Currently Planned Smoky Mountain Wheelmen Rides
Check Hotline (675-BIKE) for the latest information.

Contact Tony Brun to lead a ride: roadcaptain@smwbike.org
Roll Out time refers to the Expected Time of Departure. Please arrive at the ride start at least 15 minutes earlier for preparation and briefing.

For up-to-the-moment information on rides and posted ride status, visit the SMW Yahoo Group.

The Wheelmen Pace Key is below:
 
  Planned Rides  
Date Title Roll Out Dist (Mi) Pace Start Location Leader email Remarks
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Regularly Scheduled Weekday Rides  
Saturdays, as below

8/30
9/13
9/20
10/11
10/18
10/25

 Mary Lou's Cruise

 

 9:00 AM 17-20 Beginner West End Guard Shack, Oak Ridge Mary Lou & John Daugherty 482-4732   Mary Lou, a gracious hostess,
leads a very social ride, no one gets dropped.

There are no rest rooms, no water at the start.
Mondays Fixed Gear Spin 6:00 PM Varies Open Cherokee Blvd George DeVeny grdev@aol.com  Park at the first parking lot on the left past the fountain from Kingston Pike. Come and go as you want.
Some folks with earlier schedules may get there around five o'clock. Typically, the ride lasts 1 1/2 hours or so. I'm just the coordinator, not the leader, so show and go as you choose
Mondays
(except Labor Day)		 Casual Greenway Bike Ride 6:00 PM 15 Beginner Abandoned Bi-Lo in Bearden Christal Yost woohoobiketoo@gmail.com  On Mondays at 6:30 starting June 23 there will be a beginners bike ride on the bike trail / city neighborhoods.
Tuesdays Eddie Sloan's Weekday Ride 10:30 AM Varies Interm.   Eddie Sloan   Friendly, social paced, no drop ride .
Wednesdays Cades Cove Without Cars

7:00 AM
gather by 6:45 AM to Beat the heat and the cars.

56 Open Coulter Bridge show 'n Go

Contact Jim Blackstock w/ questions

356-7149

   Show up at 6:45 for the best ride of the week. Pedal through Townsend, and up the long climb to Cades Cove. The Cades Cove Loop Road is closed to autos until 10 a.m., so we'll ride around the loop, enjoying gorgeous scenery and the occasional bear. After a stop at the camp store in the C.C. Campground, we head back down the wonderful descent, and back to the cars. If you have time, bring clothes to change into, and enjoy lunch at the Tomato Head in Maryville.

If it is a rainy day, no ride. Call Jim if you are unsure.
Wednesdays Wednesday Night Ride 5:30 PM 21, 27 or 30 options Open Fireworks Superstore, Watt Road and I-40 Show and Go   We start at 5:30 and will explore some new roads.
It is a show and go ride, you may want to bring a friend to be sure you won't be alone. Begin riding at 5:30, others come later. Bathrooms are available.
Fridays

 

 South Knox Ride

9:00 AM

 30 Interm. Howard Pinkston Library Helen Picou picou@aol.com  Routes and distance vary weekly. Casual group ride, regrouping as needed. Usually the group rides at about 15 mph for two hours.

 

PACE KEY:

Beginner (12 mph or less) Ride leader sets pace to match slowest rider
Intermediate (13-15 mph) Ride leader sets pace, plans/announces regroup points every 10 miles
Experienced (16+ mph) Ride leader sets pace, plans/announces regroup points every 15-20 miles
Open (ride at own speed) Ride at your own pace, provides cue sheet/painted course

All SMW rides are social rides!
Come out and join us