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Old 10-11-04, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Baron
Ohh almost forgot - went to cumberland gap state park this past friday/sat. Went to the overlook. Passed a bike rider going up. Now this is a STEEP climb of about 2-3 miles. Well - went to the overlook, and as wife and I got back to parking lot, there was the biker! I spoke with him, he has a redline , cross country bike, a local fellow and does this once a week. He is 49. He says it takes him 30 minutes on average to get to top.
Dang! I would do good to do this once a year at most!!!!
Shoot, I've gone up that hill several times on bikes. Let's see, the first time it was on my Honda, the second time on a BMW...

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