Due to the WILDFIRE today (Friday, 2/17)
Join Road Captain Dave Van Verth, for a trip over to St. Pete for the 3rd Annual Hops for Heroes event on Saturday, Feb 18th. This event is will raise money for the Road Warrior Foundation and their upcoming ryde later in 2017.
Not only will this event allow you to help a great organization and cause, but will also allow you to meet and visit with members of other US Spyder Ryder Chapters as folks from the FL West Coast, Space Coast, and FL N.E. Chapters will be in attendance. Ryde details will be posted soon.
Looking for Ticket information? Visit this link for Tickets. Purchase your tickets early and save $10.00; tickets are $45.00 per person if purchased at the gate. For our rydes that are not not looking to sample the craft brewers, ticket prices are reduced to $10.00 and noted on the site as designated drivers.
Lastly REMEMBER if you drink, drink responsibly as the Road Captain(s) and/or any other Board Member can end your tour if they feel you are not fit to be on your Spyder.
Meet up with a full tank of gas at 11:45a at Love’s Travel Center, 45000 Hwy 27 I-4, Exit 55 @ Hwy 27 NB, Davenport, FL. We will depart at 12:15p and ryde directly to the event at Ferg’s Sports Bar and Grill, 1320 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL. Due to the timing of the ryde and event, I suggest you have a late breakfast or early lunch prior to the start of the ryde. A few of us will be meeting at the Crackerbarrel Restaurant across from Love’s Travel Center at 10:30a before the meet up at Love’s.
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We were asked by our Friends from Canada if we could put together a ryde for this weekend. So in honor of Lucie, Gaetan, and Gilbert rejoining us for the next several weeks here is a great ryde.
Meet up time @ 11:30
Location Mt Dora RaceTrac, 2005 US-441, Mt Dora, FL 32757
Intersection of US-441 and Wolf Branch.
Leg 1 - Leaving Mt. Dora @ Noon - Meet up time @ 11:30. We will ryde to 1h 40 mins to Ultimate Seats (A great sponsor of last years Spyder Gathering).
Leg 2 - Leave Ultimate Seats after 15 to 30 mins and will head to Betty's A1A Cafe in Ormond by the Sea for a late lunch / early dinner. Arrival time at Betty's will be around 2:45pm
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Leg 3 - Leave Betty's down majestic John Anderson Dr in Ormond to Edgewater for a short stop.
Leg 4 - Leave Edgewater and head to Sanford via Osteen and Enterprise; ending at Wawa's. (about 1h and 18min).
Total Distance = 161 miles or 4h and 30 mins of moving time.
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Join us on Saturday, January 28th for a group ryde to Southern Breeze in Kissimmee's Old Town. Where we will have dinner with our friends from the Florida West Coast Chapter and take in the sights of a Classic Car Show after dinner.
We will meet at Central Florida Power Sports at 3:00pm with feet up at 3:30. The ryde will be through the outskirts of Kissimmee/St. Cloud and around East Lake Tohopekaliga then back through Kissimmee. We'll take a brief rest stop before continuing through Intercession City, Old Lake Wilson Road then on into Old Town. We meet up with the Florida West Coast Chapter at 5:30 for dinner at the Southern Breeze Restaurant. The Classic Car Cruise In starts at 8:30 pm for those wanting to stick around.
Please sign up in comments below. Looking for the Route, click here for the GPX File.
Ryde Leader - Dave Van Verth
Trip Adivisor information on Southern Breeze - Click Here
Join us for our next Meet and Greet which is will be held at the Winter Garden Pizza Company.at 6:30 pm
Location -
42 W Plant St, Winter Garden, FL 34787
Winter Music Series Ryde
Meet up 8:30 AM at Cracker Barrel located at North SR27 & I4 in Davenport (111 Dunson Ln, Davenport, FL 33896) for group breakfast.
Wheels up at 9:45 AM for a back country ryde in Eastern Polk & Western Lake County. We will look to arrive at LakeRidge Winery on US 27 - North Clermont at approximately Noon. Our first stop will have us visiting the Vineyards for about one hour to explore the vineyards and winery along with listen to the music of Baby Blues and of course participate in wine & cheese tasting (if you like).
We will then be back on the road again heading into some hills and curves in Eastern Lake and Seminole County before ending at the Rock & Brew in Oviedo for afternoon craft beer thirst quencher or healthy snack. Remember if you drink, drink responsibly as it will be up to the Road Captain and / or any Board Member o end your tour if they feel you are not fit to be on your Spyder.
Website for LakeRidge Winery & Vineyards - https://www.lakeridgewinery.com
This Ryde has been Cancelled due to Weather Conditions for the Event.
Join us for a New Years Eve Day ryde to scenic Fernandina Beach. We will be leaving the Sanford Wawa's (located at intersection 46 and Town Center Blvd) at 8:30 am (see below for meet up time). While ryding some of the scenic roads up to Fernandina Beach our route will have us taking the St John's River Ferry (cost $5 per Spyder). Lunch will be at Barbara Jean's before heading back to the Central Florida Area. What better way to celebrate 2016 and bring in 2017 then with friends. This ryde will also have us meeting up with the NE Florida Chapter at the Rest Stop on I-95 just north of CR-210 at 10:20. Click the map below for the GPX file for your Garmin units.
Total Route Distance = 331 miles
Meet up time at Wawa's is at 8:00 am
Feet up time is at 8:30 am
Distance to lunch is 146 miles
Distance back to Central Florida is 183 miles
Join us & the West Coast Chapter for this special event.
Join us as we remember those that gave their all for our Freedom. Our group along with other will escort Christmas wreaths to Bushnell VA Cemetery. Upon reaching the cemetery we will volunteer to place wreaths on the grave sites of the fallen.
The Central Florida Chapter will meet up at the Love Gas Station at the intersection of US 27 and Waverly Barn Rd at 6:00 am (location address is 45000 Hwy 27 I-4, Exit 55 @ Hwy 27 NB, Davenport, FL 33897). We will be feet up at 6:10 to meet up with the West Coast Chapter at Combee Road in Lakeland.
The ryde leader for this event will be Lori Maureen from our West Coast Chapter. Our meet up location will be 6:30am at the Citgo Station at Combee Road in Lakeland (address 4646 N. Combee Rd, Lakeland FL; exit 38 off I-4). From there the group will leave at 7am for Saddle Creek Corp at 3010 Saddle Creek Rd, Lakeland were we will assemble for an 8am departure.
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