Giro Ride (weekend Lakeshore Drive training ride)
New Orleans, LA · Road
- When
- Saturdays and Sundays, 7:00 amYear-round
- Starts at
- Starbucks on Harrison Avenue Map ↗
- Distance
- 50 milesHome before 10:00 am
- Pace
- Warm-up on Lakeshore Drive, then high 20s to low 30s mph on Hayne Blvd
- Hosted by
- New Orleans Bicycle Club (listed on its Rides page; informal group)Community-run
- Cost
- free
- Kind of ride
- Road
For visitors
The page says to contact the webmaster for updated information if you are new or visiting. Group size runs from about 10 in winter to about 50 in summer. Sprints at the end of Hayne and on the bridges. There is also an easier 'SaMoRi' group on Saturdays on the same route.
First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
- Bring
- a helmet, water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
- Arrive
- Ten or fifteen minutes before the meet time. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
- Pace
- Warm-up on Lakeshore Drive, then high 20s to low 30s mph on Hayne Blvd.
- Check
- Look at the host's website the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.
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About the Giro Ride (weekend Lakeshore Drive training ride) group ride
Giro Ride (weekend Lakeshore Drive training ride) is a road group ride in New Orleans, LA. It rolls saturdays and Sundays at 7:00 am from Starbucks on Harrison Avenue.
The standard big weekend training ride in New Orleans, year round. It warms up along Lakeshore Drive, then the pace rises into the high 20s mph past the Industrial Canal bridge, out Hayne Blvd to Venetian Isles and back. Saturdays run faster and bigger than Sundays. The club says it is not organized by any club or shop.
Where to find them
Checked Oct 2, 2026 against source 1. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.