| Variations on a Theme -- Encore (Something for Everybody) | |
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| Saturday
Jun. 10 | We all know that we ride at different paces and abilities. So,
we got together with Team Bird and decided to jointly sponsor this
ride with various routes for teams with various levels and abilities.
In 10 years of tandeming Linda and George have built up a symphonic
series of variations on a basic theme that includes suburban and
rural roads in North Central Morris County.
Since many DOGS have asked for rides with various distances and terrains so, we're going to offer a wide variety of routes as a DOGS ride. These routes range from a short 12 miles up to a hilly 40+ mile ride. None of the routes are flat, there are always some grades to climb, the longer rides have more of them. Yes, there will be cars and trucks on the roads and you will have to exercise care when riding with them. Keep in mind that Team Wells has ridden all these roads so you can probably do the same routes faster, and stronger, than Team Wells. The plan is to offer all the various routes, and let the teams decide which other teams they want to ride with and plan to do their route-of-choice in somewhere around three hours. The first five miles and the last seven miles will be exactly the same for all routes. Therefore, the faster riders should meet up with the slower riders on the way back to the start/finish point. There will be a sharing picnic following the ride. There will be a shower available for those who want it, but you do need to bring lawn chairs as Team Wells doesn't have many of them. Rain cancels |
| Time | 10:00 |
| Location | Team Wells HQ (if you don't know where that is, e-mail for directions) |
| Distance | Various between 12-40 |
| Terrain | All routes have some climbs, the longer routes have more climbs and more difficult climbs with fantastic downhills. |
| Host | Teams Bird & Wells |
| Contact | Team Wells, ronin@nac.net RSVP |
| Followup | Click for after-event photos, reports, route slips, etc. |
| MATES 2006 (non-DOGS) | |
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| Friday
Jun. 23 to Sunday Jun. 25 | MATES has traditionally been a smaller rally than ETR. This year's registration is limited to 40 teams. |
| Location | Warrenton, VA |
| Host | Team Hass, hass@ridersite.org |
| Contact | http://www.easterntandemrally.org |
| Succa-Roller Cali-Ridge Ride (rescheduled) | |
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| Saturday
Jun. 24 | [See Succa-Roller Cali-Ridge Ride , Sunday, Jun. 25] |
| Time | 9:30 AM ride time; arrive earlier for AM snacks |
| Location | Succasunna - TeamBreeze's house |
| Succa-Roller Cali-Ridge Ride | |
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| Sunday
Jun. 25 | This longer ride from our house is a different route to Califon and as flat as we could get it. We have one long gradual climb to the top of the mountain ridge and then it's flat to fun fast downhill rollers all the way to Califon. There will be a mid-ride stop point available before you start your return to Succasunna which is also rolling. The ride through Morris and Hunterdon Counties passes by many rivers, farms, fields, woods, horse stables and a couple of general stores. |
| Time | 9:30 AM ride time; arrive earlier for AM snacks |
| Location | Succasunna - TeamBreeze's house |
| Distance | 40 miles |
| Terrain | rolling to flat w/1 short steep hill |
| Refreshments | There will be morning snacks & a cold lunch provided after the ride at TeamBreeze's house. |
| Host | DBLS DOGS = Dave, Brenda, Larry, Susan |
| Contact | Call or e-mail TeamBreeze (Larry & Brenda Isherwood): tmbreeze@optonline.net, Home # 973-584-3460 , Brenda's cell # 973-229-5368 |
| Directions | Call for directions |
| Followup | Cancelled due to persistent rain both days. |