1903 Adventure Ride

Ok, I wanna come down for this, (John, thanks for the tip):

From thebikesite.org:

     

September 30th, 9am. Harder than the last time, but just as much fun.

Details:
In 1903 the first Tour de France was held. The roads were rough and unpaved. For this ride we’ll seek out the same conditions. We’ll head north through rolling hills and countryside before turning west and up the mountain where you can expect gravel, ruts, bumps and plenty of climbing. From there we’ll work our way south along the ridge in search of more unpaved roads before working our way back through the city of Frederick. Fixed gear bikes not required but since that’s all they rode in the first TdF we encourage you to suffer like those early pioneers. Heck, fill your water bottles with wine just like those guys did and make it a party. There will be one place to refill water or food before we hit the mountain portion. This ride will be tougher than the version 1 1903 ride. Pace of the ride will be moderate, cue sheets will be provided in case you aren’t able to keep up. Recommended tires of 28mm or larger for the rough stuff. The route is being finalized but should be approximately 60 – 65 miles.   From a recent email from Joe:  I’m hoping to tweak the route and finalize today.  This is it so far, but I will alter it slightly to trim the fat.  I did this a few weeks ago. All I can say is Debold rode hurt bad :D
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/1903-v2

Currently the route has 4400+ ft. of climbing, that should be reduced slightly, when I make changes, but it’s pretty close.

We’ll be starting at The Bicycle Escape / Five Guys parking lot on Monocacy and Rt. 26.

The Octoberfest is at the fairgrounds that day so I’m going to try and get people to head over there afterwards for post ride recovery food and drink.

 

Sounds like an unhomicidal version of the D2R2. I hear Starmer is tentatively down. Gary? Rob? Mark? Christine? John claims to know the shortcuts/bailouts.

 

 

One Response

  1. John is suckering you in, there are no shortcuts… {insert evil laugh}

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