July 10 Steam Baths (Rides)

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Dogs :( Sorry to hear about that...glad to hear the ride was a good one though - outside of the dogs. I did find the route for the ride and was thinking about doing it on my own - but not if there are that many dogs along the way...for some reason that doesn't surprise me considering it was Morgan county. Very glad to hear that you were able to finish dialing in your fit!

Congrats Bicilisita! I hear the 100k brevets are how they start the randonneuring addiction :)

Blueberry - the climbing sounds great :D

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I wouldn't discourage you from doing that route just because of the dogs. I don't know of any area, minus the NW side perhaps, where you won't encounter loose dogs. While they're more plentiful in the southern counties, so too are the hills. So if you wanna learn to climb, you kind of have to resign yourself to the dogs. I will say that the dogs we encountered stopped in their tracks when I yelled at them.

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Originally Posted by indysteel

I wouldn't discourage you from doing that route just because of the dogs. I don't know of any area, minus the NW side perhaps, where you won't encounter loose dogs. While they're more plentiful in the southern counties, so too are the hills. So if you wanna learn to climb, you kind of have to resign yourself to the dogs. I will say that the dogs we encountered stopped in their tracks when I yelled at them.

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Ok, that makes sense. I guess that I have been spoiled! I've been riding solo in Boone County for over 3 months now and have only seen one loose dog, ok, two but it was the same day on the same street, in that time. Gotta find my hill-climbing legs somehow :)

I found my inclination was to go-fast, not yell. Of course it wasn't a very large dog...

We did an organized ride called the Highway Hospitality Ride. They close off GA 400 (an Intrastate!) and let the riders have it for about 30 minutes... then we get off and ride through Roswell, a suburb north of Atlanta. Booger hills tried to kill me, but the descents were awesome! I know there were 600 riders registered by Saturday, and probably another 400 that registered today.

Got a pretty cool shot of the peloton while they were making us wait for the highway to be cleared of cars.

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