riding partner in south fla?

[kmehrzad]

Hi SUPlove,
Welcome to TE. I live in Miami and am usually found at Key Biscayne on the weekends. It is a very cycling friendly area. Take a look at the Everglades Bike club site and Broward Wheelers. They are two great cycling clubs. EBC is hosting a century ride on March 28, 2010, in the redlands, south dade. It is a great supported ride and will get about 2,000 riders. Let me know when you get your new steed.

Hi Kermit. I'm from the snowy north (VA) and plan on taking a weeklong vacation in FL with my cousin in March. We've got a place in Weston, FL, and I'll be bringing my bike. Today I was looking for cycling routes in that area and came across the EBC ride on 3/28. That'd be doable for me. Is there a link you could direct me to which shows the route of the 41 miler or Metric Century ride? Thanks.

[kermit]

If you can't find the routes on EBC's site, try going through active.com. They may not be posted yet but I can tell you that the ride is clearly marked and you gets maps at check-in. It goes west from the base into the redlands, farm area. Nice ride.

[kmehrzad]

Thanks Kermit. I'm seriously considering registering for the ride.

[kermit]

Let me know if you make it, we can hook up!

[Pedal Wench]

My BF lives in S. Miami,and our regular ride is down to Homestead Marina, Speedway, and then over to the National Park. The rides are so nice - rural, farms, and FLAT! Make sure you stand up every once in a while to get the blood moving.

[kermit]

The biggest problem I had on the last EBC ride was dodging rogue vegetables in the road!

[Pedal Wench]

The biggest problem I had on the last EBC ride was dodging rogue vegetables in the road!

Ha!!! There's a road we call String Bean Highway! It's the road that the winery is on - the next main north/south road after Robert Is Here. (Okay, the last N/S road after RIH!) The first time we rode it, I saw an obstacle in the road - called it out, "String bean!" Twenty feet later - "string bean!" They were all over the place in the road. So, it's been String Bean Highway ever since. Although, sometimes, we're avoiding squash. And tomatoes. But mostly, string beans!

[kmehrzad]

My BF lives in S. Miami,and our regular ride is down to Homestead Marina, Speedway, and then over to the National Park. The rides are so nice - rural, farms, and FLAT! Make sure you stand up every once in a while to get the blood moving.

The ride sounds lovely. A couple times a year I participate in rides along the DelMarVa Peninsula which has flat, rural farmland. If the winds are kicking up, though, they can be worse than any hill I have near me in No. VA. Will you be participating in the Snowbird Century, Pedal Wench?

[Pedal Wench]

The ride sounds lovely. A couple times a year I participate in rides along the DelMarVa Peninsula which has flat, rural farmland. If the winds are kicking up, though, they can be worse than any hill I have near me in No. VA. Will you be participating in the Snowbird Century, Pedal Wench?

Nope - we'll both be in ATL that weekend. You're so right about the winds, though. Last time I was down there - right at String Bean Highway, to be exact, we were heading straight into a 18-22 mph headwind coming out of Everglades NP. It was brutal - I was going 10mph on a pancake flat road.

[kmehrzad]

Let me know if you make it, we can hook up!

I will let you know. It'd be nice to meet other TE users throughout the country.