Following are our regularly scheduled club rides. Members and non-members alike are welcome to ride with us. No one is dropped on our rides! Please refer to our homepage and calendar for any last minute changes.
Please see our cue sheets and maps for more details on favorite club rides.
Weekly Rides
Sundays (Gorham) – 9:00 AM, year-round. Meet at the Field House on the USM campus. (Take Route 114 north from the intersection with Route 25 in the middle of town. At blinker, 1/4 mile, turn left, field house is the second building on right.) No set mileage. Usually closer to 20 miles in the winter and 35 miles in the summer. No set pace. Determined by slowest pace called for by any individual attendee that week, down to about 12-13mph average (~15-16mph flat ground cruising). FMI, contact Ken at 207-839-5468 or contact by email.
Wednesdays (Yarmouth) – 6:00 PM, May – August; 5:45 in September. Meet at the south end of the Hannaford Supermarket parking lot (near TD Bank and Domino’s). 15-20 mile ride at a moderate (12 mph) pace. Romeo’s Pizza after the ride for something to eat and drink. FMI, contact contact by email or contact by email – volunteer to lead a Wednesday ride
Thursdays (Westbrook) – 6:00 PM, May – August; 5:45 in September. Meet at the Westbrook Common. This is a new ride this year, and still under development. The plan is offer a Thursday evening ride that is centrally accessible. The format will be essentially the same as our Wednesday night ride – a 12 to 20 mile ride at a moderate pace, followed by something to eat and drink. FMI, contact Dave Collins at contact by email or 207-233-8110.
Saturdays (Yarmouth) – 9:00 AM, May – September; 10:00 AM starting in October (until the temperature is below freezing or there is snow or ice on the roads). Meet at the south end of the Hannaford Supermarket parking lot (near TD Bank and Domino’s). 25-35 mile ride, shorter in the early spring. Moderate (14-15 mph) pace. We try to have a stop mid way for coffee and muffins or snack. Ride time is around three hours. FMI, contact Bill Jose at contact by email or 207-233-2753 – volunteer to lead a Saturday ride
Special Rides
Ride of Silence – May 18, 2011
A slow ~10 mile ride to honor cyclists killed or injured while riding. Helmets required, lights and black armband recommended. FMI, CBBC Ride of Silence announcement.
York Beach Ride & BBQ – July 30, 2011
(Rain date: July 31, 2011.) A mostly flat 38 mile ride along York Beach around the Nubble and lighthouse down to Kittery, with a loop through old Portsmouth and back. Very scenic!
Starts at 10:00 AM, The Beach House, 40 Mitchell Rd, York Beach. FMI, contact Ron Gillis at contact by email.
Bailey Island Ride – August 13, 2011
On Saturday, August 13,2011 (rain date Sunday August 14) the Saturday Yarmouth ride will become the Bailey Island ride. The ride totals about 45 miles. There are two options for beginning the ride. Either leave at 8:00 AM from the Yarmouth Hannaford and ride to the Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal in Portland, or just meet at the ferry terminal. We’ll get on the 10:00 AM ferry to Bailey Island, arriving around Noon. Then we’ll bicycle back to Yarmouth or Portland, depending on where you started. There will be a brief stop at a convenience store in the Brunswick area for snacks, drinks, water, etc. Detailed ride sheets will be available on the day of the ride.
Cost will be $17 for the one way ferry ride plus $6.50 for your bicycle, a total of $23.50. FMI, contact Bill Jose at contact by email.
White Mountain Century
The 2011 White Mountain Century is canceled due to road damage in that area as a result of Hurricane Irene. Please see our announcement for more info.
The White Mountain Century climbs through four mountain passes in the White Mountain National Forest in central New Hampshire. It starts at the Covered Bridge Campground on the Kancamagus Highway (Rt 112) 10 miles off Rt 16 in Conway, NH. Riders will climb up through Bear Notch and plunge down into Bartlett. The route then climbs through scenic Crawford Notch in the shadow of Mt Washington, then turns west toward Twin Mountain. A ride down through Franconia Notch on the beautiful Franconia Notch Bike Path is followed by a nine-mile climb up the Kancamagus to the notch at 2160 feet and a thrilling return to the Covered Bridge Campground.
There are four food stops on the ride and sag wagon support. Rain or shine ride. FMI, contact Amy Barnes at contact by email.
Register for the WMC
Annual Tour du Beaches and Club Picnic – September 18, 2011
(Rain date: September 25, 2011.) Crescent Beach State Park, Rt 77, Cape Elizabeth. Group site: 3/10 of a mile from park entrance, take right to far end of parking lot. Left onto the first parking row closets to the beach.
Time: Meet at Group Site 9:00 AM. The ride will start from the Site around 9:30 AM. There are several distance options: 16, 20 and 35 Miles.
Cost: CBBC members free entrance to to park, picnic and ride. Bring your friends! Non-members: $6.00 suggested donation to cover food and park fee ($4.50).
Food: There are 5 grills at the group site. Club will provide burgers, hotdogs, vegetarian burgers, potato salad, chips, soft drinks and cookies. Cake for September birthdays !! Feel free to bring your favorite dish if you want.
Directions: Go over the Casco Bay Bridge towards South Portland. Follow signs to Rt. 77. Take a right at the Yield Sign (Pizza Joint) this is Rt. 77. Follow that road straight all the way, passing the Cape Elizabeth fire station, Town Hall, Pond Cove Shopping Center, High School, then the ice cream stand, big hotel and then on your left is Crescent Beach State Park.
RSVP: Please let Patty know if you are coming. Email: contact by email.
Fryeburg Frolic Century – September 24, 2011
The Fryeburg Frolic Century attempts to be a kinder, gentler century even though it passes through the hills of western Maine, up to the edge of the White Mountains. It starts at the University of Southern Maine, Gorham Campus, off Rt. 114. The route to Fryeburg winds through pine woods and small villages; past lakes and around the Burnt Meadow Mountains. With an Indian Summer day, the Fryeburg food stop, near a beach on a quiet bend of the Saco River, may include some swimming. The return ride follows the Saco River, even though you only get to glimpse it now and then. It includes the back road from Hiram to Cornish – a classic stretch of understated Maine beauty.
There are four food stops on the ride and sag wagon support. Rain or shine ride. FMI, contact Ken O’Brien at 207-839-5468 or contact by email.
White Mountain Notch Rides
The White Mountain Notch rides are a great way to train for the White Mountain Century, but even those who don’t intend to do the Century can enjoy these beautiful, challenging rides.
Schedule:
(Each ride will be Saturday; the Sunday immediately following is the rain date)
- Bear Notch – 5/28/11, 8:00AM – almost 40 miles.
Note time change due to weather forecast
Start Point: Cranmore Parking Lot, North Conway. We’ll eat lunch after the ride. - Evans Notch (our newest ride) – 6/25/11, 8:00AM – 60-65 mi.
Start Point: Parking lot across from fire station on Rt. 113. We’ll stop for lunch during the ride. - Evans/Pinkham Notches – 7/30/11, 8:00AM – 82 mi.
Start Point: Fryeburg swimming hole. We’ll stop for lunch during the ride. - Kanc ‘n’ Back – 8/27/11, 8:00AM – 69 mi.
Start Point: Albany Covered Bridge (same starting point as the White Mountain Century). We’ll stop for lunch during the ride.
FMI, or to arrange carpool from the Mountain Division Trail parking lot in Standish (Rt. 35, ¼ mile from Rt. 114), contact Joanne Rawlings-Sekunda at contact by email.