HBC Calendars - Harpeth Bike Club

Ride starts from LP Field. Meet in front of the pro shop on the east side of the stadium. Fun, easy pace around East Nashville/Shelby Park. (Non-members of HBC will be asked to sign a waiver.)

Every cyclist has their own reason for riding that drives them to the finish line. What is your reason for participating in the Tour de Cure?

Maybe you have a family member or other loved one with diabetes, or maybe you have diabetes yourself. Some participants join because they love the thrill of riding with so many other cyclists on a great route. Others join because it's a good excuse to dust off the bike and ride with the family.

Now you can let us know YOUR reasons for riding in the Tour de Cure. Visit our Rider Stories area to share your personal story or to read about how another cyclist got involved.

If you are in search of the latest diabetes facts and statistics, read our Diabetes Facts. These facts can help you stay informed, or you can use them to educate and appeal to your donors. The incidence of diabetes is growing rapidly in the U.S.—we have to keep riding to get ahead of this deadly disease.

No matter why you signed up, we're glad you're along for the ride.

Contact Regina Jensen for information on the Harpeth Bike Club team!

Come experience one of the southeast's most scenic and challenging centuries. The rigorous 100-mile option will take you through 3 states (Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia) and over 3 mountains (Suck Creek, Sand and Lookout). Climb and descend Lookout Mountain over the same course as the 2007 Tour de Georgia. The moderate 62-mile option spans 2 states and 1 mountain. The 25-mile option takes riders across the hilly terrain of 1 state.

Hailed by cyclists asthe most unique century they've ever ridden.

2008 looks be an exciting year for our event. In 2003, the Mayor Bob Corker picked two local events supported entirely by local organizations to showcase Chattanooga. One was the 3-State 3-Mountain Challenge. The City of Chattanooga has stepped forward to help make this a truly memorable event. The 3-State will be again be staged at Finley Stadium across the street from the First Tennessee Pavilion. The facility is wonderful with even more amenities than the Pavilion. The Chattanooga Market will be at the Pavilion on Sunday after the 3-State and all the new waterfront enhancements will be available for the family and non-ride time activities. This is truly the year to bring your family and stay the weekend.

(Note: Registration for the 2008 3-State 3-Mountain Challenge will close when the limit of 2500 riders is reached or on Apr 21, 2008, whichever is reached first. No refunds after April 13.)

Thursday Road Rides:
On Thursday evenings club members meet at 6:00 p.m. at the entrance to Percy Warner Park on Belle Meade Blvd. Designated Ride Leaders are not provided on Thursday rides. The participants decide upon routes, mileage and pace each week prior to starting. Often several groups are formed varying from Level 1 riders who cruise the mostly flat Boulevard to Level 2/3 riders who tackle the hills of the Park.

Tuesday Road Rides:
Our Tuesday night rides have something for everyone. We typically have three groups ranging in speed from 12-15 mph, 15-18 mph, and 18+. Distances vary by the amount of daylight available but will ultimately be about 18 miles for the slowest group and up to 30 for the fastest. We usually have at least 1-20 riders in each category so you are assured of having a good ride. We start the rides from Poplar Grove Elementary in Franklin and begin at 6:00 pm sharp. You should arrive by 5:45 to make sure you are ready to roll out at 6:00.

Sunday Road Rides: The Sunday morning ride is known as the "Pancake Ride". All ride levels are welcome on this ride that begins at Hunters Bend Elementary School and travels 13 miles on moderately hilly terrain to Leipers Fork. Riders typically regroup in Leipers Fork and eat breakfast. The route to/from Leipers Fork is marked on the pavement, and maps and cue sheets are available from the Ride Leader. Following breakfast in Leipers Fork, many riders often choose to add additional miles at a L-2 / L-3 pace. Level 1 riders and others choosing to return to Hunters Bend Elementary School retrace the 13 mile route back to the starting point. Total of 26 miles! The HBC offers rides for all levels of bicycle enthusiasts. The club rides are rated according to pace and terrain. LEVEL TERRAIN L-1 (10-13 mph) T-1 (flat) L-2 (14-17 mph) T-2 (moderate) L-3 (18+ mph) T-3 (hilly) Guests are always welcome on Club rides. If you participate in a few rides and find them enjoyable, then you are encouraged to join the club. All guests must sign a Liability Waiver at the start of each ride. The following weekly rides occur during our ride season, which is April through October. www.harpethbikeclub.com

The HBC offers rides for all levels of bicycle enthusiasts. The club rides are rated according to pace and terrain.

LEVEL	TERRAIN
L-1 (10-13 mph)	T-1 (flat)
L-2 (14-17 mph)	T-2 (moderate)
L-3 (18+ mph)	T-3 (hilly)

Guests are always welcome on Club rides. If you participate in a few rides and find them enjoyable, then you are encouraged to join the club. All guests must sign a Liability Waiver at the start of each ride. The following weekly rides occur during our ride season, which is April through October.

Saturday Road Rides: Saturday rides are typically suitable for Level 2 & 3 riders who are comfortable riding on moderate to hilly terrain. Routes and mileage are determined each week by the Ride Leader. A properly equipped road bike is recommended for most Saturday rides, as the pace is usually not suitable for mountain bikes or hybrids. Occasionally Level 1 rides are also offered on Saturdays. Please consult the Ride Schedule for each week's ride information.

Sunday Road Rides: The Sunday morning ride is known as the "Pancake Ride". All ride levels are welcome on this ride that begins at Hunters Bend Elementary School and travels 13 miles on moderately hilly terrain to Leipers Fork. Riders typically regroup in Leipers Fork and eat breakfast. The route to/from Leipers Fork is marked on the pavement, and maps and cue sheets are available from the Ride Leader. Following breakfast in Leipers Fork, many riders often choose to add additional miles at a L-2 / L-3 pace. Level 1 riders and others choosing to return to Hunters Bend Elementary School retrace the 13 mile route back to the starting point. Total of 26 miles! The HBC offers rides for all levels of bicycle enthusiasts. The club rides are rated according to pace and terrain. LEVEL TERRAIN L-1 (10-13 mph) T-1 (flat) L-2 (14-17 mph) T-2 (moderate) L-3 (18+ mph) T-3 (hilly) Guests are always welcome on Club rides. If you participate in a few rides and find them enjoyable, then you are encouraged to join the club. All guests must sign a Liability Waiver at the start of each ride. The following weekly rides occur during our ride season, which is April through October. www.harpethbikeclub.com

Start: Nolensville Park, on Rocky Fork Road just east of Nolensville Road. MAP HERE

Description: There will be two options, a 53 mile ride and a 42 mile ride. Since this is the weekend for the Iroquois Steeplechase and the Big Hill Challenge, this is the “Horses and Hills” ride. Come view some of the horse farms in Williamson and Rutherford Counties and do some hills while you are at it. I will be sweeping the long route, if there is a volunteer to sweep the short route, I would welcome it! Cue sheets and road hickeys will be provided for your riding pleasure. We will be visiting the following townships/villages in our routes: Nolensville, LaVergne, Rock Springs, Rocky Fork, Almaville, Triune, Eagleville, Kirkland and Arrington.

Terrain: T-2

Ride Level: L-2 & 3.

Please support our friends at Walk Bike Nashville by riding the Tour de Nash this weekend! It's for a great cause.

Clinic starts at 2:00 pm, Williamson County Rec Center off of Concord Rd (920 Heritage Way)

Learn the all-important basics of bicycles and bicycling. We will spend some time discussing theory in the parking lot, followed by a slow, easy ride incorporating and practicing the principles and skills discussed. You must be a HBC member to participate, and pre-registration is required.

REGISTER BY CONTACTING CLINIC LEADERS:

Tom Spear/ tomspear@hotmail.com
John Robinson/ John.Robinson@correctionscorp.com

Bike-to-Work Day

Be healthy, be green, and save money! Downtown workers from across Nashville are invited to try commuting in to town on two wheels for Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 9. If you don't work downtown, you are still more than welcome to join. Walk/Bike Nashville will have ride leaders departing various locations between 6:30 and 7:15 am. and arriving at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center around 7:30 am. Leaders will share their favorite routes into town while avoiding the gridlock of the busier streets whenever possible. Refreshments will be served. Visit www.walkbikenashville.org for more details. No registration required, but helmets are mandatory.

Bellevue/West End (673-6329)

Red Caboose Playground– 6:30 am

Gran Fondo Bike Shop– 6:45 am

Vine St. Church—7:00 am

Join Murphy Rd Route at Elmington Park at 7:10 am

Hillsboro/Belmont (478-0487)

Hillsboro High School—7:00 am

Belmont/Gale –7:15 am

16th/Magnolia-7:25 am

Shelby Ave (585-2014)

Shelby Community Center—7:15 am

East Community Center—7:25 am

Sylvan Park/Murphy Road (668-6003 )

Charlotte Park Library—6:50 am

Richland Park-7:00 am

Elmington Park-7:10 am

Join Hillsboro/Belmont Route on 16th Ave at 7:25 am

Donelson (812-2035)

Donelson & Lebanon Pk—6:45am

Two Rivers Skate Park—7:00 am

Germantown (260-0005)

Morgan Park Community Center—7:00 am

Farmers’ Market along 7th Ave—7:15 am

Sunday Road Rides: The Sunday morning ride is known as the "Pancake Ride". All ride levels are welcome on this ride that begins at Hunters Bend Elementary School and travels 13 miles on moderately hilly terrain to Leipers Fork. Riders typically regroup in Leipers Fork and eat breakfast. The route to/from Leipers Fork is marked on the pavement, and maps and cue sheets are available from the Ride Leader. Following breakfast in Leipers Fork, many riders often choose to add additional miles at a L-2 / L-3 pace. Level 1 riders and others choosing to return to Hunters Bend Elementary School retrace the 13 mile route back to the starting point. Total of 26 miles! The HBC offers rides for all levels of bicycle enthusiasts. The club rides are rated according to pace and terrain. LEVEL TERRAIN L-1 (10-13 mph) T-1 (flat) L-2 (14-17 mph) T-2 (moderate) L-3 (18+ mph) T-3 (hilly) Guests are always welcome on Club rides. If you participate in a few rides and find them enjoyable, then you are encouraged to join the club. All guests must sign a Liability Waiver at the start of each ride. The following weekly rides occur during our ride season, which is April through October. www.harpethbikeclub.com

The opening is at hand for the Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge, which joins major pieces of Nashville greenways.

Mayor Karl Dean and other officials will attend the ceremony at 10 a.m. May 3 on the Two Rivers Park side of the river.
Advertisement

Anyone wanting to take part should park and meet at nearby Wave Country, 2320 Two Rivers Parkway, to walk, bike or skate across the bridge, according to a Metro Parks announcement.

Shelby Bottoms and Shelby Park, with ballparks, wetlands and nature center, lie on one side of the 700-foot-long bridge.

A short tunnel and walkway are on the other, crossing under Briley Parkway to Two Rivers Park with its skate park, golf course and Wave Country water park.

— ANNE PAINE
apaine@tennessean.com

Yes, we have members that are going to ride!

Clarksville Rotary Annual Metric

Those of you from Cookeville and Putnam County, you have a great opportunity for a beautiful rail trail in the area. Follow the link to see what it's about.

Liz Engel

Herald-Citizen Staff

Thursday, Mar 27, 2008

PUTNAM COUNTY -- A public hearing for those wishing to officially comment on the Rails with Trails project has been scheduled for the end of April.

The hearing, which will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 29 at Cookeville City Hall, will include a presentation on the status of the trail given by the Trail Authority -- the 10-member board overseeing the project -- and will also allow time for public comments and suggestions.

The authority will be spending the next several weeks preparing for that presentation and is expecting to hear mostly about the possibility of allowing horses on the trail.

The issue of equestrian use on the trail has been a hot button issue the last couple years. The Trail Authority has yet to make an official decision on whether or not horses will be allowed, but the group is now in the process of gathering all the information needed to make that decision -- including taking into consideration TDOT funding constraints, surface constraints, and terrain and legality issues.

"We've talked all along about the users of the trail, and we need to prepare and have in front of us any of the facts and figures," said Trail Authority Chairman Keith Lilly. "Within the equestrian community in particular, I've heard 180 degree thoughts on how they might use the trail. So capturing that information, and getting the facts and figures, would figure into the decision-making process."

The meeting April 29 will be the first step toward making an official decision, and is the first time this year the public has been invited to officially comment on the project. A similar hearing regarding the equestrian issue was held in 2005 and more than 50 horse-enthusiasts attended.

"The bottom line is, the process is more important than the result," said authority member Tom Williford. "I want to encourage everyone on the authority to be neutral about (horses) and anything else. It creates a public persona that it's already been settled and it shouldn't be. That's what the issue is -- it's not whether or not horses are going to be allowed or not. If you go through the process, and everybody gets the opportunity to have their say, the public can accept it."

Grant restrictions that specifically determine what type of surface is required for the trail could be the biggest factor in the decision. Some portions of the trail would require a hard, paved surface while for others, a tar and chip type mixture could be used. The final trail design, due May 1 from Crouch Engineering, is expected to address that issue.

The Rails with Trails path will run along reconstructed railroad tracks from the Cookeville Depot, through Algood and to Monterey.

The project is a joint venture between the City of Cookeville, Algood, the Town of Monterey and Putnam County.

Cookeville City Hall is located at 45 E. Broad St., across from the Putnam County Library.

WDate: Saturday, May 3
Start: Bruegger's Bagels in Brentwood
Time: 8:30am
Description: Urban Assault to the Bridge Opening! We'll meet at Brueggers Bagels in Brentwood for a ride down to the pedestrian bridge opening at 10am at the wave pool. We may ride the full length of the greenway on the other side, and return to the Farmer's Market for Green Market Day. No cue sheets, but we'll probably take Franklin / 8th past the Greyhound station to Demonbreun, if anyone wants to catch us on the way in.
Miles / Rating: 30+ miles, some hills, friendly pace.
Ride Leader: Pat Clements

Little River Bicycle Tour, Saturday, May 17, 2008, Hopkinsville, KY. Start at St. John United Methodist Church at 8 AM (100 mile)/8:30 AM (all other rides). Registration $20 in advance; $25 day of ride. For information or to register, www.littlerivercyclingclub.com/lrbt.htm or phone Bikes and Moore: (270)885-0613. Church is located at 2808 S. Virginia Street, Hopkinsville, KY.

The Little River Bike Tour has become a favorite ride of cyclists throughout the mid-south since 1986. Four clearly marked routes (10, 30, 60 or 100 miles)wind through the gently rolling hills of western Kentucky.

Whether you prefer a gently rolling metric century or want to push yourself with a very challenging, very hilly full century, we have the route you are looking for—with hundreds of homemade cookies at great rest stops and a hunger-pleasing spaghetti dinner at the end.

The 100 mile Ride: Our century route is sure to satisfy your craving for hills with over 6,900 feet of climbing and grades that hit 15%.

60 and 30 Mile: Keeping with the long standing tradition of the Little River Bicycle Tour, these routes take you on a nice tour of the flat farmland with some low, rolling terrain.

10 Mile: A family-friendly route.

Your fee includes well-marked routes, a T-shirt, a water-bottle (first 200 registrants), and our renowned spaghetti dinner after your ride! You will be greeted by friendly volunteers at the rest stops with fresh fruit, drinks, and, of course, hundreds of homemade cookies. Sag wagons will patrol all four routes to provide transportation to rest stops and/or the finish area. Limited technical support will be available. Please bring your own emergency tools.

All riders MUST wear a helmet—no exceptions!

Directions to Ride:

From I-24 Eastbound – Take Exit 65 (Cadiz /Hopkinsville exit. Turn left onto Hwy. 68/ 80. Turn right onto 68 bypass to 3rd light (hwy 107). Turn left, onto 107, approx. 2 miles to start.

From Pennyrile Parkway – Exit 7B. South on 41A to 68 bypass. Turn right on bypass to 1st light (hwy 107). Turn right onto 107, approx. 2 miles to start.

From Bowling Green - Go west on Hwy 68
towards Hopkinsville, turn left on the 68 bypass (yellow flashing light), take bypass to Hwy 107(football stadium on left), turn right, go approx 2 miles to St John UMC on right.

From Tennessee – Exit 86 (Ft. Campbell /
Hopkinsville). Turn right onto 41A go approximately 8 miles to 68 bypass. Turn left on bypass to 1st light (Hwy 107). Turn right, approx. 2 miles to start.

Not a HBC ride, but a great opportunity for beginner riders, sponsored by Gran Fondo, one of our local bike shops. This series is on alternate Tuesdays, starting 4/22/08. This link has all the details.http://www.granfondocycles.com/events?id=55334

Sunday Road Rides: The Sunday morning ride is known as the "Pancake Ride". All ride levels are welcome on this ride that begins at Hunters Bend Elementary School and travels 13 miles on moderately hilly terrain to Leipers Fork. Riders typically regroup in Leipers Fork and eat breakfast. The route to/from Leipers Fork is marked on the pavement, and maps and cue sheets are available from the Ride Leader. Following breakfast in Leipers Fork, many riders often choose to add additional miles at a L-2 / L-3 pace. Level 1 riders and others choosing to return to Hunters Bend Elementary School retrace the 13 mile route back to the starting point. Total of 26 miles! The HBC offers rides for all levels of bicycle enthusiasts. The club rides are rated according to pace and terrain. LEVEL TERRAIN L-1 (10-13 mph) T-1 (flat) L-2 (14-17 mph) T-2 (moderate) L-3 (18+ mph) T-3 (hilly) Guests are always welcome on Club rides. If you participate in a few rides and find them enjoyable, then you are encouraged to join the club. All guests must sign a Liability Waiver at the start of each ride. The following weekly rides occur during our ride season, which is April through October. www.harpethbikeclub.com

2008 Tour de Nash

Join Eddie George and Bridgestone Americas at this year's Tour de Nash which will be held Saturday, May 17, at the East Bank Greenway (on the river at Titans Stadium)

The Tour de Nash is a non-competitive event that offers walking or biking tours of Nashville.

Participants can choose a FREE 2-mile or 4-mile walking tour, or a FREE 6-mile or 12-mile Family Bike Ride through downtown Nashville.

You can also choose bike tour routes of 25 or 50 with options up to 67 miles.

Visit www.tourdenash.org for more information. If you would like to volunteer for the event, or have questions, e-mail or call tour director Laurel Davis at tdn@walkbikenashville.org or 1-877-474-TOUR.

Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/20 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.

Meet at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. The ride will start from the parking lot where the NashvilleCyclist.com bike races will be taking place. There is plenty of parking in the lots, but be cautious of the coned off race course. Visit www.NashvilleCyclist.com for more details. View the route -

Urban assault ride from Phil Scharre's house - 5605 Trousdale Drive, Brentwood TN 37027. 35-40 miles, casual pace. phone 495-4289

Power Training Clinic presented by Todd Nordmeyer at Bike Pedlar - West End (7- 8 pm)

See website for details