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Luke Blackburn and Don Hamilton at Greenfield Lake, the turn-around point for the Cape
Fear Cyclists’ weekly Flaming Amy’s burrito ride.
A month earlier, this group rode in
memorial of the Doolittle family which
lost a father and son, David and Trey,
to an impaired driver along River Road
earlier this year.
Once a week on Wednesday evenings,
the Cape Fear Cyclists gather in the
parking lot of Flaming Amy’s Burrito
Barn at the intersection of 41st Street
and Oleander Drive from about 6 to
7:30 p.m. The group then winds its
way through residential neighborhoods
toward Greenfield Lake, where it makes
the 4.7-mile loop around, and then
heads back to Flaming Amy’s.
On this and every other CFC ride,
there are generally at least three pace
groups: the Need for Speed crowd that
sets a blistering pace above 20 mph; followed
by a Middle of the Road group,
riding between 17 and 20 mph; and
bringing up the rear is a Fun in the Sun
group, riding at 14 to 17 mph. The riders
regroup at convenient points along
the route and emphasize ahead of time
that no one is left behind.
The route sends riders around the
lake and after completing the circle, it
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approaches a lakeside parking lot. By the
time the Fun in the Sun group arrives
at this parking lot for the first time,
the speedy elite have been around the
lake two or even three times for those
intent on pushing their personal speed
envelope in pursuit of a serious workout.
True to their word, the group waits until
everyone’s pulled in, before remounting
and heading back to Flaming Amy’s to
refuel. At the differing rates of speed,
everybody has a good time.
One of the people you’ll meet is
Elizabeth Pitts, a regular Fun in the Sun
rider. She’s easy to spot on her semirecumbent
bike, with a wide seat and a
firm cushion at her back. The design of
the bike allows her to lean back when
climbing hills, or more likely in this
area, pedaling into a stiff wind.
“I had it modified,” she says of her
bike, “by putting narrower tires and disc
brakes on it.” Though she dabbled with
biking back in the mid-1970s, when her
sons were intent on earning Boy Scout
merit badges for the activity, she started
getting into cycling more seriously about
three years ago.