andtckrtoo
08-19-2008, 04:17 PM
I'm contemplating two different 50/60 mile routes on Saturday. One is fairly flat with some rolling hills and a couple of climbs, but nothing too wild - it's 62 miles.
The other is pretty much the opposite, but with a big climb at the beginning (straight up a mountain - 6 miles - not tough, but tedious), then over some rolling hills, then a fairly steep and long decent. Much more technically challenging (this one is 52 miles).
I know I can do either, but the clincher is that I am doing a 30 miler along pretty much the same path as the first route on Sunday with a friend with whom I am matched pretty well, but she does not like that kind of distance or hills. I ride with her every Sunday, but my DH is out of town Saturday and we usually hike - so I get a chance to be on my bike twice this weekend! :D
Either ride is very nice - which would you do?
The other is pretty much the opposite, but with a big climb at the beginning (straight up a mountain - 6 miles - not tough, but tedious), then over some rolling hills, then a fairly steep and long decent. Much more technically challenging (this one is 52 miles).
I know I can do either, but the clincher is that I am doing a 30 miler along pretty much the same path as the first route on Sunday with a friend with whom I am matched pretty well, but she does not like that kind of distance or hills. I ride with her every Sunday, but my DH is out of town Saturday and we usually hike - so I get a chance to be on my bike twice this weekend! :D
Either ride is very nice - which would you do?