Food Drive Work Day and Local Ryde

Join us as we prepare food bags and flyers for distribution

Volunteers needed for a WORK DAY at Hal Mette's residence. We'll meet at 173 Riggings Way, Clermont, FL at 10:00am to assemble and staple instructional flyers to approximately 1600 bags for our Second Harvest Food Bank food drive. When the work is done we will depart on a local ryde in the area and have lunch at the Lake Hide-A-Way restaurant, 11912 Lane Park Rd, Tavares, FL.

Comment below to participate in this charity event and ryde for Second Harvest Food Bank.

Second Harvest Food Bank Food Drive Begins

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April 1st marks the beginning of Central Florida US Spyder Ryders and Central Florida PowerSports partnership in the annual Second Harvest Food Bank Food Drive  The food drop-off barrels are scheduled to arrive at Central Florida PowerSports on April 1st so you can feel free to start dropping off your donations of non-perishable food each time you visit Central Florida PowerSports throughout the month of April.

Cross Creek Group Ryde - March 25, 2017

Please note start time has been changed from original post

Group ryde to Dianne's Old Time Barbeque in Cross Creek.  

ATTENTION - TO LUNCH STOP.

Central Florida Chapter March 25, 2017 Group Ryde

We will meet at the Shell station at US 27 & SR 19 (20250 US Highway 27, Clermont, FL 34715) at 9:00 AM. Feet up at 9:30 AM. The ryde to Dianne's Old Time Barbeque in Hawthorne is 100 miles long.

After lunch we will take "the long way home" heading to Palatka and then south to Deland. This afternoon ryde is 90 miles long.
From Deland (SR44 and US17) people can head west (The Villages, Mt. Dora, Clermont, etc.), south (Sanford, Winter Park, Orlando, etc.), or east (Daytona Beach, Titusville, Melbourne, etc.).

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NEW Click for REVISED 3/24/2017 GPS file to Dianne's Old Time Barbeque

Group Ryde and Multi Chapter Meet Up

Join us for a group ryde to Scotty's Tiki Bar and The Galley Restaurant in Clewiston, Florida. As usual, we will take the less traveled roads to our destination. US Spyder Ryders from 5 other chapters are invited to ryde to this destination to meet and share both old and new friendships. We expect to see ryders from South Florida, Treasure Coast, Space Coast, West Coast and possibly our new chapter, Speed Coast.

We will depart from Central Florida PowerSports promptly at 9:00a (8:30a meet up time) and arrive at Scotty's Tiki Bar and Grill about 1:00p. There will be gas and rest stops along the way to refresh and also to meet up with other chapters ryding in. Other chapters have the option of using the routes shown here or creating their own route to Scotty's Tiki Bar.

Enter a comment below to join the ryde with the number of ryders.

CENTRAL FLORIDA GPS FILE

SOUTH FLORIDA GPS FILE

SPACE COAST GPS FILE

TREASURE COAST GPS FILE

WEST COAST FLORIDA GPS FILE

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RWF 3rd Annual Hops for Heroes Event

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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Mt Dora to Ultimate Seats and Betty's A1A Cafe

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.

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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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Southern Breeze Group Ryde

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

Winter Music Series Ryde

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