Conservation Connections Night with Sherborn Forest and Trail Association

• Location: Ride Headquarters in Sherborn, MA

• Event Type: Clinic

• Date & Time: Friday, 1 February 2019

• Reason for Clinic: Learn what to do to prepare for a long ride and how to enjoy it all day!

• Price: Free RSVP Required, RSVP Here

Description: You’ve got your bike and you’ve been enjoying club rides and happily spinning out 30 or 40 miles on a Saturday afternoon. But, how far can you really go? You’ve heard about centuries and grave ride events and you’re anxious to participate in at least one this upcoming season. Or maybe you want to participate in a week-long bike vacation to a very cool place. Join the Charles River Wheelers and RHQ for our Looking Forward to an Endurance Ride workshop on Sunday, February 10, 2019 from 3:00 - 5:00pm at Ride Headquarters in Sherborn. Arrive at 2:30pm for refreshments!

Details: What we’ll focus on are the little things to make your ride so much more enjoyable and fun. What do you need to think about on the few days before the ride? Should you do any special maintenance on your bike? How much to eat and drink on the day of the event? What should you wear and carry with you? How do you deal with inclement weather? Are frequent stops the right way to go? Is it ok to stop and take pictures? Is this a race? Should you try to grab on to a paceline?

Registration in advance is required to attend. Find out complete information on the Registration Page. 

We thank Charles River Wheelers for bringing all of the food and beverages for all to enjoy during this afternoon session!

Last Minute Information: We will email all who have enrolled with any last-minute changes. 

Questions?  Email connect@rideheadquarters.com. 

Demystifying Tires: A Hands-On Experience

• Location: Ride Studio Cafe in Lexington, MA

• Event Type: Clinic

• Date & Time: Saturday, 16 March 2019, 5:00pm

• Reason for Clinic: Learn about Tires, Flat Fixing, Air Pressure, Much More

• Price: $20 Registration Required

Fixing a flat on a group ride. Photo by Ted M.

Description: Ride Studio Cafe is proud to invite you to a clinic at 5:00pm on Saturday, 16 March 2019, covering one of our most popular topics - bicycle tires, flats, how to avoid them and how to fix them when they happen!

In this clinic, we will be covering the following tire topics:

• Flat repairs - feel comfortable no matter the situation

• Tire sizes and performance benefits

• Air volume - performance potential and pitfalls

• Tubes vs. tubeless - benefits and drawbacks of both

• Rim and tire interfaces and materials

• Tools you need for roadside repairs on your bike

Due to the nature of the material covered in this clinic, we ask that you bring your personal bicycle for reference. As it is a hands-on clinic, we are limiting the size of the clinic to 10 people, and there is a $20 registration fee.

Registration in advance is required to attend, register below.

Last Minute Information: We will email all who have enrolled with any last-minute changes. 

Questions?  Email service@ridestudiocafe.com. 

Paris-Brest-Paris with Charles River Wheelers

• Location: NEAR Ride Studio Cafe at
  LEXINGTON DEPOT
  13 Depot Square
  Lexington , MA

• Event Type: Presentation

• Date & Time: Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 7pm

• Reason: Come learn about the oldest organized bicycle event!

• Price: Free RSVP Required, RSVP Here

Description: Socializing from 7 PM; Light Refreshments will be served. Presentations followed by Q&A, 7:30-9 PM.

The iconic 750 mile Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) ride runs from Paris westward to the Atlantic and back. CRW members will illustrate and describe their PBP experiences.

PBP is the world's oldest organized bicycling event, first run in 1891. It is above all a test of endurance, not open to professional racers . Riders are allowed 90 hours to finish and may eat and sleep at control points along the route.

Expect an entertaining evening as our hometown heroes tell their stories. Did you know that CRW member Harriet Fell was among the first group of Americans to complete Paris-Brest-Paris? Melinda Lyon was the first female finisher in a PBP -- twice? Two CRW members completed it on fixed gear and two others on a tandem?

But also, PBP will run again in 2019. Might you be interested in PBP? Here's your chance to find out more.

Ride Studio Cafe has worked with several PBP riders to design their ideal bike for this endurance event. Read more about the designing the perfect Paris-Brest-Paris Bike here.

This event is free and open to all. Registration is required. Please click HERE to RSVP.

Tour of Seven Cycles - October 14, 2019

• Location: Seven Cycles, 125 Walnut Street, Watertown, MA

• Event Type: Tour

• Date & Time: Monday, October 14 at 10:30 am

• Reason for Tour: See how Seven Cycles builds great, custom bikes efficiently, yet perfectly, for each rider

• Price: Free, RSVP Required

Description:  

Seven Cycles is located just down the street from us in Watertown. Seven is a company full of bike building professionals. This is the place where custom bikes come to life and many new innovations in bike building have been developed over the years.

Seven has been making the finest bikes for over 22 years and their experience shines as they work. Many Seven Cycles designers, machinists, and welders have been in the bike building world for over 30 year.

Seven’s factory is manufacturing at its best: handcrafted bikes are very carefully and perfectly built one at a time, yet the short lead times show efficiency, and a well-run business full of highly-skilled people who are passionate about what they do.

Please register no later than 24-hours in advance of the tour. An email will be sent to you with details and directions the day prior to the tour.

Children are welcome to join if they are able to wear safety glasses for the duration.

Everyone will need to wear safety glasses and be wearing close-toed shoes.

We hope you join us!

Last Minute Information: We will email all attendees with last-minute information if anything changes from what we have published here. Please be sure to RSVP below! 

Questions? Please include them in the RSVP form below or email connect@rideheadquarters.com and we'll get back to you. 

 

 

 

Please RSVP Now to attend this very interesting and in-depth tour of Seven Cycles!

Looking Forward to an Endurance or Gravel Ride

• Location: Ride Headquarters in Sherborn, MA

• Event Type: Clinic

• Date & Time: Sunday, 10 February 2019, Refreshments 2:30pm, Event: 3:00-5:00pm

• Reason for Clinic: Learn what to do to prepare for a long ride and how to enjoy it all day!

• Price: Free RSVP Required, RSVP Here

Description: You’ve got your bike and you’ve been enjoying club rides and happily spinning out 30 or 40 miles on a Saturday afternoon. But, how far can you really go? You’ve heard about centuries and grave ride events and you’re anxious to participate in at least one this upcoming season. Or maybe you want to participate in a week-long bike vacation to a very cool place. Join the Charles River Wheelers and RHQ for our Looking Forward to an Endurance Ride workshop on Sunday, February 10, 2019 from 3:00 - 5:00pm at Ride Headquarters in Sherborn. Arrive at 2:30pm for refreshments!

Details: What we’ll focus on are the little things to make your ride so much more enjoyable and fun. What do you need to think about on the few days before the ride? Should you do any special maintenance on your bike? How much to eat and drink on the day of the event? What should you wear and carry with you? How do you deal with inclement weather? Are frequent stops the right way to go? Is it ok to stop and take pictures? Is this a race? Should you try to grab on to a paceline?

Registration in advance is required to attend. Find out complete information on the Registration Page. 

We thank Charles River Wheelers for bringing all of the food and beverages for all to enjoy during this afternoon session!

Last Minute Information: We will email all who have enrolled with any last-minute changes. 

Questions?  Email connect@rideheadquarters.com. 

Full Moon Over Sherborn 2019

• Location: Ride Headquarters in Sherborn, MA

• Ride Type: Mixed Terrain

• Time & Date: Departs Every Full Moon, varying start times

• Distance: ~15 miles, approximately 90 minutes of riding

• Price: Free

Description: The Full Moon ride takes cyclists all over the trails of Sherborn and beyond. The route includes paved roads to trails, dirt roads, grassy areas, and other places off the beaten path.

Why Night Ride? Here is the best description of why it’s awesome to get into night riding that we’ve found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAIxw0H-IZw

Take a look and get inspired to join us under the Full Moon!

The calendar of all Full Moon rides and start times is:

Get on our Night Riding Email List!

Do you love night rides, specifically? We have an email list and if you're on it, you'll receive invites to all of our night rides and events when they come on our calendar. Sign up to be on this list!

Route:  The route is available to attendees the evening of the ride at Ride Headquarters. We change the route to meet the weather requirements so that the ride isn’t longer than 90 minutes.

Ride Notes: We have a designated Ride Headquarters Super Domestique leading the ride and pointing out turns. We don’t have a sweep rider for this ride so only participate if you’re confident in your skill level and fitness – or know your way back. 

Last Minute Information: Watch our Twitter feed for last-minute updates, weather cancellations or other changes. 

Estimated time: ~1.5 hours

Contact Information: Email - connect@rideheadquarters.com, Phone - 413-461-7433

Riding Rules, What to Bring, How Our Rides are Different: All riders are required to read and are expected to abide by These Rules.

Waiver: Ride Headquarters requires a signed waiver before your first ride. Please fill it out online prior to your first ride. 

Proper Bike for this ride:  

• 32c knobby tires minimum. Wider tires are nice, too. Tire choice depends on your riding skill set. In the winter, we will require studded tires when we expect to see ice.

• Clipless pedals and shoes. These are important elements of bike control. If you ride with platform pedals you’re likely to be over your head in some of the more technical parts of the ride.

• A bike that’s in safe working order. We don’t stop for preventable mechanical issues.

• Higher tire pressure than you’d ride on a cyclocross ride. We recommend about 80% to 90% of maximum rated tire pressure, for two reasons:

• First, we want to minimize flats on the ride; waiting for someone to change flats is not why we ride.  We typically see zero flats on our ride.  One of the primary reasons for this is due to higher than average tire pressure.

• Second, on average, about 30% of the ride is on pavement; having slightly higher pressure makes the road sections go by faster.

• We do not recommend fenders since sticks and twigs can get caught in them.

• How do we decide if we’re having the Full Moon ride?

• Thunder storms: If there’s a 33% or greater chance of a thunder storm at the ride start time, we don’t ride. It is not safe to get caught out in a thunder storm.

• Rain or sleet: There are a few variants of this. We don’t ride sensitive trails when they’re wet; this can cause damage that’s not repairable. Fortunately, we have some rain-friendly routes that don’t damage sensitive trails.

  • If it’s raining at the start of the ride we probably cancel the ride. If it’s only threatening rain, we ride.

  • If it’s misting or drizzling at the start of the ride, with less than 50% chance of rain in the coming hour, we ride.

  • If it’s been raining a lot for a couple days, but not raining the night before, we ride. Our rain-friendly routes avoid sensitive trails. Of course, every few years there’s such a bad storm that we won’t ride; we take the force majeure very seriously.

• Snowing: We ride; it is so much fun to ride during a snow storm.

• Snow on the ground: We ride. It doesn’t matter if there’s 1 inch or four feet, we ride. We recommend studded tires or fat bikes for these kinds of conditions. The only exclusion to snow riding is when there is a state of emergency and we’ve been asked to stay off the road.

• Icy conditions: We ride. For this you have to have studded tires in order to ride with us.

• Cold: It doesn’t matter what the temperature is, we ride.

If you'd like us to do any work on your bike prior to the ride, please email us the day before so we're ready to do the work as soon as you come in; we want you to be ready to roll before the ride starts.

Winter Riding 101 with Charles River Wheelers

• Location: Ride Headquarters in Sherborn, MA

• Event Type: Clinic

• Date & Time: Sunday, 6 January 2019, 3:00-5:00pm

• Reason for Clinic: Learn to ride in Winter with Charles River Wheelers

• Price: Free RSVP Required, RSVP Here

Description: I know it's cold and many of you have cleaned your bikes and put them away for the season. But....if you've ever thought about trying to ride in the winter, you should join us the Charles River Wheelers and RHQ for our Winter Riding 101 workshop on Sunday, January 6, 2019 from 3:00 - 5:00 at Ride Headquarters in Sherborn. 

Details: We’ll have experienced cold weather cyclists sharing everything you need to know about equipment, clothing, hydration and more.  Cost is free and registration is required. Refreshments will be served and maybe this will be just what you need to get you out on the road this winter. Plus, we're expecting the Patriots to have a bye week and really, what else do you have to do?

The Charles River Wheelers will also be running a Women's Only Flat Tire Repair workshop on Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 3:00 - 5:00. Visit here for more details.

Registration in advance is required to attend. Find out complete information on the Registration Page. 

Last Minute Information: We will email all who have enrolled with any last-minute changes. 

Questions?  Email connect@rideheadquarters.com. 

Lactate Threshold Testing with Charles Coaching & Nutrition Services (CCNS)

• Location: Ride Headquarters in Sherborn, MA

• Event Type: Lactate Threshold (LT) Testing

• Time & Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2019, several appointment slots available

• Price: Varies, must have an appointment

• Presented by Charles Coaching & Nutrition Services

We're pleased to welcome back Aidan Charles and staff of CCNS. He and his staff will be performing a full day of LT testing Tuesday, January 15. There will be a no-charge clinic on diet and winter training at 7-8:30pm. To read more about the Riding to Losing Weight Seminar, see that event here.

Professionally administered performance testing will be held here throughout the day. Lactate Threshold (LT) testing provides insights into your current fitness levels, and through it, your ideal training zones (power and HR) are established.  Each testing session is 90-minutes. 30 min of that is spent riding. Consultation to provide context for the test results is included. The cost is $139 per test session.

If you plan on getting any of this test done, make sure that you avoid a hard workout the day before your testing session. DO NOT exercise the day of the test. Avoid excessive use of stimulants, such as caffeine, before the test. Bring your bike and gear just as if you were going for a ride outdoors. Cancelations must be made more than 48 hours in advance. You're welcome to find a friend to take your spot if you can't attend your session.

Physiological testing is especially important for new athletes. Also, having baseline measurements in the dead of winter are great: then future performance gains can be measured and workouts can be properly planned. Find out where you're starting to see progress in the future! Also, having face time with a coach is valuable, he can answer your questions as you're being tested. Reserve your spot by registering now!

Email connect@rideheadquarters.com with any questions.

Last Minute Information: Watch our Twitter feed for last-minute updates, weather cancellations or other changes. 

Contact Information: Email - connect@rideheadquarters.com, Phone - 508-975-4678

Waiver: Ride Headquarters requires a signed waiver before your first ride. Please fill it out online prior to your first ride. 

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Riding to Lose Weight Seminar with Charles Coaching & Nutrition Services (CCNS)

• Location: Ride Headquarters in Sherborn, MA

• Event Type: Seminar

• Time & Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 7PM

• Price: Seminar - Free with RSVP

• Presented by Charles Coaching & Nutrition Services

We're pleased to welcome back Aidan Charles and staff of CCNS. Aidan will be speaking from 7-8:30pm on Tuesday, January 15th. He and his staff will also be performing Lactate Threshold (LT) testing all day leading up to the seminar at Ride Headquarters. To read more about the LT Testing, see that event here.

7-8:30pm Aidan Charles Hosts a Seminar about Riding to Lose Weight

Is your sweet tooth doing you in? Tired of "yo-yo" dieting? Can't stick to a regimented meal plan? Come out to a special night at Ride Headquarters on January 15th.  USA Cycling certified coach Aidan Charles will present a fun and informative clinic about setting the right weight loss goal and how to be successful in reaching it! Aidan will discuss obstacles that CCNS athletes have dealt with and how they successfully overcame them. Aidan will review proper on-the-bike and post-ride fueling principles as well. Bring a notepad and expect to take home great suggestions and targets that you can apply on your next big ride. 

Please RSVP for the seminar below. You may also learn more about and register for any of the testing sessions if you're interested in getting that done on the event page. We are fortunate that Aidan and his staff are making the 2-hour trip to come here to make all of this so easily accessible!

Email connect@rideheadquarters.com with any questions.

Last Minute Information: Watch our Twitter feed for last-minute updates, weather cancellations or other changes. 

Contact Information: Email - connect@rideheadquarters.com, Phone - 508-975-4678

Waiver: Ride Headquarters requires a signed waiver before your first ride. Please fill it out online prior to your first ride. 

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