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Carolina Cyclers bicycle rides are open to everyone! We welcome non-members. Do come prepared with the appropriate fitness, water bottles, clothing, and extra tube, and an inflation devise (pump or CO 2).
Extra Extra: In developing the Midlands Tomorrow 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan, Central Midlands COG has created a brief online questionnaire. Please complete their survey LRTP 2035 Online Survey to make your voice for cycling and other local transportation issues in the Midlands.
If you are a member of Carolina Cyclers you may add a ride now. Contact Woody Graham, (803-782-3734) Ride Coordinator, or Paul Palmer, (803-782-5656) webmaster, for user name and password or for any assistance you need adding or editing a ride. Just please be reminded that ride leaders are expected to have all riders who participate in the ride to sign a Release and Waiver of Liability Agreement. Just click the link and print a few copies.
(If the calendar does not appear below reload this page by clicking the refresh button on your browser or press your F5 key. The imbedded calendar is at http://plus.calendars.net/ptpalmer .)
See Message Board for last minute updates and information about bike rides in the Columbia area and Post a message Here.
Here are some weekly evening rides (to resume with daylight savings time in April):
Here are some Carolina Cyclers that are always ready to ride with you - give 'em a call:
Ride Pictures
2007 Picture gallery is coming...
Here are Phil's 2008 Hell week photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32357281@N00/sets/72157604341751148/show/
Check out the 2006 Assault on Little Mountain Slide Show. (It is a very large file; be patient with broadband. It will take all night for dial-up.)
Check out Bob's 2005 Rose Hill ride from Newberry.
Check out the 2005 Assault on Little Mountain Slide Show. (This file will take a few minutes to download.)
Check out the 2005 Carolina Cyclers Slide Show.
Check out the 2004 Carolina Cyclers Album.
Send your photographs to the webmaster for posting.
We have some cycling photos of some of our members and guests, all shown in a nifty full-screen slide-show format. You will, however, need a 4.0 (or better) version of Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or AOL's browser. Check out photos from the 2001 Irmo Okra Strut Century Ride, and photos of an impromptu ride from Fort Jackson taken on a sunny Saturday in March 2001. In each show there are several photographs so please be patient unless you have a high-speed internet connection.
Ride Library - Cue Sheets
Please send your que sheets (WordPerfect, MSWord, Excel,
PDF, txt) or your Garmin Route to
Carolina Cyclers Webmaster
Blythwood Community Center, Blythwood Rd., Blythewood, SC 40 miles (Paul Palmer) Blythewood Community Center
Caughman Road Park, Trotter Rd., Hopkins, SC - 50 flat miles (Phil Creel) Caughman Park Tennis Courts
Caughman Road Park, Trotter Rd., Hopkins, SC - 50 hilly miles (Phil Creel) Caughman Park Tennis Courts
Caughman Road Park, Trotter Rd., Hopkins, SC - 61 flat miles (Gordon Langston)
Caughman Park Tennis CourtsCongaree National Park 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC 54 miles, some hills (Dorothy Disterheft) Congaree National Park Visitors Center
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC 50 miles, some hills (Dorothy Disterheft) Congaree National Park Visitors Center
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC 49 miles, some hills (Dorothy Disterheft) Congaree National Park Visitors Center
Congaree National Park, 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC - 45 flat miles (Dorothy Disterheft)
Congaree National Park Visitors CenterCongaree National Park, 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC 39 miles, some hills (Dorothy Disterheft) Congaree National Park Visitors Center
Congaree National Park, 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC - 38.5 miles, 1/3 Hilly, 2/3 flat (Dorothy Disterheft) Congaree National Park Visitors Center
Congaree National Park, 100 National Park Rd., Hopkins, SC - 38.3 miles, flat (Dorothy Disterheft) Congaree National Park Visitors Center
Ft. Mott - US 601 - SC 267 - This Garmin Mapsource file has 10 routes in this area with distances of 15 to 40 miles (Paul Palmer). There is a route to get there from Caughman Rd. Park. There is also a route to the famous Lone Star Restaurant near Santee, State Park. There is also a route to get there from the intersection I-26 and SC 22, exit #139.
Spartanburg Auditorium, 221 Church St., Spartanburg, SC.- Mt. Mitchell, The Assault, 2005 Route 115 miles, exceptionally hilly (Freewheelers of Spartanburg)
2005 ASSAULT ON MT MitchellSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France AUDAX CLUB PARISIEN, Cyclotouring Association founded in 1904, Paris-Brest-Paris 2007 Route 1200K (Paul Palmer).
Trenholm Park - Trenholm Park is located near Trenholm Road, but it is not on Trenholm Road. It's at the intersection of Covenant Road and Bethel Church Road in Forest Acres.
Trenholm Park, 101 miles - hilly - Jenkinsville, Winnsboro, Blythewood, Elgin hilly - Garmin MapSource Route (Paul Palmer).
Trenholm Park, 75 miles - hilly - Cedar Creek, Blythewood, Elgin - Garmin MapSource Route (Paul Palmer)
SCIway Bike Routes - Here is a central location for various short rides all over South Carolina.
Special Cycling Events in the region through the year... 2008 dates will soon be are posted as available
March 08, 2006,
200K Brevet, 7:00 am, Spartanburg, SC. A scenic and very
hilly ride including Caesar's Head Mountain. Sponsored by the Freewheelers
of Spartanburg
and sanctioned by
Randonneurs USA. For more
information:
http://people.clemson.edu/~sjm/brevets/200K.info.htm
March 29, 2008
Pleasant Ridge Riders Cup Challenge, 115.65, 57.97, and 27.59 mile fully supported options to benefit the Palmetto Project.
April 5, 2008
Jubilee Joy Ride in Pendleton SC 28 and 62 miles- benefits Seniors Unlimited
April 6, 2008
After the Bridge Run, Charleston, SC, 100, 67, and 30 mile rides -
April 2008, Spartanburg Freewheelers'Assault on Mt. MitchellTM & Assault on MarionTMTraining Series for 04/12, 04/26/, 05/10, 05/24 North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina (all training rides are free including food served at the university at the end of each ride.)
April 05, 2008
300K Brevet, 7:00 AM, Spartanburg, SC. A scenic and rolling ride through the foothills. Sponsored by the Freewheelers of Spartanburg and sanctioned by Randonneurs USA. For more information: http://people.clemson.edu/~sjm/brevets/300K.info.htm
April 20, 2008
The 5th Annual "Best Dam Ride," the ride offers options of 25, 60, 80 mile routes and a 100 mile century option. Also, for the first time this year, there will be a 15 mile off road course on the Historic Bartram Trail. The bike ride is around J. Strom Thurmond Dam at Clark's Hill and covers two states, three counties, and twelve communities.
April 27, 2008
Aiken to Ride Century. The ride will consist of 100, 62, and 25 miles loops covering some of our club's favored quiet roads in Aiken County. This ride will benefit the PCC.
May ??, 2008
Governor's Bike Ride Governor's Bike Ride . TBA Please e-mail webmaster when details are available.
May 3, 2008
3 State, 3 Mountain Challenge, Chattanooga, TN (Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee).
Sunday, May 4, 2008
14th Annual Cheaha Challenge Century-
Many use this ride as a trainer for the Assault on Mt. Mitchell Piedmont, AL (1.5 hours NW of Atlanta).
May 17, 2008
Issaqueena's Last Ride-May 17, 2008 in Walhalla SC a strenuous century from Walhalla with 8900 cumulative feet of climbing. It includes a metric century that does the Whitewater Falls climb. There are 32 & 66 mile rides that do not go into the mountains.
May 17 & 18, 2008
Ride for a Reason, 24 hour endurance ride, Morganton, NC
.
Monday, June 09, 2008
The Assaults on Mt.Mitchell and Marion, Come test your climbing legs on this wonderful annual event from Spartanburg, SC.
June ??,
2007
The Safe Harbor II Cycle Tour
is a fundraiser to
provide safety and healing for the victims of family violence in Anderson,
Oconee and Pickens counties in South Carolina. Both the 65 mile and 25 miles
rides will take you on a tour of the scenic country roads of Iva, SC.
Please e-mail
webmaster
when details are available.
June 28, 2008
SC Tour de Cure Swamp Fox Challenge, 20 mi, metric century, & century rides.
July ??,(2008 ?)
Bicycle South Carolina
details & date tba. Please e-mail
webmaster
when details are available.
June ??, 2008
Bee Buzzin Tour of 2007,
Metric
(62.5 mile) and family rides from Greenwood, SC. Please e-mail
webmaster
when details are available.
August
09, 2008Hunt for the Hills, Florence Pedal Pack benefit for the PCC and other organizations. 30, 62, and 100 mile options.
August ??, 2008
Flight of the Dove Metric Century and 30 mile ride - these rides support hospice of Laurens County. Please e-mail webmaster of details when they are available.
September ??, 2008
MS 150 Breakaway to the Beach Bike Tour, 20th Anniversary Celebration, September, 2008. The Palmetto Cycling Coalition (PCC) has a team participating in this event. Carolina Cyclers is supporter and contributor of PCC. Do consider joining the PCC team on this event. Contact Will Haltiwanger (803-787-2931) for more information about joining the team.
September ??, 2008
Carolina Cyclers
Assault on Little Mountain
September 28, 2008
October ??, 2008
The 9th Annual Tigerville Bike Trek
is ready to roll on October 6 starting from North Greenville University in
Tigerville, SC. The Ride benefits the Greater Spartanburg Optimist Club’s
Security Blanket Project and the Palmetto Cycling Coalition’s bicycle safety and
education programs. Registration includes custom t-shirt, lunch, rest stops and
sag support.
Please e-mail
webmaster of
details when they are available.
October ??, 2008,
18th Ride for Raptors-
Electric City Cycling Club’s premier cycling event 25, 66,
100 miles from the Pendleton square. Door prizes, a town
Festival and birds of prey on display. Benefits the Carolina
Raptor Center for the rehabilitation and re-establishment of
birds of prey.
Please e-mail
webmaster of
details when they are available.
October 11, 2008
Tour de Roundo
36, 68, and 100 mile routes starting in Colleton Counties.
October ??, 2008
Carolina Cyclers Golden Leaves Camping trip to Table Rock State Park.
Contact Alice Koss
for more information.
November ??, 2008
Tour de Camden 30 mile, 50 mile and metric
century. The ride starts at 9 AM and leaves from Historic Camden, 222 Broad
Street, Camden, SC. This ride benefits the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
and Habitat for Humanity.
Please e-mail
webmaster of
details when they are available.
December 3-8, 2008,
FestiVELO de Charleston
Check out the ride calendar on sccycling.com web site for info on more rides in the Columbia area. We encourage you add your fast Carolina Cyclers ride on their bulletin board after you have scheduled your ride.
For info on various rides and tours around the country, you may also want to check out the National Bicycle Tour Directors Association. The NBTDA is a group of bicycle ride coordinators and directors of tours that are three days or more, dedicated to promoting safe and effective cycling.
Please contact the webmaster to have your ride added to this list.
Fort Jackson Notes
See the
memorandum for bicycle safety rules at Ft. Jackson
Colonel Levi R. Martin, Chief of Staff. The entrance procedure for gate security
includes letting riders in without having to sign provided they show a picture
ID and a current copy of the rules.
Note that ABRAHAM J. TURNER, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding Officer,
directed on 08/25/2004 that cyclists ride single file on all four lane roads at
the Fort! He also stated that he is concerned that cyclists are going to loose
their riding privileges.
HELMETS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL CLUB RIDES!
Paces listed with the rides are only guestimates unless otherwise stated. If more information is needed, please contact the ride leader.
Ride leaders will usually stay with the largest group of riders, but may stay with a slower or new rider if needed. This is a courtesy left up to the discretion of the ride leader.
Show-n-Go ride distance and pace are determined by the group present at the start of the ride.
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