Saturday's forecast has greatly improved - sunny, little wind, mid-50's at ride time!  Russ Welty will lead the 44-mile route.  Long riders also have the 57-mile Eastside Showcase, covering some of the best roads around here!

In addition, Amy Crownover has volunteered to lead the 25-mile Short, no-drop option and will take care of everybody on that course!  Amy is Executive Director of Greenways for Nashville, a non-profit group that works with Metro Parks.  Assisted by HBC at-large board member Jordan Howes, Amy strives to support, promote, and expand Nashville's greenways.  Here's a link to their organization - watch the Tennessee Crossroads video featuring Amy!
Greenways for Nashville

So this is an ideal time for new, returning, and cycle-light riders to enjoy a great HBC ride!

Here's the full info for Saturday:

Saturday, Apr. 22 - 9:00 A.M.
Trinity Tromp & Eastside Showcase! 
Cecil Lewis Park at Trinity, 3680 North Chapel Road, Franklin 37067 

On Saturday Russ Welty will lead a very scenic and not-too-hard route of 44 miles from Trinity Park.  The route will introduce our new riders to the glories of Burke Hollow, one of the coolest stretches around!  Then there is a long, gradual climb on Sanford Road, followed by a nice descent on Independent Hill to the rest stop at the Almaville Market at mile 19.  After that, the territory is pretty flat to rolling.  There is a Short option of 25 miles that takes the Sanford climb but comes back on McCanless and Osborne.  Amy Crownover will lead this route and make sure no one is left behind!  And for those who are up for a longer ride, the Eastside Showcase is available.  This route starts out the same way but takes PawPaw Springs to get to the Almaville Market at mile 20, and then goes south on Snail Shell and comes back on the fun but challenging course of Taliaferro!  Here are the cue sheets:

Trinity Tromp - Long route - 44 miles - GPS

Trinity Tromp - Short route - 25 miles - GPS

Eastside Showcase - 57 miles - GPS

So join any of this Saturday's routes for quite an adventure!