Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.
| Lunch/Snack Stop: | This is a leaderless ride. Faster riders in each group will pause at designated regrouping spots to allow others in their group to catch up before continuing at their own pace. There are two pace groups: Moderate and Fast.
For safety reasons, riders will warm up until the Marigold Road light. At regrouping spots, riders should wait after crossing the intersection(s), not before the intersection(s). Regrouping spots: Interurban Camosun Main Entrance; West Saanich Road; Wallace Road; Butchart Gardens bus stop; East Saanich Road. The route is the same each week and follows the Ride with GPS route below (Interurban → West Saanich → Wallace → Saanichton (Fresh Cup Café), where the ride ends with coffee. While the GPS route includes a return via the trail, riders are free to choose their own route home. Please keep this email as it won’t be posted every week. It will be put in our calendar for viewing. | ||
+ Our Sunday rides are leisurely to intermediate-paced weekly rides led by Donna Kerkhoven, Brian Collier and other volunteers, using GPS rides from the CCCTS website. Normal distance is 40 to 50 km.
We meet at 9:30 for coffee and a yak and depart at 10:00.
Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.
| Lunch/Snack Stop: | This is a leaderless ride. Faster riders in each group will pause at designated regrouping spots to allow others in their group to catch up before continuing at their own pace. There are two pace groups: Moderate and Fast.
For safety reasons, riders will warm up until the Marigold Road light. At regrouping spots, riders should wait after crossing the intersection(s), not before the intersection(s). Regrouping spots: Interurban Camosun Main Entrance; West Saanich Road; Wallace Road; Butchart Gardens bus stop; East Saanich Road. The route is the same each week and follows the Ride with GPS route below (Interurban → West Saanich → Wallace → Saanichton (Fresh Cup Café), where the ride ends with coffee. While the GPS route includes a return via the trail, riders are free to choose their own route home. Please keep this email as it won’t be posted every week. It will be put in our calendar for viewing. | ||
+ Our Sunday rides are leisurely to intermediate-paced weekly rides led by Donna Kerkhoven, Brian Collier and other volunteers, using GPS rides from the CCCTS website. Normal distance is 40 to 50 km.
We meet at 9:30 for coffee and a yak and depart at 10:00.
Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.
| Lunch/Snack Stop: | This is a leaderless ride. Faster riders in each group will pause at designated regrouping spots to allow others in their group to catch up before continuing at their own pace. There are two pace groups: Moderate and Fast.
For safety reasons, riders will warm up until the Marigold Road light. At regrouping spots, riders should wait after crossing the intersection(s), not before the intersection(s). Regrouping spots: Interurban Camosun Main Entrance; West Saanich Road; Wallace Road; Butchart Gardens bus stop; East Saanich Road. The route is the same each week and follows the Ride with GPS route below (Interurban → West Saanich → Wallace → Saanichton (Fresh Cup Café), where the ride ends with coffee. While the GPS route includes a return via the trail, riders are free to choose their own route home. Please keep this email as it won’t be posted every week. It will be put in our calendar for viewing. | ||
+ Our Sunday rides are leisurely to intermediate-paced weekly rides led by Donna Kerkhoven, Brian Collier and other volunteers, using GPS rides from the CCCTS website. Normal distance is 40 to 50 km.
We meet at 9:30 for coffee and a yak and depart at 10:00.
Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.