Upstate Winter-Spring Series for AIDS LIFECYCLE

http://webpages.charter.net/audionet/upstateseries.html

THE PACKS MOUNTAIN RIDE

Saturday Jan 28, 2012  10:00 AM

View from the ridge along Packs Mountain

Three Greenville Spinners members (Steve Yetman, Ken Drescher and Don Hudson) are raising money for AIDS LIFECYCLE.  Steve and Ken are the guys that put on the Spinners signature rides such at the Cherokee Foothills Bike Trek, Leaf Tour and Final/First Fifty rides.  Each participant of AIDS LIFECYCLE must raise $3,000 participate in an annual ride in California this June.  To help raise these funds a series of AIDS LIFECYCLE charity rides will he held in Greenville this winter and spring.  This is the first of four planned rides.  The Spinners Club provides no direct financial support for these rides but allows marketing and technical support per Club charity policies.

We are suggesting a minimum donation of $20 to ride or if you can't afford that, give what you can.  We do require a signed waiver and use of a helmet to ride.  The ride includes a marked route, two rest stops at Lake Robinson Park (one being a grilled lunch break), a roving SAG vehicle and printed route sheets.  This is an inclusive ride, if you are a human and enjoy cycling you are welcome to participate.

The ride starts on Greenville's Eastside.  It heads north from the BiLo parking lot start/finish toward Lake Robinson. We will have a break set up at Lake Robinson so you can enjoy the great view across the lake while you refuel for the climbing at Packs Mountain.  We then cut over to Packs Ridge Rd and ride the ridge over Packs Mountain.  On the way home you can stop by a break again at Lake Robinson as needed.   The cummulative climb is 3226 ft.  Compare this to Assault on Mt. Mitchell which is over 11,000 ft. cummulative climb.

  View from break at Lake Robinson

We will have a SAG vehicle to support the riders on this route.    We will provide route sheets and will be marking the route with environmentally friendly markings that are gone a few weeks after the event.

Below is the elevation chart for this ride.  You can visit  http://ridewithgps.com/routes/900082  to get more statistics for this route.  Thanks go to Marty Remick for providing this info.  

Here is the MS Word file routesheet:  http://webpages.charter.net/audio net/packsmtroute.doc

Who:            Any Interested Cyclist, riders under age 16 must be accompied by an adult

What:           Packs Mountain AIDS LIFECYCLE Ride.  Approx. 42 miles total distance

When:          Saturday Jan 28, 2012  10:00 AM

Where:         Start at E. North St at Howell Rd BiLo 

Why:            To enjoy riding while helping with AIDs research efforts and treatment of those with AIDs     

Questions?  Contact Ken Drescher at kdresch@aol.com

Ride Start Directions:  From Spartanburg, I-85 S. exit 54 Pelham Rd.  Turn right onto Pelham after exiting. Right on Haywood Rd, Bi Lo on the right when you cross E. North St.  In Greenville, see map below.

 

Bi Lo is located at 3715 E North St. Greenville, SC