sweet and sour ramble 2/3/2007
ok, its official, cause we have a name for it, and a spoke card in the works. john helped me add 4 miles to the ride, and incorporate 2 more covered bridges. the modified map and the original, which will be followed from thurmont onwards, can be found @ routeslip, under the frederick or thurmont section. its called the frederick thurmont ride, and mod therein. this link might work. we have a place to eat lunch now: thurmont bar and grill. bring cash. still starting @ 18 west 6th st, frederick. still leaving @ 9. still meeting @ 8. still bring lights, grub for the ride itself.
[...] possible modification/update. i rode 40 miles two days ago, and almost died. there was 3000 feet of climing, in big chunks. john, and I, and nick, and starmer i assume, have heart trouble for days afterwards, on rides like that. i’m proposing a vote: the old ride plan was 27 miles to thurmont, mostly flat. then riding up into the mountains, where it would be anything but flat. i made an altera route, starting in thurmont, that takes us down through union gap, and new market, and up through the bottom of frederick. it will still be a challenge. the mod will have 2000 feet of climbing (1000 less than the mountain way), but never in a big chunk like the mountains do. it will be mostly rolling. it will increase total mileage to 77 miles, or roughly 125km. so anyway, let me know what you think. the link to the new route is here. the info, again, on where to meet and when, is here. post thoughts in the comments, por favor. [...]
I think I can handle the ride to Thurmont, and a couple of drinks on the way and once there…but I will explode into a great big ball of stinky fire if I try to ride the proposed route home. Too far for me and my unconditioned legs. Maybe I’ll put on a dress and hang with Mel and Christine after the first stage.
RobQ