Well...too bad you didn't have a tube, or wait for someone to bring one. I can't imagine riding a Century in that area! It must be so beautiful. I had a similar hot/cold experience at Six Gap in Georgia- kind of a cool misty day, so I got almost warm climbing, then froze decending. One thing I like about randoneuring is you don't look like a dork if you have a rack with panniers to stash stuff in. I'm too chicken on a Century ride to bring more than my small trunk bag, though. When's the next one? :-)
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02-25-2006, 01:54 PM #1
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02-26-2006, 08:36 AM #2
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Congratulations! Yay! It was a beautiful ride, and yes, it was darn cold in the a.m. I wore my full gloves (light ones) and toe covers all day and was comfortable. I shed my jacket at the first rest stop and was a little chilly for a while but OK after the climbs started. One of the guys I was riding with got a flat from a STAPLE! The shoulders were very debris-ridden, for sure.
So sorry I missed seeing you on the route! I frantically looked for you at all the rest stops figgering we'd overlap somewheres...but no one of your description.
Glad you met CyclaSutra. I'll post some pictures here in a bit.
We did a century in February!
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