C&O Canal ride in October

[Kalidurga]

Poolesville is one area that has thankfully escaped the McMansion invasion (for the most part, so far). I'm not up to the Brookeville/Damascus/Howard County roads yet, but I could probably do Poolesville. River Road out past Riley's Lock gets very little traffic.

Getting together for a non-biking thing is a fun idea, Nicole. An autumn picnic could be great. Carderock or Great Falls are the first places that pop into my head as far as a central, easy-access locations, but I'm sure there are other spots that are possibilities. Want to start a thread in Off-Topic Non-Cycling?

[divingbiker]

I was going to post the cue sheet for the D!ckerson-Poolesville ride, but I can't figure out how to put spaces between the columns. The forum software apparently takes out multiple spaces so everything runs together and it's not readable. I'd be happy to post it if anyone has any ideas about how to make it retain spaces or accept tabs.

Anyhow, I'd be up for C&O ride, road ride, picnic, whatever.

[HillSlugger]

I was going to post the cue sheet for the D!ckerson-Poolesville ride, but I can't figure out how to put spaces between the columns. The forum software apparently takes out multiple spaces so everything runs together and it's not readable. I'd be happy to post it if anyone has any ideas about how to make it retain spaces or accept tabs.

Anyhow, I'd be up for C&O ride, road ride, picnic, whatever.

You can create a ride in routeslip.com and then post the web address for it.

[divingbiker]

Sorry, but I really don't want to take the time to figure out how to use routeslip.com...

Maybe I can scan it in at work and post it as a picture, but come to think of it I haven't figured out how to do that either. I'm feeling a bit web-challenged right now.

[HillSlugger]

Sorry, but I really don't want to take the time to figure out how to use routeslip.com...

Maybe I can scan it in at work and post it as a picture, but come to think of it I haven't figured out how to do that either. I'm feeling a bit web-challenged right now.

Send the info to me, I guess by PM, and I can put it together.

[divingbiker]

Since it's a dreary Saturday morning, I fiddled with routeslip.com and think I figured out how to enter the D!ckerson/Poolesville route. Hope this works.

Caveats: For some reason, it thinks there's a spot in the middle of the route that's at 0 ft elevation. That big downhill that the elevation chart shows doesn't exist. Also, though I did my best to follow the road very closely to get the distance right, it ended up 0.4 miles shorter than the cue sheet I have, so keep that in mind when looking at the cue sheet from routeslip. It says 39.3 miles total, mine says 39.7.

http://www.routeslip.com/map.php?map=8127

[Toni]

I'm at work, but was laughing so hard I had to find this (I see WAY too many of these in Houston)..
http://bullsballs.com/

[HillSlugger]

Since it's a dreary Saturday morning, I fiddled with routeslip.com and think I figured out how to enter the D!ckerson/Poolesville route. Hope this works.

Caveats: For some reason, it thinks there's a spot in the middle of the route that's at 0 ft elevation. That big downhill that the elevation chart shows doesn't exist. Also, though I did my best to follow the road very closely to get the distance right, it ended up 0.4 miles shorter than the cue sheet I have, so keep that in mind when looking at the cue sheet from routeslip. It says 39.3 miles total, mine says 39.7.

http://www.routeslip.com/map.php?map=8127

I map all of my routes in Routeslip. It's calculated distance and climbing are very sensitive to what zoom level you are on, how many points you use, and exactly where they get placed. I've mapped the same route more than once and gotten differing values.

The route you mapped looks like it's on "real" roads. Is this the trail route you've been talking about?

[HillSlugger]

For some reason, it thinks there's a spot in the middle of the route that's at 0 ft elevation. That big downhill that the elevation chart shows doesn't exist.

http://www.routeslip.com/map.php?map=8127

The website admin has fixed the erroneous elevation for that point. The climbing is now stated to be about 1500 feet.

I'm game for riding it with you, although the longest ride I've done is 35 miles and that had much less climbing. I'm not quite as sluggish on hills with the new bike but I still struggle some.

Are you available this weekend? Please let me know.

Thanks, Nicole