Oh Cananda!

This week marks the end of the Canadian invasion. This is not a bad invasion but the invasion of great folks coming to ride our beautiful Valley roads.  You see them each spring, riding in groups with the colorful club kits and fast rolling machines. They have a beautiful french twist to their words and know how to enjoy themselves during and after a ride.

Post Reddish ride dinner at "Ruby's"

Happy Hour at SBC with our friends. 

Departing on a beautiful day.

For three weeks, several tour guides bring down hundreds of folks from the Montreal area to break out of the northern winter and get their first taste of spring for the new year.  Most of these folks left Canada with snow still in their front yards. These folks love riding bikes and can't wait for their first ride of the year.  Thus, they visit Harrisonburg excited and ready to roll! For the last decade we at SBC have been working with the tour guides and their guests to make sure their time in the Valley is smooth and enjoyable.  We do what ever we can to make sure their bikes are always ready to go for the next day, even if this means lending them our own bikes.

A beaufitul road outside  the town of Shenandoah.

These groups make their base camp at Massanutten ("Massanewton") resort, a great place for bulk housing, but they love coming downtown to shop, eat and hang out. Last week I had the opportunity to get our and ride with one of the groups, their road etiquette was top notch! I could not believe the amount of riders we saw during our 60k spin that took us from "Massanewton" to Shenandoah, Stanley, Elkton and back.  These tour guides had a great route even showing this local boy some new roads to ride.

Until next year my friends!

Thank you!

Thomas