I have a few important things to get out to everyone, so I’m gonna combine them all in this wonderfully crafted post.

It is SRC Party Time! Save the date for Sunday, November 6 at 2 PM. We have the Steiner Ranch Lake Club Pavillion reserved ( https://goo.gl/maps/vUBF7x82EM92 ) and we will have food and drinks for everyone. Anyone that rides with us (on occasion or regularly) is welcome. Bring your families. PLEASE RSVP HERE: http://evite.me/ZKFEx1QdWV

It is time for the Tour das Hugel in Austin again. Nelos Cycles and Steiner Ranch Cycling are sponsoring this years training/recon ride on Oct. 22. Starting and ending at Nelos Cycles on Mesa Dr. the route will hit many of the Hugel hills giving you a chance to work on your climbing and/or see what you are in for. The route (see here), is about 50 miles with 5,890 of climbing. There will be options to go shorter or longer on distance as well as miss a hill or two and still stay with the group. There will be several ride leaders and while this is not a no drop ride, we will break into groups to keep people together. We hope to see you there and on the Hugel on Nov. 12. Wheels down at 8am.

Our latest kits should have been delivered to everyone by now. Try ’em on and check the fit. In a week or so I will re-open the store so that you can order your 2nd/3rd sets with confidence in sizes. Note that we will only have jerseys and bibs on sale this time (no jackets, arm warmers, etc). Those of you that somehow missed the last order are in luck. I will send out email and notify via Facebook and our web page when the store opens. The store will be open for a week when it happens.

Finally, this weekend’s rides. Since LIVESTRONG is Sunday, and many of us are doing it, our normal plans are askew. If you are not doing the LIVESTRONG ride, I recommend you just show up at the regular 7:30 am start time (Cups & Cones) and organize some kind of fun ride amongst yourselves. Feel free to use the mail list and/or Facebook to organize something more structured :-). If you are attending LIVESTRONG, you should join the SRC GroupMe group so we can communicate before, during, and after the event. Just go here: https://app.groupme.com/join_group/25861611/KctbLd

Regards,
Thomas

NOTE: if you placed a new kit order, you probably received a shipment notification from Eliel this week. My delivery date is showing Monday. Wooo! We will re-open the store again in a couple of weeks so people can order additional kits after trying on what they received. If you got something that doesn’t fit, we can also organize some size swapping.

This weekend’s weather looks awesome again! Livestrong ride is rapidly approaching, let’s get some miles in!

Saturday we will go on a new 70 mile route that takes us “way out east” to the Walnut Creek trail. This time we will go North on it! Check out the route here: https://www.strava.com/routes/6730201 . After the ride we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted burgers and beer!

Sunday is our usual Coffee Shop ride to Red Horn. It is 50 miles and is at an endurance pace typically finishing around a 17mph average speed overall. While we make great efforts to keep the group together, this is NOT a no drop ride. If you cannot hang with the group after repeated regrouping, you may get dropped. Red Horn is 20 miles away and is where we stop for coffee, breakfast tacos, pastries, and socializing before finishing the rest of the ride. The route can be found here: https://www.strava.com/routes/4736117 .

Both rides leave from Cups & Cones at 7:30 am. Come early on Saturdays to grab some coffee, kolaches, and donuts!

See you soon!
Thomas