Here a a few brief highlights of upcoming rides and events that we may get involved in as a group or you may want to know about on your own:

• Monday evening rides, tentatively starting on 4/7/08 (weather dependent) departing at 5:45 pm SHARP.Ride for approximately 2 hours with an "ice cream social" and a short tip time/devotional thought for the return loop. We will try and visit most of the ice cream shops on the west side of the county throughout the season. Make sure you bring a few dollars and splurge on the sprinkles!
  
  This year we will be departing from the south parking lot of the BRAND NEW First Bible Baptist Church at 990 Manitou Road, just 1 mile north of Latta Road. It's pretty hard to miss it. We should have much less car traffic to deal with at the beginning and end of our rides, not having to negotiate North Greece road anymore!

• May 4, New York, NY, Five Borough Bike Tour, 42 miles with 30,000 other bikes through the city. Depending on how many want to go...I may have free lodging available in the area.

• June 28, Ride for Roswell, Buffalo, NY area, to benefit Roswell Park Cancer Institute

• July 12, Bike MS,  Follow the Foothills,  to support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, contact Jim Andolina

• August 8-10, Rochester Omnium,  Bigger, better, faster this year. Now a three day event part of the UCI America Tour. More pros, more international teams, more Olympians than ever. DON'T MISS IT!!

• September 6, 7, Bike MS, Pedal to the Park, Spencerport to Darien Lake, to support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, contact Jim Andolina

• September 12-13, Highlander Cycle Tour, Finger Lakes area, ride one of the nations most beautiful and toughest bike tours, you pick 30 flat beautiful miles or 100 grueling miles through God's beautiful creation of the Finger Lakes area. Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation, South Bristol Historical Society, Rochester XC Skiing Foundation, and Mercy Flight Cental, Inc.

• Saturday morning rides TBD

• Annual century (100 miles) ride TBD

• Labor Day ride to Stony Brook State Park TBD

• Fall Foliage Tour TBD

• "Family Paced" Erie Canal Path ride TBD (Bring the kids, bike trailers, picnic baskets!)

• Mountain/Hybrid ride along the newly completed trail/boardwalk from Turning Point Park to Sea Breeze via Durand Beach, TBD

• Mountain/Hybrid ride around the Genesee River loop (Charlotte to Veterans Bridge)

• Other ideas...let me know!!

I look forward to seeing all of you and your friends join us.

Ryan Donovan