Essex / Kent group ride

Sounds good. I have a nice flat route with few stops and little traffic along Lake Erie that I usually bike and I'd love company on weekend long rides, but if someone has a route with some hills I'd like to join you. The hills at Muskoka last year ate my lunch.

I agree with Dave - he has a really nice bike route!  I have a good County Road route that is 25 km out and back (Gesto Road).  Traffic is not very busy.  Anytime on Saturdays, Sunday afternoons, some weekday nights are the good for me.

Also, keep in mind that we should get a few open water swims in.  I loved the Colchester Harbour swims last summer.  The Leamington Tri is my first in June, so I will want to get out late May, early June.

I'm definitely in for group rides... I work 2 Saturdays a month, but Sundays are always good options for me.

 I'm training for Ironman Wisconsin in September, so the longer the distance the better.

ff_jeff - 2009-03-19 8:18 AM Sounds good. We'll meet in the parking lot @ 9:30 near the water park, and go for an hour ride. Right where the transition for the BR triathlon is.

Hey! I'm in if it's okay ... I want to get out on the new bike!  I don't want to slow you down though ...

How do you get to the Waterfront?

It's going to be really chilly down by the water that early in the morning. I'm going to be a sissy and wait until the afternoon to ride, and also find a route away from the water. It's amazing how much the water affects air temperature this time of year. Last Friday when it was supposed to be 18 C I left work looking forward to a nice ride. It was 16 C leaving the parking lot at work and as I got closer to lake Erie it went down degree by degree until it was 8 C pulling in to my drive way. I'm sure the lake shore was 2-3 degrees less.

Saci, if you are doing Wisconsin I would like to get together with you for some rides. You are going to need to do some hills to get ready for WI and I really need to do more hills this year in preparation for Muskoka. I drove up to London a couple of times last year to work on hills as their does not seem to be anywhere much closer that has hills to work on. I have a friend just south of London who is training for Timberman, and I drive up and ride her route with her when I can on weekends. I lived in Madison for a couple of years so I can appreciate what you are in for

Cool! I'm in! Could someone who's going PM me a cell # just in case?

See y'all tomorrow!

True, but with a low of -5C tonight it's going to be too cold for my gear and my constitution even without a lake effect