Ride to Alexandria; Daily Rides; Club Shirts/Jerseys

We finally got a group together for our 10 mile ride down to our favorite Alexandria pit stop, the Buzz Bakery. (an easy 20 mile round trip that anyone could do.)

The weather was grand for the 10 of us who met at the Potterton Bridge. Most riders rode from the Bridge to meet up with a couple others at Bluemont Park at the end of North Manchester. Some new faces participating on a bike club ride for the first time were Rick Uritus, newcomer to the neighborhood Brian Bates, and Marjorie Deutsch.

You'll see that I am in a number of the photos. That's because Lake resident Jan Castro of Beachway Drive was coincidentally at Bluemont Park at the time of our departure, and being a photographer, he shot several of these photos with my Canon DSLR that I had brought along. Thanks Jan!

Here are the club members ready to roll:

Fernando Milia, Bill Cook, Alicia Agnese, Rick Uritus, Brian Bates, Newt Simmons, Mike Stueben, Marjorie Deutsch, Larry Golfer, Allan Mostoff

Bill, with his self-designed Barcroft recumbent

Newt, below, checks messages while Rick checks a wheel. Brian and Marjorie are all ready to go.

Mike, with Newt, Alicia, Bill and Marjorie -- enjoying coffee and baked goodies in the shade at Buzz.

Allan Mostoff, former Lake resident, with Marjorie.

After socializing and great conversation, we mounted up for the return trip back to the Lake and arrived around noon. All had a great time.

Rides around the Lake
I've been doing a one-hour ride around the lake several times a week in the evening as a workout, leaving around 6:30-7:00pm, and plan to continue to do this until later in the fall when it gets too dark to ride. I was thinking that if folks want to join me, it may be useful to use Twitter as a way to quickly communicate about such spontaneous rides. I set up a Twitter account for the Bike Club (@BikeBarcroft) and will be sending tweets and following a few of you who have Twitter accounts. I would encourage others in the club to set up their own Twitter account (www.twitter.com) and follow @BikeBarcroft for notices about last minute rides.

Jerseys and/or T-Shirts for Club Members
I've also been looking into ordering club bike jerseys and T-shirts. Jerseys would cost $38-$52 each, depending on how many are ordered. There are now 57 members in the club, and non-club members may also want to buy one. T-shirt prices are considerably less. I'd prefer the jersey myself. Here's a design I'd like to propose, on a black shirt (without the © symbol):

Let me know if you'd be interested in ordering a jersey or a shirt, and I'll put some prices together based on the number I would order.

Happy riding!

Larry