If you intended to do the century, I hope you're already signed up...it's sold out. You can still do the 50. I have to check and see if they got my registration before it filled up.
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If you intended to do the century, I hope you're already signed up...it's sold out. You can still do the 50. I have to check and see if they got my registration before it filled up.
So I suggested to my DH that we do this ride (the half option) in a half-joking manner...and he wants to do it. :eek:
We live in GSO and ride a lot of rolling hills...are we gonna get our asses handed to us on this one? (the milage doesn't scare me as we are comfortably at 60 miles...it's the terrain). :confused:
Anyone with experience care to comment?
I'm not familiar with the 50-mile route; it splits very early from the century. See one of my earlier messages in this thread for a description from the ride's web site. From the description, sounds like you'll be fine.
This was a great ride and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is thinking about doing it. On the drive up on Friday, it poured rain so I was worried we would have bad weather for the ride. But, Saturday morning was cool and overcast, perfect temperature for a ride. It warmed up some during the day but never got close to the upper 90's I've been riding in lately.
The route was beautiful -- country roads with little to no traffic and gorgeous scenery. The support was great, I saw lots of SAG vehicles along the route and there were people stopping traffic at intersections to make sure you got through safely.
I did the century route which was challenging but not too hard. I was wishing for a few more gears on Snake Mtn (I did the ride with a double, 12/27 on the back) but other than that, the grades weren't steep so you could just spin up the hills.
The only downside was the rest stops. When I went through, there always seemed to be long lines for water and gatorade and each was a separate line so you had to wait in line twice. It seems like there could be a better way to set things up so that would go more smoothly. And, the main food items available were bananas and pretzels. Great cycling food, but for that long of a ride, you want variety. A couple of stops had some cookies and PB&J so they tried to mix it up a little. But some PB-no-J would have been nice as well as something like granola bars. But, the food was plentiful and I got all the calories I needed to make it through the ride so I can't complain too much.
Overall, it was a great ride and I hope to make it back next year. I wish I could ride in that area more often. Those of you who live close by are very lucky!
to what Skibum said. I think everything was covered. Except for the part where I broke out my triple for Snake Mountain.
My only other complaint is that the T-shirt is exactly the same, year after year, with perhaps a slight variation in the shirt color (tan/gray/beige...).
It was a fun day. I hope Skibum got a post-ride massage; it was awesome!
I should have broken out a triple, or a compact, or even my 30t rear cassette. I forgot to mention that due to lack of gearing, I had to walk part of Snake Mtn. I hated to do that but didn't feel so bad once I realized how many others around me were walking too.Quote:
Originally Posted by profŕvélo
I missed the massage. Bummer!! I could have used one!Quote:
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Thanks for the updates!
We will definitely be putting this one on our schedule for next year! :D