unOFFICIAL SPRING EPIC RIDE - MAY 16 2015

[DerekClouser]

 

 

Preface: Route and meet place have been chosen based on a few things I've noticed from previous rides.  As I went through different route options, I decided on this route because of many factors.  I know some riders like more technical roads and others like more sweeping type of roads.  This route gives a little bit of both.  This will allow for newer riders to come in without getting in well over their heads, but will still easily keep the best of riders entertained. The route is easy to remember and many of these roads are very familiar to those who ride frequently.   

 

The meet place was chosen off 83 because many have a tendency to get lost from the meet place to the beginning of the route.  This solves the problem.  The church has a big enough parking lot for all the bikes and anyone who needs to trailer.  It is secluded so that trailers and other vehicles won't be in the way.  It is near two gas stations for easy pre/post ride fill ups. There is also a dollar general next door for anyone who may wish to grab a drink or snacks before or after the ride.  I went down today and looked at a lot of different options and any good location within Zanesville had a ton of stop lights and many turns within the city.   This location is still very accessible as it is right off I-70 and located right on 83.  It is ten minutes from Zanesville and starts us more directly on the ride route. 

 

 

Date: SATURDAY - MAY 16 2015

Rain Date: Sunday - May 17, 2015

 

 

All details are subject to change - so please follow up to this thread before the event to verify all details are the same!

 

Meet Place: Church of Christ, New Concord OH  Maple Ln, New Concord OH

 

Church of Christ parking lot, New Concord OH

 

Time: Meet by 10:30 Start organizing group by 11:00 and kick stand to ride by 11:30

 

Pre-Ride Meetups:

W/SW Rider Meetup

NE Rider Meetup

Central Rider Meetup

NW Rider Meetup (Links TBD)

 

When you arrive we will *hopefully* have areas designated to your group for the ride (i.e. fast, med-fast, med, etc), so please park your bike in the group you wish to ride. This should save some hassle organizing groups later on.

 

Updated Roster of riders so far (Group in parentheses)

 

NinjaDoc

Jacobhawkins (MF)

MotoBella (MF)

Hellmutt (M)

Snot (M)

o-no-moto -2up +2 (M)

rollnhot (M)
shadyone (M)

Anden (S)

DAC (M)

Bad324 (M)

NDspd (S)

Claine650 (M)

mojocho (MF)

Grokked (S)

Zxhooligan (M)

JackFlash (M)

Heagachongoose (MF)

what (S)

330racing (M)

Tonyblaze (S)

Isaac's Papa (M, MF, S, MS or whatever other group he can jump to)

DerekClouser (MF)

whaler (MF)

wolfman1 (MF)

 

A Good start, a lot of familiar names and hopefully we can still add a lot more to this roster

 

 

Route: https://goo.gl/maps/so6Hh

 

Request: Be ATGATT if possible, and try and sport an OR t shirt if you have one.

 

T-Shirts

T-shirts will be done differently this ride. I will be hosting a teespring event.  Anyone who wishes to purchase a shirt, will be able to order one straight from the website.  As long as we hit the minimum number of t-shirts, they will print and ship each one to your house so you will have it to wear to the event.   If we don't hit the minimum number of shirts, no one will be charged. I will explain this all in detail once we get the logo officially chosen.  For those who ordered shirts last event and didn't receive a refund or a shirt, I will purchase a shirt for you on this ride. 

 

Some etiquette to help us all better as suggested by many riders:

 

Everyone is responsible for themselves, so ride within your limits. Crashing is not something we want to have happen. We had several incidents last year, some because of bike maintenance and I believe some because they were outside their comfort zone in terms of speed.

 

Ride within your limits and stay safe. Our goal is to have a fun safe day of riding with a bunch who share the same passion. Crashing only ruins that fun, not only for you, but for others as well.Grab a bite if you want before ride as there wont be lunch stops.

 

Ideal maximum group size is ten riders with a lead rider and a tail (sweep) rider. These two riders should be interchangeable in skill level so that the sweep rider can evaluate and help the riders in front of them:These two riders need to know the count of how many riders are in their group.

 

The lead rider needs to wait at all stops for the sweep rider to give him a thumb up.At each stop the leader or sweep rider can switch or at their discretion ask and allow a new formation of the line.Do not allow passing other riders in same group once the ride has started except at starts.

 

Passing slow moving vehicles might be needed for the faster group, when doing this each rider makes times and judges it for them self. Dont wait for the group to pass as a whole. At times might have to cross double yellow to pass.

 

Group leaders and sweeps should know the route well and if possible have ridden it prior to event.

 

Do not allow changes of groups at stops (Unless both ride leaders of both groups are aware of the change and it does not raise the group count to over ten riders.If a rider has to leave a group early make sure they tell someone in the group. Do not pass except at stops. If you picked the wrong spot in line of your group ask to change positions at stops or if a rider signals you to pass.

 

Start the ride with a full tank of gas.

 

Many folks are planning to grab a bite at the end of the ride, those with time should do it as it will be fun. The unfortunate long haulers will start back to get home before dark.

 

The Groups

 

Always start one group below what you feel you ride. Meaning if you think your fast, start with medium fast group and if you are comfortable move to the fast group during gas break after letting the lead and sweep know. Better to be safe than sorry. Remember we might be riding roads very new to you.

 

Fast:

Usually 70mph on the straight and 25-30 mph over the posted limit of curve.

 

The people who belong to the group know they belong to this group, they dont think they belong here.Dont jump in here unless you been riding with such fellows for some time. eg: UP, Midgettodd, Hutch, Core rides

 

Medium-Fast:

65-70mph on the straight and 20-25 over the posted limit of curve.

 

This is the usual fast rides some group rides do, still rather fast• Jump in here if you been riding for a while and is comfortable at these paces on most roads

 

Medium:

65 mph on the straight and 15-20 over the posted limit of curve.

 

This is the everyday regular group rides pace,Jump in here if you been riding for a while and is comfortable at these paces on most roads

 

Slow:

60 mph or around posted limit on the straight and up to 10 over the posted limit of curve.

 

This is the a very comfortable yet fun group ride.Jump in here if you like doing friendly fun rides and also new riders must join here.The last two rides most people rode this group showing zero ego issues and they had most fun.No ego in both years kept our rides with 0 casualties.

 

 

If you could please announce if you plan to attend and which group so I can keep an ongoing list. If you plan on bringing someone else from outside of the forums, or those who don't post, please add a +1 for each member, so we can kind of figure out how many groups we will need to plan for.Also post if you are willing to sweep or lead so we can get a list for that as well.

 

Disclaimer: The following words "Ohio Epic Ride" refers to this specific ride. 

 

By attending the "Ohio Epic Ride", you agree to the following;

 

You acknowledge that you understand that motorcycle riding and touring is hazardous and may result in serious injury or death. You understand that this activity in which you are voluntarily participating has inherent risks (including death, loss of limb and permanent disability, and damage to or loss of property) that you assume. You certify that you are duly licensed and competent to operate a motorcycle in a safe manner, and the vehicle you will be operating during the ride is in safe and legal operating condition. You are solely responsible to determine the speed and operational characteristics of your motorcycle and your ability as a motorcycle operator while participating in the ride. You hereby agree to expressly and voluntarily accept and assume all risks involved in operating a motorcycle or participating as a motorcycle passenger while participating in the ride. You hereby covenant, as a motorcycle operator or motorcycle passenger, not to sue Ohio Epic Ride, their organizers, agents, employees, officers, directors, managers and representatives for any and all loss or damage including property damage or loss, personal injury, permanent disability and/or death, arising out of your participation in this activity (including but not limited to riding, touring, transportation to and from the activity, and at all lodging and stops). "Ohio Epic Ride" makes no warranty regarding conditions, safety of roadways, weather, lodging or stops, and the rider to assume all risk that the conditions, safety of roadways, weather, lodging or stops are other than what is expected. You understand and agree that "Ohio Epic Ride" is acting as my agent only to provide guidance as to routes, and I hereby release and hold harmless "Ohio Epic Ride", its organizers, agents, assigns and heirs against any and all claims, causes of action, or any other liability of any kind arising from my operation of a motorcycle, or as a motorcycle passenger during my activity of motorcycle riding.

Edited March 24, 2015 by Cdubyah

[NinjaDoc]

I am hopeful to make it as of now

All alone all the way from Michigan

[jacobhawkins]

Glad to hear you'll be down, Nivin!  Derek, route looks great to me, thanks for organizing this.  I'll be medium-fast.

[Strictly Street]

Sounds like fun.

 

Great idea on the T-shirt thing.

 

Now if i can just get my bike out of the snow drift it's buried in...

 

 

 

 

Oh! Slow or medium group please.

Edited March 8, 2015 by Strictly Street

[MotoBella]

Planning on it. Medium fast.  Look forward to meeting you peeps!!!

[snot]

We are a yes, not sure on our group but likely medium or medium slow since this is a new route.

Edited March 8, 2015 by snot

[Tonik]

Is the church aware of our intentions? They seem to have a fair number of Saturday events though nothing that far out right now.

 

http://www.newconcordchurch.org/events/index.html

[J_Copeland]

Is the church aware of our intentions? They seem to have a fair number of Saturday events though nothing that far out right now.

http://www.newconcordchurch.org/events/index.html

Wondered the same.

[whaler]

Is the church aware of our intentions? They seem to have a fair number of Saturday events though nothing that far out right now.

 

http://www.newconcordchurch.org/events/index.html

 

 

 

This was taken into consideration, the church has been contacted, and we are working out the details.  In the event that something comes up and we can not use the church parking lot, the dollar general next door has more than enough space to accommodate our group on the side and back of the store.  We also spoke with Dollar General when onsite.

Edited March 8, 2015 by whaler

[whaler]

We are a yes, not sure on our group but likely medium or medium slow since this is a new route.

 

You will be fine in medium, this is a very clean route.

[Helmutt]

Like the little wife said, we'll be there ( weather pending of course ) and likely be a medium paced group. I'll lead and try to establish a sweep beforehand so our group will be less to worry about. I'll link up the western OR meet thread once I get it posted.

[o-no-moto]

2 up in the medium group. Might also have two more in tow.

[rollnhot]

I'm in unless something comes up, +1 maybe. My girl don't have a steel ass like mine. I ride medium group Hellmutt hmu I'll sweep it needed.

[Helmutt]

I'm in unless something comes up, +1 maybe. My girl don't have a steel ass like mine. I ride medium group Hellmutt hmu I'll sweep it needed.

Thanks man, you're on my shortlist.

[Helmutt]

Western Ohio pre-meet ride thread is up

http://ohioriders.net/index.php?/topic/106952-western-ohio-meetup-for-spring-epic-ride-51615/

[Tonik]

This was taken into consideration, the church has been contacted, and we are working out the details. In the event that something comes up and we can not use the church parking lot, the dollar general next door has more than enough space to accommodate our group on the side and back of the store. We also spoke with Dollar General when onsite.

Well done.

[shadyone]

Im in also I can sweep Hellmutts medium group. Depending on weather I may be able to rider the route before hand also...

[Anden]

I'm game toss me in slow this time. Had a blast myself in that group.

[DAC]

I'm in.  Put me down for medium for now.

[Bad324]

Subscribed and putting on the calendar to try my best to make this. I'll likely be a medium if I get a few rust shake off rides in before.

[marlboro man]

I have a fishing shack on the river near Beverly & ride them roads all the time I would suggest by passing that part of 339 I like the twistys but it is a blind spot road for fokes that have not rode it a lot and 78 from the bucket to Caldwell suck to me I would run from your start point I would run 83 to 313 to 821 to 146 to 78 to 260 to 556to26 to 676 to 555 or so to your loop but I have no ideer how to use a map I may just stock you guys riding and take some pix in the curves

[NDspd]

Having never ridden in real twisties but only the dead straight roads of Georgia I feel as though I should be in the slow group for now. 

 

My schedule is kind of hectic at the moment and I can't 100% confirm I am going.

[claine650]

I should be a go for this again, love me a day trip. Medium sounds good [emoji51]

Edited March 9, 2015 by claine650

[mojocho]

Derek! Thanks again for organizing. Sign me up for medium-fast!

[Grokked]

mark me down for the slow group (it was plenty fast for my bike and its rider)

 

also: thanks derek for tackling the P.I.T.A. that I imagine organizing these rides to be

Edited March 10, 2015 by Grokked