We had an amazing turnout today!  If we count the three official rides on the eastside plus several alternate rides, it's clear that hot weather doesn't stop HBC riders - it just makes some of them start early!

Treasurer Dan Jensen has again designed a tremendous route of 51 miles for Sunday at 8:00 from Westhaven.  The roads are familiar, but Dan has put them together in a different way!  Here's the route for the long Sunday ride.    Other riders will take a shorter course, as usual, too.

Dan's Four Creeks Circuit - 51 miles - GPS

Sunday, July 24 - 8:00 A.M.
HBC Sunday Ride
Westhaven parking lot, 1025 Westhaven Blvd., Franklin - take Hwy. 96 west from Franklin, turn left on Westhaven Blvd., veer right onto State Blvd., and then take the very first left. 

On Prime Season Sundays we will continue our rides from Westhaven.  Here is a map to guide you to the parking lot at Westhaven.  Westhaven Blvd. is directly across Hwy. 96 from the end of Old Charlotte at the big sign for Gentry Farm.
Westhaven Map.

On most Sundays, we ride out Boyd Mill and then take the tough climb up Parker Branch.  At the end of that road, various groups form for different distances and routes.  It is easy to do a 25- or 30- mile route, although most regular riders will add miles along the way.  Sometimes we start on the Old Pancake route over to Leipers Fork.  At the start we will establish the approximate distance that various groups intend to ride.  Many riders will do a 50- or 60-mile ride, improvising the route as they go along.  We are trying to be a bit more organized for the longer routes and often will send a suggested route before Sunday.  Here's the longer route for this Sunday:

Dan's Four Creeks Circuit - 51 miles - GPS