Road Cycling - Bridge to Bridge Cycling Challenge - Your Thoughts?

Markman and I are planning on riding the Bridge to Bridge Cycling Challenge in North Carolina next September (as long as we survive the lottery). Does anyone have any thoughts, stories or advice? Training info would helpful. This will be my first true "cycling challenge".

Any thoughts from those who have completed (or attempted) this ride would be appreciated....Thanks!

Montag

Did you see this thread? Mainly, check out the article in Bicycling. My friends who do it every year say they aren't going to attempt it if the weather is like last year (raining, cold).
bridge to bridge challenge in north carolina (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36316)
1 week to go... hope you have good weather! Good Luck

Oops...I missed that thread. I'll check it out. Thanks for your reply!

Montag

I want to try to do this too next year. I gotta get a road bike though. This is my ultimate goal and reason to get into road biking

I got into road biking this year and love it. When I read the article in Bicycling magazine about this ride, I knew I had to do it.

Well, if you're interested in the B2B, you might also want to check out the Blood, sweat & Gears (BSAG) (http://www.bloodsweatandgears.org), which is run around the end of June. I've ridden it the last 3 years. Plenty of climbing (around 12,000 ft, total), with the hardest part (snake mtn.) about 2/3 of the way through. It's in the same general area (NW NC).

Thanks, Roadbuzz...I'll check it out.

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