Monday, September 28, 2009

Six Gap Century





Pat and I had a great weekend at the 6/3 Gap in Georgia. One heck of a day. Pat rode a very difficult Metric Century, and was faster than most on the climb of Wolfpen Gap. I managed to get to 56th place out of well over one thousand riders, and finished the ride in 6:01:40, with 5:58 riding, and 3 minutes waiting for the sweet lady volunteers to refill my water bottles. I guess I'm more than just a bit pleased to ride a century like this, and hope that mayby next year we can get a few more area riders to sign up for the challenge. This is a great ride with some really solid clientele and great views. We dodged a bullet on the weather, as the rain that lasted 2 weeks abated just before the rubber hit the road. I thought Hogpen would be a picnic from the south, as it is theoretically less steep than the North, but 42+ minutes after starting this climb, I was pretty sure that it sucked as bad as the northern approach. Overall, this would probably stack up as the single hardest day on the bike in my life. And that is saying something.
See our route below:



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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Dunlapsville Loop

50 mile loop today with Chris Allen. Hit some new roads south of Brownsville, and crossed the Lake at Quakertown. This loop has some nice climbs, and some long flats for a real variety and a pretty significant challenge. It felt nice to get out after nearly a week off the bike. Bonus; no flats, having deburred my front wheel, and added an extra layer of tape. Fingers stay crossed.


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Monday, September 14, 2009

Brookville Ride

Pat an I went out Sunday for a fantastic 40 miler from brookville which featured Blue Creek,Wee Wee, Old 1, English Hill and Goblers Knob to round it out. Mostly a pretty easy ride, but I pushed hard up English hill in 5:30, another PR, and pushed big ring up all the other hills including the 16% top of Goblers(50:22) Every time we ride in Brookville, I think we need to do it more often.


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