The Labor Day Bicycle and Roller Blade Ride will be on September 6, 2010 Labor Day. Hosted by Georgia Rails Into Trails Society (GRITS). This is a fun event and not a race which consists of 20 to 62 miles ride or a roller blade option. Planned routes will accommodate the novice to the elite participants. Options will be part of the Silver Comet Trail including friendly rural county roads, elevation variable, rolling hills, beautiful scenery along with a helpful volunteer staff.

Trail Segments Maintained by Friends of the Silver Comet Trail. Proceeds from the GRITS Labor Day Bike Ride will be used by Georgia Rails Into Trails Society (GRITS) Volunteer Trail Rangers to purchase equipment in order to maintain and beautify the Silver Comet Trail through picturesque Polk County, GA.

ASK YOUR FRIEND TO ADOPT - A - Trail: Email us at: rideinfo@silvercomet.org . Or mail to: GRITS, P.O. Box 292, Cedartown, Georgia 30125 if you have a friend who wants to feel the gratitude of supporting the Silver Comet Trail through Polk County, GA.                               

                                                                   


                                           MOONLIGHT TRAIL RIDE

Thanks to all of you who participated in our first Moonlight Ride held Saturday night October 17, 2009.  

This was our first night ride and we gained a lot of experience from hosting it and we also received a number of suggestions for future night rides.

Tentatively, our next Moonlight Ride is scheduled for October 23, 2010.  Our prognosticator of moon phases has said that this should be a full moon (Hunters Moon) and provide good visibility for night riding.

We are looking for suggestions and ideas to help make this a fun and enjoyable ride and would appreciate hearing from you.
 
Here are some of our tenative ideas:

(1)  We would like to begin the ride before dusk so that the ride out is during daylight. We're thinking approximately 1/2 hour before dusk.

(2)  The meeting place for riders from both Alabama and Georgia would be Borden Springs.

(3)  We would have a setup there to serve hot dogs, burgers, chips, etc along with both hot and cold drinks.

(4)  We anticipate that we would need to charge a registration fee of $10.00 to cover expenses. (and donations are appreciated)

(5)  GRITS will be selling T-Shirts at the event.

(6)  All participants must be registered and wear a wrist band in order to receive a meal at the Springs.

(7)  All riders must have both a headlight and a tail light and bikes will be inspected at registration.

(8)  The registration form includes a waiver which "MUST" be signed to be elgible to participate in this ride.

All the riders from Georgia will begin the ride at approximately 7:00 PM EST from the Cedartown Welcome Center and proceeded  toward Borden Springs and likewise, the Alabama riders will start at the Eubank Welcome Center at approximately 6:00 PM CST.

We will be contacting the Sheriff's departments to solicit their help in accompaning the riders for this ride.



                                                            

Please E-Mail us at Grits_Ga@silvercomet.org and give us you comments or suggestions.