Getting Ready for the AIDS/Lifecycle Ride

[Trek420]

Mel, you will do fine. Like you said, don't get injured, overuse before the ride. You are ready to roll. And you're right about the difficulty. The ride is hard but "only" about 26-28,000 feet of climbing. Some days like day 2 and day 6 (both my favorite routes but not for the flatness, they are just great rides) are relatively flat.

The altitude gain is not official but just what we've heard from folks with Garmin etc.

Oooops, wait, much more because of Day 1 with Skyline lucky you!

Some folks here like V and our crazy nutso uber-fit doubles riders (and I mean that in a good way ) do this in a day.

But it's the "back to backness". Do a hard ride, sleep in a tent, do another, try to sleep with 2500 snoring riders and 5-800 snoring crew, do another....repeat till LA.

If you need an inflatable mattress you're welcome to borrow mine if we're nearby somehow. I just need it back next year Otherwise REI. LL Bean both are good (mine's an LL Bean) and of course .... watch those SAC deals.

Somewhere on this board I saw multi-day tour luggage tips?

Here it is!

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=6233