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Sumter Landing Bicycle Club

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B Rides

Tuesday Ride from the Bradenton RC
Nat Haytcher
Howey in the Hills update: Sunday's weather forecast calls for 58 degrees at the start. Around 70 by the finish. Breeze out of the north at 5-10 mph. Sign up on the clubs event calendar. 

Tuesday's weather forecast: 57 at the start. 63 by the finish.  Partly cloudy with the wind at 4-6 mph.

ROUTE:  the Silk Sheet.  Break at the Mulberry RC 

Distance: 30 +/- 2 miles

Pace: 16 to 19 mph. Usually slower going out.  Likely faster on the return trip down Buena Vista. 

Sprint option : on Buena Vista beginning at the Hillsborough bypass 

Ride ends at the Standard coffee shop near Brownwood  ☕🧋.

The planned turns:
  1. Work our way to Buena Vista heading North 
  2. Left. Hwy 42
  3. Right. SE 73rd  by the church
  4. Right Se 147
  5. Right Se 80
  6. Left. Se 162
  7. Right. Se 83
  8. Break Mulberry RC 
  9. Continue south on BV
  10. 🚲🚲 optional sprint beginning at the Hillsborough bypass 
  11. Right. 44a
  12. Left  Powell 
  13. Ride ends at the Standard coffee shop near Brownwood ☕🧋



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