Conference noted::bicycle

692.0. "Century schedule - sanity arrives!" by EUCLID::PAULHUS (Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 dtn 223-6871) Fri May 27 1988 13:27

    	September is Century Month (now extended into October, but the
    days are getting shorter quickly that time of year and few clubs
    will try Centuries later than September). The month that most LAW
    affiliated bike clubs offer a 100 mile ride.  In the past, in Eastern
    New England, there were the following Centuries offered:
    	First Weekend : Labor Day Weekend  - no Centuries
    	Second Weekend: TFCE at Tiverton - NBW
    	Third Weekend : GSW, NVP and CRW (massive conflict!)
    	Fourth Weekend: 7HW
    
    Key: NBW = Narragansette Bay Wheelmen - the Rhode Island Club
    	 GSW = Granite State Wheelmen - the N.H. club
    	 NVP = Nashoba Valley Pedalers - club based in Acton, MA
         CRW = Charles River Wheelmen - Boston based club 
         7HW = Seven Hills Wheelmen - Worcester based club
             
    In the past, as a curtesy, most clubs kept the second weekend clear
    so that their riders could do the big (over 1000 riders) TFCE ride.
    NBW was expected to host the 1989 NEAR rally.  The directors of
    the club have said that they will not support NEAR in R.I. as planned.
    The behind the scenes activity has been of such a nature that most
    of the clubs no longer think NBW merits the curtesy of keeping the
    second weekend clear for their ride.  Also, GSW has moved their
    century to the fourth weekend.  Last night, NVP decided to move
    their centruy to the second weekend.  So, the century schedule for
    eastern New England for 1988 looks like this:
    
    	First Weekend : Labor Day weekend
        Second Weekend: NVP in Eastern Mass, NBW in R.I.
    	Third Weekend : CRW in Eastern Mass
    	Fourth Weekend: GSW in N.H., 7HW in Central Mass
                                         
    I think this is a Major improvement over the 'everyone on the third
    weekend' schedule of the past!  The rain last year wiped out everyone!               
    I'm looking forward to doing 3 centuries in a row with NVP,CRW and
    GSW!  I hope you'll join me.  - Chris                                 

North Shore Cyclists, based in the Peabody, MA area north of Boston 
and near New Hampshire, is having their National Century
on October 9, 1988  [a plug for the competition].

	~Mike

A Century in October!  Thank goodness someone scheduled one instead
of saying "The days are too short, the weather is too cold, blah, blah."

As for the "2nd weekend" business, thanks, also.  I hated that "thousands
of cyclists" business.