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Re: Aug 15 - HOT 100 Preview Ride

Sorry, I did not do the whole 100 mile route.
When I got to the top of Petty Gap road, and
felt the wind on top of the ridge and saw no
other riders in front or behind me, I knew
I was going to lose the single speed/man verses
wind battle. I turned around and went back to
Woodbury and did the Hot 80.
I will attempt it again next weekend!

Chris

Coulda looked at the ground

I realize that it's old skool but ...the route was marked.

Re: Coulda looked at the ground

Tried that as best I could, but once I missed it, there weren't any markers to tell me that I missed it! Just needed a cue sheet, but they were running low today. I found some very exciting roads-- must have been 20%+ grade, and thankfully, it was downhill. Wouldn't recommend it though, since it was a very rough road. Hope you had a good ride.

Volunteer Driven...

Mark - I am so sorry for the cue sheet shortage - we had 50 people show up and I just didn't plan very well.

Many thanks to Bob Barkley for designing such a beautiful route!

Thanks to Steve Lovett, Bill Stephens, Dave Becker, Bob Barkley, Don Holder and Dave McLaughlin who spent many hours and drove many miles marking the route this past week.

We have identified some areas that could be marked more clearly - and we also found some marks that had been tampered with before 2:00 yesterday. We will get those fixed before Saturday.

Thanks to all who came out and gave feed back - it's nice that the volunteers who work so hard next weekend got a chance to enjoy the route. I counted 18 volunteers on the sign in sheet - so other than the Race Team and a couple of other folks who have conflicts on Saturday - where would the rest of you like to work on the 22nd? We have needs at the Rest Stop, route monitors, Clean up crew, and Bike Rodeo -It would be nice if some of our Registration Volunteers didn't have to work both Registration and Rest Stops and Clean up...and don't forget the post ride Volunteer Thank You Party - sponsored in part by New Belgium Brewing.

Call me to volunteer - 202-3072.

Re: Volunteer Driven...

Who'da thunk we'd have 50+ show up! Thanks for talking me back to civilization on the cell phone!

Sounds like you found Locke Creek

Left on Pleasant Ridge takes you over Auburn Town Rd then to Locke Creek. Nice road but you're right, steep at the top.

Re: Sounds like you found Locke Creek

Locke Creek it was. Would probably be fun...on a mountain bike!

Re: Sounds like you found Locke Creek

I can't believe you survived the dog guantlet on Pleasant Ridge to reach Locke Creek.

Re: Sounds like you found Locke Creek

I was a little worred about that too, but I didn't see a single dog until I got back on the main route.

Re: Aug 15 - HOT 100 Preview Ride

A big thank you to those who marked the HOT route. Very nice ride on Saturday.