Thanks Cindy Sue! She looks great! I'm looking forward to cheering her on later! Thank goodness for cell phones and Thom! At least she didn't forget her shoes! (a friend of mine forgot his last year on the Death Ride and ended up riding the whole ride in sandals!
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04-29-2006, 11:24 AM #1
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04-29-2006, 02:57 PM #2
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There are two primary cutoffs.
#1: You must leave the Mines road rest stop by 1:00pm. Anyone later than this will have the option of either being Sagged forward on the course, or back to the start.
#2: All riders must depart the lunch stop (Mile 112) by 4:30pm or they will be sagged to the top of Mt. Hamilton. We will allow you to continue on the course at that point.
Anyone know if V made cutoff #1? I'm assuming she started at 5 am, so she had 8 hrs to get to cutoff #1 but I don't know the mileage.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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04-29-2006, 03:24 PM #3
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Mines Rd to the Junction is about 25 miles. From there to Mt Hamiltion summit is about 14 miles if I recall correctly.
I tried calling Thom- no luck. Also tried calling Sarah- no luck there either. Nancy
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04-29-2006, 03:38 PM #4
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Great pics!
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04-29-2006, 03:44 PM #5
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Ah ha! Found it.
Along the way you'll see many cows and a lot of windmills, before coming to rest stop number 3 at Mines Road. At this point, you have covered a little over 91 miles.It looks like cutoff #1 is about 91 miles so she'd have to avg 11.4 mph with huge climbs and no stops .
Ok, we' re on the countdown to cutoff #2. 112 miles in 11.5 hours. Cumulative avg speed of 9.7 with another gonzo climb and still no stops calculated in. I'm holding my breath to hear the news.Last edited by SadieKate; 04-29-2006 at 05:47 PM.
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04-29-2006, 05:42 PM #6
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Has anyone an update? I'm rooting for you, V!
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04-29-2006, 05:55 PM #7
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we were talking about this today on our humble little social recreational ride that V. should come down Niles Canyon at about 11pm? Is that right?
That's a narrow road during the day, hope there's no or little traffic.
Cindysue writes "Unfortunately, I hadn't thought to bring water (gee that's twice now [remember that Dita?])"
ah, you mean the famous
"would you like some water?"
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"oh, I didn't bring any" ;-)Last edited by Trek420; 04-29-2006 at 05:58 PM.
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04-29-2006, 07:14 PM #8
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Go, V, Go!
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04-29-2006, 07:47 PM #9
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Any news yet? V, you so rock!
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04-29-2006, 10:12 PM #10
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*Silently cheering for V and waiting for news*
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04-29-2006, 10:13 PM #11
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I'll do a full report later. Felt great until mile 132. I spent the next 3 miles (an hour!) climbing to Windy Gap, feeling hurts everywhere. My feet, back and butt are still sore. I had been without rear brakes since Diablo - yes I did all my descending with front brakes only.
That coupled with how tired I was getting - no longer able to ride in a straight line, made me decide, after debating for an hour as I rode, to call it quits at mile 135, 13370 feet of climbing.
I'm bummed I didn't finish, but it is further on this course than I have gotten before.
Bedtime.
V.
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