicycle Club to join at www.Spokanebicycleclub.org
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