I can't remember which was the big hill, but we had to walk up one since that woman stopped us in our tracks and it was too steep and crowded to try and get going again. Good for you that you got up that hill.
I have a coworker who does chilly hilly two times each year, back to back the same day!
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12-20-2006, 10:03 AM #1
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12-26-2006, 10:29 AM #2
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re: Chilly Hilly
I'm another one agreeing w/mimitabby about Chilly Hilly. It's the opening ride (for Seattle's Cascade Bicycle Club) event for the cycling season each year and has become hugely popular aka - crowded. I rode it on the actual event day for about 5 yrs and since then have opted to volunteer and help with registration etc over in Winslow, on Bainbridge Island at the start. I always have my bike along in my car so that, if I feel like riding it well after the hordes of people have already gotten out on the route, and after I finish volunteering...I can enjoy the route by myself or with some friends. This is a VERY popular route for cyclists in the Puget Sound region, so it's a regular on the training calendar year-round and the Dan Henry markings are visible for long after the last Sunday in February. I've also had fun riding the usual Chilly Hilly route backwards (clockwise around Bainbridge Island), just to mix it up. fyi - my P.T. who is a RAAM veteran, has ridden the STP in sub-10 hrs (so would she be considered a 1/2 day STP rider??!), etc., etc. does NOT recommend riding this on the last Sunday in February when it is traditionally held, as it's too early in the year and it's too hilly for so early in the year, so consider what kind of shape you are in - especially your knees as well as whether you want to take your chances with your bike bunched with thousands of others on the ferry ride (all it takes is one person stumbling while stepping thru and between all the bikes lying down on the ferry deck and putting their foot through your spokes) and negotiating around all of the first-time riders, kids, families on tandems w/trailers on the hills. They do tend to wobble and stray out into the middle/left side of the road and it makes it difficult to keep your tempo and ride around them while not obstructing oncoming car traffic on the winding roads of the island. Not wanting to sound negative - just realistic and sharing from my own multiple experiences and observations of the ride. One year, while I was rehab-ing from knee surgery, I arranged a "chilly, non-hilly" ride for the same day on the bike trail and was met by an almost crowd at my designated starting point! Just my $.02, as usual...have fun, whatever you do!
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12-26-2006, 10:34 AM #3
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MM_QFC... I just got your username. I love it!!!
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12-27-2006, 10:04 AM #4
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Originally Posted by Dianyla
MM_QFC... I just got your username. I love it!!!
hehehehe...yep, had my nickname handed to me by a riding buddy...she said..."just like the nursery rhyme, only insert your own adverb!"
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01-28-2007, 06:14 AM #5
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Good bye STP . . . niece's wedding!
Well, I just found out over the weekend that my niece is having a wedding reception on Saturday, July 14th. She was married this past fall but is having two wedding receptions for family. One reception will be on June 16th in NYC (where she currently works and lives with her new husband) and the second reception will be in her husband's home town of Spokane on Saturday, July 14th. Of course we are going. She is my husband's brother's daughter. Joe's family all live in Montana so it will be like a huge family thing too. Now that I cannot do the STP I am looking for other events to do. Here are my candidates:
The Apple Bike Ride in Wenatchee
the
The Chelan Century Challenge near Lake Chelan
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The Rapsody Bike Ride and there are a few others.
Has anyone done any of these rides? Did you enjoy them? Good points/Bad?
Well, I guess I paid for an STP that I will not be doing. Sigh. I think it's a sign that a 10,000 person bike ride is not in the stars for me.
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01-28-2007, 06:25 AM #6
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I've not done the STP (and probably won't) but I've been under the impression that you can sell/transfer your STP entry. You might not be out any money.
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01-28-2007, 07:16 AM #7
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Originally Posted by Susan126
The Wenatchee Apple Century is one of the nicest rides I have ever done. The weather was JUST RIGHT last year. Imagine 72 miles on a road that
3 cars pass you on. Yes, there was the 12 miles on the highway getting there, and then of course, coming home you had to get on that same busy dusty highway to get back to wenatchee, but once we got onto the forest service road, it was like heaven. All you could hear were birds and all you could smell were the trees.
Last years's route was a slight incline all the way to the end of a road,
then a turn around and ride all the way back down gentle hills, coasting.
ah, glorious...
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01-28-2007, 07:23 AM #8
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I heard too that you can transfer/sell you stp ticket. I will try at the cascade bulletin board as the ride draws nearer.
And I think I am going to ride the Wenatchee Century Apple Ride. It looks like a beautiful ride. And with a great recommendation from you mimitabby . . . it's a definite yes!
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