Southern California - Okay...Who's With Me Next Year?

I stole this from the Road Cycling forum:

:eek: :eek: http://www.flybynightpro.com/video/cycling.html:eek: :eek:

42-miles. 7,200 feet of elevation pain...er...gain. Looks like fun! Whatdya think? ME? Brandy? Vance? VerticalBob? BigJohn?

Where are you guys?:) :)

I think the word they use for that is "yawn".

Wow... :eek:

Methinks that some of thouse guys were running 39-23 as their lowest gears... :lol:

I stole this from the Road Cycling forum:

:eek: :eek: http://www.flybynightpro.com/video/cycling.html:eek: :eek:

42-miles. 7,200 feet of elevation pain...er...gain. Looks like fun! Whatdya think? ME? Brandy? Vance? VerticalBob? BigJohn?

Where are you guys?:) :)


is it going to be raining like that?

Looks like fun... except that I don't do rain. :)

Too damn far to drive. :p

This guy (who I will get back to) just commented on George's blog about this event in LA. (http://nowhip.blogspot.com/2007/02/feel-my-legs-im-racer-2007.html) Oh, so I click on the blog and see that this guy has done a couple of the events that I have and I start thinking...hmmm...I wonder if he's the guy that I rode with and talked to on Del Dios Hwy during the 200k brevet in January, so I left him a comment and sure enough...he left me a comment today on my blog and it was him. Small world. :)

Awww...the rain is what makes it!:D

this event in LA. (http://nowhip.blogspot.com/2007/02/feel-my-legs-im-racer-2007.html)

I can roll out my door and do 4000 ft of climbing in about 12 miles...

Those guys must not get up to the San Gabriels much

that looks like a blast! i would like to know how long the 20% and 18% grade go for. overall it sounds pretty fun and a decent challenge. 7200 ft over 42+ miles really isnt that bad. unless the climb starts @ mile 35. then thing could get sketchy.

I can roll out my door and do 4000 ft of climbing in about 12 miles...

Those guys must not get up to the San Gabriels much That looks like a perfect ride for a Duck.

I lived in Oregon (Orygun) for a year long ago.
Got all the rain rides I need for a lifetime.

Nothing on that course is as steep as Decker BTW.

42-miles. 7,200 feet of elevation pain...er...gain. Looks like fun! Whatdya think? ME? Brandy? Vance? VerticalBob? BigJohn?

Where are you guys?:) :)

Are you wondering if we want to do this ride or organize one here on roads that match it in terms of grade and distance? If the later, I agree with others, we've got hills we can (and do) go climb right out our back doors. But those are some tough riders climbing in that rain. I'm with Vance, I don't do rain. I melt in it. :D

Well...the whole post was a bit toungue-in-cheek. :D

But, I have found that some of our harder rides do about 1,000ft per 10-miles or more. (I call them point-one rides, as in ".1" A point-two (.2) ride would be 2,000ft per 10-miles, which I have not seen so far.) A few others have come close at 1,200-1,300ft per 10-miles. Even the Baldy ride from Rte 39/GRR was only a .1 (~6,000ft per 60-miles) after the return trip. So I saw this one, which is doing about 1,500 ft. per 10-miles.

Seems like it would be hard as well. Loved watching everyone walking up. Great stuff.

Well...the whole post was a bit toungue-in-cheek. :D

But, I have found that some of our harder rides do about 1,000ft per 10-miles or more. (I call them point-one rides, as in ".1" A point-two (.2) ride would be 2,000ft per 10-miles, which I have not seen so far.) A few others have come close at 1,200-1,300ft per 10-miles. Even the Baldy ride from Rte 39/GRR was only a .1 (~6,000ft per 60-miles) after the return trip. So I saw this one, which is doing about 1,500 ft. per 10-miles.

Seems like it would be hard as well. Loved watching everyone walking up. Great stuff.

Omg, yeah I saw that over there also. Painful. We could do create some pain for ourselves by crisscrossing the Santa Monica Mountains using Las Flores, Tuna Canyon, Fernwood, Stunt Road & Piuma.

Like this:
http://www.ultracyclist.com/samo.htm

61 miles, 10,200 feet. Ouch!