Wild Goose Chase 2009

[Cataboo]

You guys are scaring me. The route is very flat but if there is any kind of wind in the 10-15kt range (and that is likely) you will notice it. The ride is generally a loop - so you will feel the wind at some point. If it's variable - it will be from all directions. But changing cassettes, wheels, or gearing sounds like a lot of work to me. It's just a ride with 700 of your closest friends.

*cough*

The scary part is that I've got 3 road bikes, one has a compact double, one has a standard double, one has a triple. As for swapping casettes, all I really have to do is take a set off one bike and move it to the other bike.

Actually, all my casettes are either 11-25 and I've got 1 12-26, so I can't reall change all that much with that. But if there's wind, I'm not taking deep dish wheels.

So it's not really work.

[7rider]

Eepers. I won't be changing out any gearing on my bike for this ride. I run a compact with a 12-25, whether I'm doing a pancake-flat ride on the eastern shore, or the Civil War Century with it's brutal climbing.
Maybe when I change out the cassette, I'll see if I can get a 11-26 on it. But then, I'll run a compact with a 11-26 on all my rides - pancake flat, or hilly. And the same wheels, too. Some things, I try not to over-think.
Maybe someday, I'll put a standard crank back on the old bike, and if I put a 11-26 on that, I'll keep that as my "hammer on the flats" bike, and keep the new bike as my climber. Oh, geez. There I go.

DB...your schedule sounds fine to me.

[Cataboo]

Eepers. I won't be changing out any gearing on my bike for this ride. I run a compact with a 12-25, whether I'm doing a pancake-flat ride on the eastern shore, or the Civil War Century with it's brutal climbing.
Maybe when I change out the cassette, I'll see if I can get a 11-26 on it. But then, I'll run a compact with a 11-26 on all my rides - pancake flat, or hilly. And the same wheels, too. Some things, I try not to over-think.
Maybe someday, I'll put a standard crank back on the old bike, and if I put a 11-26 on that, I'll keep that as my "hammer on the flats" bike, and keep the new bike as my climber. Oh, geez. There I go.

DB...your schedule sounds fine to me.

see. You need 2 more road bikes.

I just got the 12-26 for my standard double, to make it a little easier on hills. Supposedly it's the same as running a 11-25 on a compact double, but the BF ran the math & I didn't... so I'm not convinced yet.

I do really like a 53 on flats, and my standard double bike's the only one with a 53 at this point.

A lot of this stuff was decided before the litespeed came along, so now I gotta redecide everything. I've got deep carbon wheels on my carbon road bike, and I get blown around in the wind on that thing like dorothy in a twister. Well, not literally, but enough that I find it freaky riding on roads with no shoulders with cars passing me in the wind. so I have a set of wheels to swap onto it when it's windy.

[Becky]

Eepers. I won't be changing out any gearing on my bike for this ride. I run a compact with a 12-25, whether I'm doing a pancake-flat ride on the eastern shore, or the Civil War Century with it's brutal climbing.

Oooo....thanks for the reminder! I just registered DH and I for the CWC. I may actually shoe-horn a 12-28 on the bike for that ride!

[Cataboo]

Oooo....thanks for the reminder! I just registered DH and I for the CWC. I may actually shoe-horn a 12-28 on the bike for that ride!

I could use my triple!

I haven't registered for that ride - but it's sorta in my back yard, so maybe I should just get the routes and ride them myself on weekends.

[Becky]

I could use my triple!

I haven't registered for that ride - but it's sorta in my back yard, so maybe I should just get the routes and ride them myself on weekends.

For this ride, I might consider putting one on!

If you can find cue sheets, let me know. I'd love to meet up with you for a practice run.

[Cataboo]

For this ride, I might consider putting one on!

If you can find cue sheets, let me know. I'd love to meet up with you for a practice run.

I ride around there on Saturdays, if you ever want to. I won't claim to be really really fast going up hills, so if nothing else, I'll make you look good and boost your biking confidence.

I think 7rider's done these rides before, maybe she already has the cue sheets?

[Becky]

I ride around there on Saturdays, if you ever want to. I won't claim to be really really fast going up hills, so if nothing else, I'll make you look good and boost your biking confidence.

I think 7rider's done these rides before, maybe she already has the cue sheets?

I usually work Saturdays Are Sundays ever a possibility? Also, I'm always willing to play hooky from work on a Friday

[7rider]

I think 7rider's done these rides before, maybe she already has the cue sheets?

I've done the century once (and abandoned once). I don't think I have the cue-sheets, however. They probably ended up as a sweaty, torn mess in my back jersey pocket and got tossed at the end of the ride. Check out the profile from the 2008 ride. That 10.8% grade at mile 60? That's about where my IT band finally had enough (which is why I'm wearing that white brace on the Seagull in my avatar picture). I managed to make it to mile 75's rest stop.....and see how nice and flat it is after that???? I didn't get to enjoy any of it. Sat in the back of a minivan the rest of the way back to the start. But I'm not bitter.....no siree....

You can check out the maps here.
I don't see cue-sheets listed for any ride except this 27.5 mile training ride.
I don't know what that's like however.

[Zen]

I haven't registered for that ride - but it's sorta in my back yard, so maybe I should just get the routes and ride them myself on weekends.

Holler at me if you want company.
Or at least somebody to meet up with after you rest at the top of the hills

I probaby have a cue sheet for the 25 mile route.
There are probably cue sheets for similar routes on the Frederick Pedalers website.

[Cataboo]

Holler at me if you want company.
Or at least somebody to meet up with after you rest at the top of the hills

I have good intentions on hills. It just lasts about 3/4th the way up some of those hills - I got out of the habit over the winter, so they're a bit more challenging than they were.


On a sunny weekday, I usually go riding for a couple hours at about 5:00... if you ever wanna come with, pm or give me a call. weekends I try to get out earlier. I tend to go out towards the Mountaindale area or cross 15 - but you can demonstrate how to bike through town without busting yourself up for me.

I was biking over that side of 15 the other weekend and found the most agonizingly uphill road. I can't remember the name, but I do think it eventually went down to LeGore bridge or I shortly thereafter made a turn to end up going down to that bridge.