Group Ride: Donut Ride 2/1/25

[drevil]

EDITED 1/30/25: ADDED DETAILS

I created a route that spans 20 miles starting in VA, traversing DC, and ending in MD. I also picked donut shops that we didn’t go to on the 2024 Donut Ride. I’ve only been to Astro, so if you haven’t been to some of these, we’ll be trying them for the first time together.

Juicy details:

• Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49587285
• Start time, i.e., rolling out: 9am on Saturday 2/1/25. Please arrive earlier than rolling out time if you want to enjoy a donut and coffee at the start location.
• Start location: Just Fine Donuts
• Pace: Party, i.e., not too fast, not too slow, but we have 20 miles and 4-5 donut shoppes to hit.
• Who: Freezing Saddles participants and Friends of Freezing Saddles
• What else: please bring a tube, patch kit, tools, and the knowledge how to use them (or a friend that does) so you can take care of any mechanicals if they happen. Also, bring a positive, sunny attitude 🙂

I also included Metro stations close to the start and end on the route map if you don’t feel like – or have enough time – to bike a big loop.

Feel free to jump on or off the ride at any point. You can track me using this link: https://www.wahooligan.com/users/live/LBbIZ7-BVPidEbpAjo1Eog

See you Saturday!

Rickyd

[jen_stoly]

I’m excited for this ride. Let me know if I can help at all.

[Nadine]

I’m interested if it doesn’t start too early & there’s a simple way for VA  peeps to meet up in the middle someplace – depending on where you’re taking the ride

Maybe I’ll be able to get some if my teammates interested too 😃

[Serdar]

Some members of my Super NoVa team are coming too. We look forward to having fun.

[drevil]

Thank you everyone. Sorry I haven’t posted a route yet. I’ve been super busy and there’s so much craziness happening right now. I will post something up by Thursday evening 1/30.

[JeffBell]

I’ll be there! Looking forward to seeing everyone.

[jen_stoly]

This happened to me last year, as I recall, I got sick right before the ride! And I’m sick again. So I hope I can make it but probably can’t do a long ride this weekend. Hope it goes well.

[rumipumi]

My current plan is to try to intercept y’all at astro at 9:30ish.  Either biking there from hvl or multimodaling

[Nadine]

Hey Ricky

Can you list the places you’re planning to stop at in the order you’re gonna stop at them? I’d also love time guesstimates if you’ve got em.

It starts earlier than I like to get moving… But I’m thinking  maybe I can catch you at one of the donut stops in DC

🤔😃🤷🏻

Nadine

[LhasaCM]

If rollout is 9AM, the first stop (Astro in DC) is ~7 miles into the ride so maybe a 9:40ish arrival at a social-ish pace (in line with Rumi’s planned 9:30ish arrival)?

With a moderate stop and normal ride, I imagine the group will be at Union Market at 10:30… (Ricky’s tracking link that he’ll post tomorrow should be a good help to follow along)

[Indiana]

Fun idea! I might try to catch up at Union market.

[drevil]

Nadine, check the gps route in the first post. I marked all the stops on it.

[rumipumi]

Tracker

https://www.wahooligan.com/users/live/LBbIZ7-BVPidEbpAjo1Eog

[Nadine]

Hmm I did check the route link first though – I do see a fork & a knife at Wussy I assume is each donut stop, but I can’t see the names of any of the places. Maybe on a computer 🤔

Anyhow thanks for the info @Lhasacm & the tracker @drevil. Despite your helpful efforts I’m not gonna make it tody – I seem to be waking up slowly today – probably susurre up too late last night. I’ll plan better to make the next group ride. Sorry to miss seeing you guys today!

[Indiana]

Thanks for organizing! Was fun to meet the crumbs who made it to the final stop!

(In case it wasn’t obvious, crumbs is an affectionate term here!! Everyone is awesome!)

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