Great Lakes - Oakland County Riders

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kelmurfee

07-19-07, 10:02 AM

kelmurfee

07-19-07, 10:10 AM

Oh yeah, Oakland County Michigan. I forgot to put Michigan and I'm not sure if other states have Oakland County too. :-)

octaneTom

07-19-07, 01:11 PM

Hey kelmurfee,

Welcome aboard—I live on Oakland County (Royal Oak) as well - some other folks on here do to. It seems there's a fairly active cycling community out here on the west side.

Enjoy the ride.

caadman

07-20-07, 08:13 PM

Welcome kelmurfee,

I'm in Oakland county also, specifically beverly hills near the school by the same name....I have a monthly ride that is going tomorrow, we ride down to belle isle and back, what kind of distances and speed do you normally do??...This ride to belle isle happens every 3rd saturday of each month from April thru October, it's around 55 miles from beverly school and back and stay's between 16 and 20 mph....Feel free to join us, start time from the school is 730am, in the months of May thru september..

Take care and enjoy the riding!

Benjamin

kelmurfee

07-20-07, 08:45 PM

I'm in White Lake/Commerce/Waterford area. Where's Beverly Hills in Michigan? I definitely wouldn't be able to keep up with your riding group. My longest ride as been 13 miles average 13mph. I'm on a hybrid bike and I just started regularly biking like a week ago. I would love to come out eventually when I get up to 16mph for 55 miles :-)

Thanks

lesdunham

07-20-07, 09:01 PM

Welcome to cycling Michigan style,

Maybe you want to check out Slow Spokes bike club. Clinton River Riders too has some rides in and around the metro area. You can find many bike clubs in MI thru lmb.org . There are some rides coming up - Assenmacher (Aug), Peach of a Ride(Sept), and Blue Water Ramble (early Oct). They have different length options and your own pace. You will find many riders with similar ability and goals. Keep riding often.

caadman

07-21-07, 03:23 PM

Ahh very well then kelmurfee, beverly hills is basically south and east from your area...It's north of birmingham, west of royal oak, east of the bloomfield area and north of southfield...Get a good map from one of the metro parks and I bet you could find it..

Keep up the riding and maybe you'll be able to join us sometime..

Take care,

Benjamin

Road Fan

07-21-07, 05:51 PM

Hey everyone!

I just found this forum and so far I love it. Is anyone from the Oakland County area? I bike by myself, maybe I could find a biking partner. I just bought a Hybrid bike and I want to partake in some fun races eventually. I've been riding around my subdivision since it's huge and I'm going to start biking to the gym I belong too. I just bought a lock and a helmet and a bike mirror so I'm ready to bike to the gym and on the main roads.

Happy Biking! :-)

Hi, welcome! Another place with a few clubs and lots of riders is Ann Arbor, with the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society, the Veloclub, and loads of folks going out to ride the local roads Saturdays and Sundays. Another club to check out, starting with lmb.org, is the Downriver club. They have a BIG program.

Road Fan
Ann Arbor, MI