Hey club!
If you’re looking for folks to ride with during your cycling training and you average 15-18 mph (class B rider), Vicki Bate reminded me that there’s a pickup group that rides from Glade Elementary Tues and Thur evenings, departing at 6PM. This used to be with the Frederick Pedalers but they’ve discontinued leading them. But, folks still come there on those nights looking for people to ride with. Now on Tuesdays, the racers also ride from Glade. So, dont’ get confused or else you’ll be looking at trying to ride at 20+ mph on average.
BTW, Vicki also let me know that some folks get there around 5 and do a loop before coming back for the folks that show up at 6. So, if you want a bit longer ride, there should be folks there to go out with for about an hour before picking up the 6 o’clock group.
The group usually heads north towards Thurmont and then back covering distances of 25-30 miles. There’s some pacelining but the group isn’t normally as intense as the racers and don’t usually end up dropping folks.
Glade Elementary is located off of Devilbliss Bridge Road just north of the main part of Walkersville.
Dave