Ride Calendar

Cross-Florida Training Series / XTS: Ride 11 of 12, XFL Route 2nd Out & Back, distance of approx. 70 miles.
Ride Leaders is Steve Salvo.

Map & Cue sheet for XFL Route.
Riders will follow the XFL Route west on SR532/Nova Road to a point just beyond Barrywood Lane, then turn around and come back east. Traffic conflicts in Cocoa are reduced by traveling on Peachtree/Lake outbound, and Pluckebaum/Rosa Jones inbound.

Review the following for details on this series of training rides:
XTS-2019-Introduction
XTS-2019-Schedule

Gathering place for this ride is southwest corner of Cocoa Village Parking Lot, at Stone and Florida Ave. (Moved from City Parking Lot).
This location works even when civic events take over the streets of Cocoa.)

This Saturday morning ride serves a combination of purposes: social reconnect after the work week, a learning session, and warmup to Sunday C and B rides*. The several Ride Leaders are recognized as wearing yellow bandanas.

Social reconnect – South River Road, 14 miles, C pace. Group will stay together usually in a double pace-line until getting back to Cocoa. D riders (with no group experience) are welcome, and should let a Ride Leader know they are participating.

Learning session, warmup for Sunday rides – North River Road, 14 miles, B pace, max 20mph. Group will stay together in double or single pace-lines; Ride Leader(s) will guide riders in fine points of cycling technique and group skills. C riders are welcome if they feel confident in riding the distance, and comfortable with riding in a group.

The ‘A’ Extension continues another 4 miles from the north end of River Road (@ Fire station). This extension gives our most skilled and strongest ‘A’ riders a better place to ride at a challenging pace, typically 23+mph. While participation here is self-selected, if the Ride Leader is not confident in a rider’s skills, he/she may ask that rider to continue back to Cocoa with the B group.

The Route through West Cocoa takes riders off the River Road and back into West Cocoa horse ranchette neighborhoods. Rest/refuel stops at Junny Rios Martinez Park and Flying J Convenience Store.

This ride ends with a social gathering (off-bike) at Ossorio’s Cafe.

South & North River Road Route / Cue Sheet
North River Road Route + ‘A’ Extension / Cue Sheet

West Cocoa Route / Cue Sheet

Double Metric (200km/124mi) ‘B’ ride. Ride Leaders are various.

This ride follows the route of the ICWC Double Metric Century. It’s for club members riding XFL this year who need preparation miles.

Participants should have a solid foundation of miles/time in the saddle, and be completely comfortable drinking and eating while riding. We’ll take short breaks at service stations and convenience stores along the way. Along with a bit of cash, bring an extra tube/CO2 cartridge.

Double Metric Century (200km) route map and cue sheet

Reduced mileage routes:

1. Proceeding south on Tropical Trail, turn right on SR-520, head west over Hubert Humphrey Causeway Bridge, and turn into Cocoa Village to start point, for total of ~85miles.
2. Proceeding farther south on Tropical Trail to SR-404, turn right and head west over Pineda Causeway Bridge. Go straight under US-1, then turn right on Wickham Road, reconnecting with route returning to Cocoa Village, for a total of ~110 miles.

Follow “Tickets” link above for complete details.

UPDATE!!!

Cross-Florida Training Series / XTS: Ride 12 of 12, Indialantic, distance of approx. 53 miles.
Ride Leaders are Steve Salvo and Keith Buescher.

Ride starts/ends in Cocoa.
Map & Cue sheet: Indialantic 53.   This is an updated route.
Rest/refuel at Starbucks on A1A @ US192, at Ride Leaders’ direction.

The following are details on this series of training rides:
XTS-2019-Introduction
XTS-2019-Schedule