This ride is created and supported by All American Bike Shop in Damascus,
Maryland (USA).

We love to support the cycling community and many of our customers attend
this ride.

This is NOT a race!
Join us for this social group ride. Our route will be a
combination of flat sections and some big hills. The route will be selected
to have 2 or 3 large hills during the ride. We will change the route
sometimes to show you a variety of routes.

All riders start at the same time and we prefer to stay together as much as possible.
This is NOT a race, the ride will start with a warmup pace of 2.5 w/kg for all riders (yes, both A and B groups ride together)!

On flat sections near the start of the ride, we want both groups to stay together with a casual pace. After the warmup the leader will tell the group to ride around 3.5 w/kg.

On hills we will have 2 groups at different power levels.
Group A will going uphill at 4-5 w/kg (possibly higher).
Group B will be going uphill near 4.0 w/kg.

After hills, we will maintain 2 main groups. Group A riders that are in front of the group A leader should slow to rejoin the leader. Group B riders in front of the group B leader should slow to rejoin the leader. We ask for your cooperation to rejoin with your group to make this a fun social ride.

We welcome you to challenge yourself and join this ride even if you don't
typically ride at this level. We often find riders join us and find that
they can handle a higher intensity level by riding with a faster group.

We welcome some jokes and positive comments about the riders and the ride
during the event. Please connect your phone with the Companion App to add
to the fun by messaging during the ride.