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 BCP Ride Classifications

Newcomers should choose rides conservatively based upon their experience, condition, or ability to keep up. For more information on a ride, ask the leader. The following ride classifications are based upon average speed for a given terrain. Helmets Are Required On All Rides!

Class A
Difficult, 45 to 100+ miles
 18 to 20 mph average on flat terrain
16 to 18 mph average on rolling/hilly terrain
15 to 16 mph average on very hilly terrain
Class B
Advanced, 25 to 90 miles
 15 to 18 mph average on flat terrain
13 to 16 mph average on rolling/hilly terrain
12 to 14 mph average on very hilly terrain
Class C
Moderate, 15 to 75 miles
 12 to 15 mph average on flat terrain
10 to 13 mph average on rolling/hilly terrain
9 to 11 mph average on very hilly terrain
Class D
Easy, 5 to 20 miles
 5 to 9 mph average on easy terrain

Suggested Equipment

Helmets are required on ALL rides!

Anyone planning to participate in a ride should bring along the following equipment at a minimum. (Even if you don't know how to change a flat tire, someone will be there to do it for you if you have the spare tube)

  • A flat kit consisting of tire levers and a patch kit or spare inner tube,
  • A 6" adjustable wrench if either wheel bolts on.
  • A frame mounted air pump
  • A frame mounted water bottle

Ride Start Locations

 

  • Eakins Oval, meet at the east end of the parking lot in the oval in front of the Art Museum.
  • The Italian Fountain is in the circle behind the Art Museum all the way down the steps at the end of Aquarium Drive.
  • Boathouse Row, (Lloyd Hall) Kelly & Aquarium Drives, a little further from the Museum.
  • The Bulldog Statue is in a small park at 25th Street & Fairmount Avenue
  • Brunos- at the northwest corner of the city (Chestnut Hill area- and Montgomery county line) at the intersection of Germantown and Northwestern Avenues. (see map below)



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     Brunos Start Location (Chestnut Hill)

     Brunos Start Map

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