Quote Originally Posted by tangentgirl View Post
Sarah, thanks! I've been hearing a bit of intimidating talk about this ride, so it's nice to see a positive tone about it. I'm sure I'll have more specific questions as it gets close, but your post helps.
That's good. One of my 2 bike clubs (SRCC) is also very involved in the ride, providing course marshalls, etc., and that's a good thing too as it is a great club. Do let me know if you have any specific questions.

I should mention - be careful of the descent down Kings Ridge on Hauser Bridge (after the Kings Ridge rest/lunch stop). It is a pretty technical descent for a road bike (steep, twisty) and there will inevitably be people stopped along the way down (yes). At the bottom, there's a sharp left onto the metal bridge which freaks a lot of people out but the bridge itself is completely fine and has a negligible effect on the handling of your bike as long as you keep moving straight and steady. The last year I did the ride it was very rainy on this stretch and there were a lot of crashes I was very grateful for my disc brakes.