Open Rides for Women
Join us on a ride!!
If you are interested in joining the team, please use our Contact page.
All participating cyclists will have to wear a helmet, no exceptions.
The Monday Night Ride - BEGINS June 6th, 2011, and will END Sept 30th, 2011.
The Poplollies will be leading the Monday Night Women's Ride to encourage other women to get out and have fun, to get some exercise, to foster new friendships, and to enjoy riding their bikes. Our rides begin at 5:45 pm. This is always a "no drop" ride, meaning you will be looked after and will never have to ride alone. The rides will be every 1st, and 3rd Monday of the month, an hour to an hour and a half riding time, and the speed should be approx 13-15 mph.
The first Monday of each month will leave from:
Riverbend Oregon Imaging Centers
Meeting place: the plaza outside the back doors of the Northwest Specialty Clinics, by OIC Breast and MRI Center, 3355 RiverBend Dr. and the fountain opposite the main entrance to the hospital.
Short route, first part of summer: Coburg Bottom Loop (16.5 mi.)
The third Monday of each month will leave from:
18th and Chambers, in front of Albertsons, next to the soda machines. The ride may vary from flat to rollers depending on the route. We will leave at 5:45 pm.
The Women's "Thursday Nighter"
Generally is held from the beginning of the Daylight Savings Time change until the end of August. The Poplollies would like to invite any women interested in a harder workout/race-paced ride to join Eugene-area cyclists on Thursday's group rides. The "Thursday Nighter" is more of a race-oriented ride. Slower riders are welcome if they want to come out, but everyone will be responsible for themselves, unlike Monday's ride in which everyone will be looked out for and not left behind. The Thursday Nighter is about a 30 mile ride with a fast pace. The men leave Church Corners at 5:30pm, the women leave at 5:40pm. Here is a general printable ride map. Riders leave Church Corner from the Twin Oaks Church at the corner of Lorane Hwy., Bailey Hill, and Spencer Creek Roads. (The Men's ride leaves at 5:30.)
The Women's July Criterium Series and Clinics
Every year in July the Poplollies put on a criterium clinic and race series geared towards introducing women cyclists to criterium racing and giving local women racers an opportunity to compete in a women-only field. Click here to see the 2010 flyer.