SCTAC Rides – Every Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Please join the Greenville Spinners Bicycle Club. Official SCTAC rides are for members only. Do your part by joining so that you share the cost of the lease for beautiful lot, porta johns, police officers and other expenses associated with these great events. Do the right thing. Support your fellow cyclists.

Our SCTAC Tuesday evening rides start at 6:00 pm and feature a ride for most speed ranges. Our C rides (country road rides) are non-competitive group rides. In our country route group ride will follow all SC state motor vehicle laws. We do not run stop signs or red lights. We regroup at these places and let all cyclist drink and refuel if needed. We have signs indicating the different speed groups (described below).  Five to to ten minutes before 6:00 pm,  find your speed group and get ready for a great ride. Each group has experienced ride leaders that escort each group on their course.

The speed and distances are as follows

• Our bridge group introduces cyclist to riding on the road in a group environment. This group rides at an average speed of 12 to 13 mph over an 18 mile course that does have a few hills. This is for cyclist that normally ride on the Swamp Rabbit Trail but want to ride in a group and gain fitness, speed and improve their cycling abilities.
• Our 14 mph group is the next step up. They ride a course that is 22 miles long and has some rolling hills.
• Our 15 mph group rides a course that is 30 miles long and has short and longer hills.
• Our 17 and 19 mph groups are for more advanced cyclist and they ride the same 30 mile course.
• Our 21 mph group is for very advanced cyclist.

If you want to put your racing kit on we do have an A and B group that rides Perimeter Road at SCTAC for several laps in a race environment. This is only for cyclist with advanced cycling skills. You will start at 6 p.m. from the new Spinners’ parking area. Police support will be on hand. There is a $5.00 fee per cyclist for the A and B race groups.

Velo Valets Shop Rides

Always check with the shop for any changes:

Time:  6 PM
Days: Every Tuesday – year around
Place: Velo Valets Bicycle Shop – 2901 Old Buncombe Rd, Greenville, SC 29609

Contact:

Call or Text us at – (864) 841-VELO (8356)

Carlo – (864) 884-0222

Email at – service@velovalets.com

Every Wednesday VOP Ride if weather permitting.

Place: Pelham Hospital Medical Center at 250 Westmoreland Rd, Greer, SC 29651

(Please park in Medical Building Parking lot right off Hwy 14) (Please google or use Garmin).

Start time is at 6:00 pm sharp.

Pace is 18 or 22 miles at 14-15 mph.
Most of the roads are marked and we will try to stay together and regroup if needed

Cue sheet and map can be found at The Ride Connection: VOP Ride Route

Ride with GPS Route: VOP RidewithGPS Route

Ride Rules:

A red rear blinking light is REQUIRED and a front white flashing light is recommended.

Helmets are required and no earbuds are allowed.

Riders must carry an ID in addition to a phone.

Cindy Moore
Text: 864-525-5600

2018 Greenville Spinners Summer Time Trial Series 

We are proud to announce that the 2018 Greenville Spinners Summer Time Trial Series will return with the first event in the series on Thursday, May 3rd.

Never done a time trial before? We have all levels of riders at our time trials so don’t be intimidated. It is a great way to test and improve your fitness. You do NOT need a time trial bike to race.

For 2018, all categories will remain the same and are listed below.
Categories are:
Juniors (under 18)
Men cat pro 1,2,3
Men cat 4,5 or unclassified
Men Merckx (NO aero equip)
Men Masters 50+
Women cat pro 1,2,3
Women cat 4,5 or unclassified
Women Merckx (NO aero equip)

The Time trial series is FREE for Greenville Spinners Members. You must be a Spinners member to participate – we will be checking to verify membership at registration. If you are not a member, you will not race. You can sign up online by going here: https://www.greenvillespinners.org/membership-account/membership- levels/ or you can sign up at the time trial.

For each event, registration will begin at 5pm at the registration tent set up at the Spinners parking area at SCTAC. The address is 642 Perimeter Road, Greenville, SC 29605. First rider off at 6:01pm at 1 minute intervals.  Registration will be set up in the same parking area as the porta-johns.

The course is a 10 mile out and back route. The start and finish line will be located at the Spinners Parking area. It will start in a clockwise direction out to (just before) Echelon Road where riders will do a u-turn and return to the start / finish line.  The course uses perimeter road and passes the golf course as well as climbs (and descends) 3M hill.   Details can be found here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13541286

For 2018, the series will award prizes to the top overall point winners in each category. Each race will award 5 points for 1 st place, 4 points for 2 nd , 3 points for 3 rd , 2 points for 4 th and 1 point for 5 th . Awards will be handed out at the conclusion of the August race.

The four dates for the events (all Thursdays) are: May 3, June 28, July 26 and August 23. We WILL have a rain date if we have to cancel. Cancellations will be made by 4pm on the original race date and the rain date will be one week following.

If you have questions, please contact Jeff Michenfelder – 864.363.7399 / michenfelder@yahoo.com