Hello, I am new here. Just wondering if any are going to RedRiver, NM this Saturday for the century tour. It will be my first one. It looks challenging and I am looking forward to it, but a bit nervous. Looking at the elevation gain maps is somewhat comforting, that is, focusing on the downhill portions!
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09-03-2007, 10:07 AM #1
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EnchantedCirlce Century Tour 2007 RedRiver
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09-03-2007, 10:13 AM #2
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Ooooh, have fun! You have no idea how I wish I was doing a tour in NM!! Alas, stuck up here in WA state.
Have a great time, and welcome to TE!
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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09-03-2007, 10:33 AM #3
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I am a total newbie, thank you for the welcome
Having not even completed, let alone STARTED my first century ride, I find myself wanting to plan the next one . . . Will be riding alone (with 700 other people) on Saturday, and I am hoping to meet some buddies along the way. It is so much easier when I have been riding when I go with a friend, the hills are always easier, why is that? I just want to complete the ride.
Wa state is so lovely, I was born and raised there (spokane, walla walla, tri-cities, puyallup, seattle), moved just a few years ago to NM. I used to come back to visit Seattle, but now I can see it will all be about biking trips.
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09-03-2007, 10:56 AM #4
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Hey Zondian...I did my first century solo (STP)...you can too!
I LOVE eastern WA. Went to WSU and lived/worked in Spokane awhile. I don't love western WA at all (climate, crowded), but am here for awhile.
Enjoy NM!! There is some kind of tour there I dream of doing...forget the exact name...Tour de Peaks? Not sure."The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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09-03-2007, 11:24 AM #5
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Hm, now I am curious which one that might be, and I'm going to look for it. I have been voracious reading about all of the organized rides around here, because it is hard sometimes to find someone to do the long rides with. There is the Tour of the Gila, that's the big yearly one, but I'm going to look for the one you described.
There are just so many remote highways and roads here, good riding country. I read a statistic: 1.8-2. million people in King County, Wa (which is 20 or 40? square miles), and there are the same number of people in the state of NM which is the 5th largest state! That's supposed to make one feel better about the traffic when cycling here . . .
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09-03-2007, 11:29 AM #6
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The one I'm thinking of was in northern NM, with a lot of climbing. Wish I could remember the name. My ex-husband did it, and I think his jersey said Tour De Peaks, but I can't remember. That was several years ago.
Originally Posted by zondian
But, I LOVE NM, and I love to climb, so it has stayed in the back of my head."The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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