Spinz Bicycle Shop Archdale NC Tour To Tanglewood for MS Free Bike Training Ride Inline Skate: July 11, 2009
Submitted by roadskater on June 19, 2009 - 1:11am.
Jul 11 2009 - 8:30am
US/Eastern
Part of a series of excellent free skrides (bike rides where skilled inline skaters are welcome) put on by the NC Central Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The rides are well-supported, marked, and free to all, including those who may not end up participating in the annual Tour to Tanglewood for MS (but you will love the training rides so much you'll be more likely to do the tour after trying most training rides). These rides are for beginners who've trained a little and everyone else on up to experts. SAG and rest stop and bike support team are great. These rides are often better than paid rides elsewhere. Give the tour a try!
Sign-In starts at 7:30 a.m. and safety talk about 8:20 a.m. so be ready to roll even though official start is supposed to not be before 8:30 a.m. It's always good to catch a rest room on the way to the hosting shop instead of waiting on the longer lines for relief there.
Spinz is relatively new to the area but they show up for charity rides to work and to ride, and they've been very encouraging of inline skaters as well. We've had a nice time at these skrides, and I seem to recall some tough hills, too, on the middle distance route, perhaps. Good fun.
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