Teams/Clubs in Charleston, SC

[Ltk]

I am going on vacation next week w/ my family in Kiawah
Island, S.C. They'll play tennis and I'll rack up some
miles. But I want them to be high quality, not base or just
endurance, which is what I end up w/ when riding alone. Too
late in season for that and I think my aerobic is ok. I also
missed Branch Brook or Mullica in NJ this weekend, b/c I had
to to make Church w/ my family. Anyone know of any
clubs/teams in that area. I'm hoping for traditional
Tues/Thurs hammers or even a mid-week club race, if I'm
lucky. Thanks.

[Psycholist]

"LTK" <teamk@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> I am going on vacation next week w/ my family in Kiawah
> Island, S.C.
They'll
> play tennis and I'll rack up some miles. But I want them
> to be high
quality,
> not base or just endurance, which is what I end up w/ when
> riding alone.
Too
> late in season for that and I think my aerobic is ok. I
> also missed Branch Brook or Mullica in NJ this weekend,
> b/c I had to to make Church w/ my family. Anyone know of
> any clubs/teams in that area. I'm hoping for traditional
> Tues/Thurs hammers or even a mid-week club race, if I'm
> lucky. Thanks.
>

I'm in the opposite end of the state from Charleston, so I
have no firsthand knowledge of rides there, but you might
find a link or helpful contact at www.coastalcyclists.org

Have a great visit. Kiawah is a wonderful place. No hills,
but you can get lots of nice work riding into those 40 mph
beachfront headwinds ... particularly if you're on one of
the fat-tire beach cruisers you can rent down there.

Be advised ... there are paved bike paths all over the
island (not designed with serious road riding in mind). If
you try to ride on the roads on the island, they'll chase
you off. (In SC, the law is that, if there's a bike
path/lane present, you must use it -- whether it's really
rideable or not.) You may have to leave Kiawah to get some
real road training in.

Bob C.

[Ltk]

Thanks Bob. Very helpful, especially the tip about SC law. I
found a VW team associated w/ Coastal. Looks promising.

"psycholist" <technico@wctel.net> wrote in message
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>
> "LTK" <teamk@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:oAWbc.34030$He5.650128@bgtnsc04-
> news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > I am going on vacation next week w/ my family in Kiawah
> > Island, S.C.
> They'll
> > play tennis and I'll rack up some miles. But I want them
> > to be high
> quality,
> > not base or just endurance, which is what I end up w/
> > when riding alone.
> Too
> > late in season for that and I think my aerobic is ok. I
> > also missed
Branch
> > Brook or Mullica in NJ this weekend, b/c I had to to
> > make Church w/ my family. Anyone know of any clubs/teams
> > in that area. I'm hoping for traditional Tues/Thurs
> > hammers or even a mid-week club race, if I'm
lucky.
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> I'm in the opposite end of the state from Charleston, so
> I have no
firsthand
> knowledge of rides there, but you might find a link or
> helpful contact at www.coastalcyclists.org
>
> Have a great visit. Kiawah is a wonderful place. No hills,
> but you can
get
> lots of nice work riding into those 40 mph beachfront
> headwinds ... particularly if you're on one of the fat-
> tire beach cruisers you can rent down there.
>
> Be advised ... there are paved bike paths all over the
> island (not
designed
> with serious road riding in mind). If you try to ride on
> the roads on the island, they'll chase you off. (In SC,
> the law is that, if there's a bike path/lane present, you
> must use it -- whether it's really rideable or
not.)
> You may have to leave Kiawah to get some real road
> training in.
>
> Bob C.

[Psycholist]

"LTK" <teamk@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks Bob. Very helpful, especially the tip about SC law.
> I found a VW team associated w/ Coastal. Looks promising.
>

I think Hincapie Sportswear has a team with some riders down
in that area. Sadly, one of their Charleston-based riders
was killed in a training accident there a couple of weeks
ago ... run over by a pickup truck.

Be careful out there.

Bob C.