Saturday Step-Up

Step-Up Ride for Saturday, September 7th -- start time is 7:30 AM.  Weather forecast shows 0% chance of rain with temps in the high 70s and 65% humidity at the start.  The winds are supposed to be 3 - 5 mph out of the Southwest.  Sky cover is low.  There's a low chance of it, but if you check outside when you get up Saturday and if you think the actual weather might cause a change in our plans, check the PBA group Facebook page and this space.  I'll post any needed announcement by 6:00 AM.  If you don't see an announcement by 6:15 AM, then I'm headed to the start area and we'll call a go/no-go from there.  (As always, announcements for all developmental rides -- of which Step-Up is one -- put out by Ron Shome, the PBA Ride Coordinator, supersedes whatever I might be considering or posting, so look for anything from him as well).  
      The Step-Up Ride start area is at the Gulledge Elementary School (west side Preston Meadow just south of Legacy). Please sign-in 15 minutes prior to start (7:15 AM) for the pre-ride safety briefing so we'll be able to start as scheduled.    Please have checked and aired up your bike prior to the pre-ride briefing and remember helmet, water, and tire repair kit.   The Step-Up route is posted on the RidewithGPS PBA Club Route Library under the title "SU_31.3_AllenHeights_OakPtPark".   We've been hitting right in the middle of our target 13 - 14 mph average speed over the past several months.  Just due to the terrain we are always faster on the first half of our course and slower on the second half coming back to start.  At any one time, we might be going 25+ mph on a downhill, as low as 9 mph on an uphill, and 14 mph on the flats, all going in to result in that avg. 13-14 mph average.