Originally Posted by
bautieri
Ok, details as follows:
Boiling Springs is mainly farm land and quite gorgeous at that. The terrain will be quite comparable to the Lancaster Covered Bridge ride only minus the road apples and A-hole tourists that Lancaster county is saturated with that time of year. In college I volunteered to assist in this tour de cure operating my ham radio from a SAG vehicle, so I can say that the terrain is rolling but not too bad. Only one or two memorable uphill slogs. Rest stops are well stocked (or were 5 years ago) and the course itself is generally on low traffic roads.
I'm not sure what else to add at this point other than that I am available to plot out some training rides and field questions.
BUMP!
Folks, is it going to be just Bau and I?
As for the climbing, Bikely shows it as about 1700 feet of it over 60 miles. My 11 mile local loop has 600 some feet of climbing. I should be ready for it. Six weeks, folks!