We expect to have our schedules for the upcoming season finalized by the end of March each year.
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.
Cue Sheets and Maps
Cue sheets and maps are available for many of our 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.
Sundays (Portland) – 2:00 PM. Meet at the basketball court in Payson Park. This will be a relaxing ride and the destinations will be riders’ choice. We will have the choice of suburban – rural rides into Falmouth or urban rides in Portland. This will be a ride enjoyable by beginners or anyone that just wants to enjoy the scenery and camaraderie. FMI, contact Steve at 828-7990 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 Andy Smith-Petersen at 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. The Thursday evening ride is centrally accessible in Westbrook. 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. Note: the 2nd Saturday in July is the CBBC Pastry Challenge. The 2nd Saturday in August is the Bailey Island Ride (both below).
Special Rides
White Mountain Notch Rides: Bear Notch – May 26, 2012
All rides start at 8 a.m. on the last Saturday of the month, with Sunday as a rain date. They’re great for getting ready for the White Mountain Century, or just if you love beautiful scenery and a bit of a challenge. If you’d like to carpool, be at the Mountain Division Park in Standish (Rt. 35, not far from Rt. 114) at 6:30 a.m. FMI, contact Joanne Rawlings-Sekunda at contact by email.
Bear Notch: 40 miles. Start: Cranmore Ski Resort, North Conway. Lunch: After the ride (typically at Café Noche in Conway).
White Mountain Notch Rides: Evans Notch – June 30, 2012
(See also Bear Notch, above.) Evans Notch: 63.5 miles. Start: Dirt parking lot across from Saco Valley Fire Association, Rt. 113 in Fryeburg. Lunch: During the ride (in 2011, at DiCocoa’s Bakery/Market in Bethel).
CBBC Pastry Challenge I – July 14, 2012
42 Miles – Six+ stops for baked goods – Are you cyclist enough?
It’s time for the first CBBC Pastry Challenge! What’s the challenge? To see if we can host a completely ridiculous ride. Also to see how many donuts, cookies, cinnamon rolls, muffins, or other delicacies we can collectively consume along a 42 mile figure-8 through Yarmouth, New Gloucester, Freeport and Brunswick. Tentative stops include: Pineland (New Gloucester), Edna & Lucy’s (Pownal), South Freeport Market and Isabella’s Sticky Buns (Freeport), Farmer’s Market and Maquoit Market (Brunswick). July is mid-season and we should all be in fantastic shape, so this should be totally doable… right?
Bragging rights go to any rider foolish enough to step up and take them.
Start: south end of the Hannaford Supermarket parking lot (near TD Bank and Domino’s). FMI, contact Andy Smith-Petersen at contact by email .
White Mountain Notch Rides: Pinkham/Evans Notches – July 28, 2012
(See also Bear Notch, above.) Pinkham Evans Notches: 82 miles. Start: Fryeburg swimming hole (Saco River), Rt. 113. Lunch: During the ride (in 2011, at Moonbeam Café in Gorham, NH)
Bike MS: Great Maine Getaway – August 4 & 5, 2012
Join the CBBC team for Bike MS: Great Maine Getaway and cycle to celebrate Maine and support MS. The start, finish and overnight for the ride is at St. Joseph’s College in Standish, ME, on the shore of Lake Sebago. Cyclists ride by farms, over hills and by the sea. An annual tradition is our Maine Lobster Bake. Join us for the weekend or ride Saturday only. Either way you will have a memorable ride and share the experience with fellow cyclists riding and fundraising to create a work free of multiple sclerosis.
St Joseph’s College, Standish, ME. FMI, http://www.bikemsmaine.org.
Bailey Island Ride – August 11, 2012
On Saturday, August 11,2012 (rain date Sunday August 12) 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.
2011 cost was $17 for the one way ferry ride plus $6.50 for your bicycle, a total of $23.50; please consult Casco Bay Lines for current pricing. FMI, contact Bill Jose at contact by email.
White Mountain Notch Rides: Kanc’ & Back – August 25, 2012
(See also Bear Notch, above.) Kanc’ & Back: about 60 miles. Start: Albany Covered Bridge, off Rt. 112 (bring a couple dollars for parking). Lunch: During the ride (in 2010, at Half Brewed & Fully Baked in Lincoln).
White Mountain Century – September 15, 2012
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 contact by email.
Annual Tour du Beaches and Club Picnic – September 16, 2012
(Rain date: September 23, 2012.) 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 closest 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 22, 2012 (tentative)
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.
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