Long Distance Girls....

[snapdragen]

Bwahahaha ! Now I know never to believe anything you say.

You'd think I could have figured that out sooner.

I thought that was one of the first things we covered in the Academy. Bicyclists lie.

"It's not that big of a hill"

"200 is like 300, really"

[jobob]

"It's all downhill from here"
oops, that was me

[Fredwina]

OK, how much climbing is on the davis 400K? I'm debating between that and the Arizona 300K on the 28th. I think I need back to the midwest....

[maillotpois]

I am estimating 13k of climbing. nothing nasty - cardiac is the only "climb" I can think of. mind you, I don't actually have the route sheet yet, just a general route description.

[jobob]

nothing nasty ....

Bwahahah !

Actually, Cardiac really isn't bad. And I'm pretty sure Cobb Mtn isn't on your route. And you can trust meeee.

Here's a writeup of the Davis 400K from 2003; no idea if it's the same route this year, though.

http://felixwong.com/news/2003/04/davis-400k-brevet/

[maillotpois]

thanks, Jo. I love Felix's reports and had forgotten about this one. it must be a slightly different route this year as I don't think we get all the way to Cloverdale, just Geyserville.

[jobob]

Yes, felix's website is a real gem, thanks for reminding me about it a few weeks ago.

He used to live in my neck of the woods, and he describes a lot of really good local routes in the "self-supported rides" section.

[Fredwina]

OK, how much climbing is on the davis 400K? I'm debating between that and the Arizona 300K on the 28th. I think I need back to the midwest....

It looks like Davis is out, I won an FSA K-wing handlebar at a a club drawing, and my LBS is backed up(I needed some other stuff done), and I really didn't try to that distance with a new setup, so I debating between the 300K from Camp Verde to Flagstaff, or the Wildflower(I know , the wildflower will knock me out of the R-12 challenge on Bike Journal, although Bryan G has claim that he will ride with me...