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07-13-08, 09:48 AM
This is a shout out to all the tandems who rode the Triple Bypass yesterday. Nice work everyone!!! We had an amazing day for our ride with no rain! We did not get a chance to talk to many of you at the finish as we had to catch our ride home, so we thought we'd send a quick note to the group.
For those of you who don't know about the Triple Bypass, its 120 miles over 3 mountain passes (10,000 ft of climbing - with the lowest point of the ride at about 7,500 ft).
It's fun to get the surprising looks and comments from all the 1/2 bikes. Tandems are quite rare on this ride, my guess is there could have been up to 20 on this ride with a limit of 3500 riders. There are not many parts of the ride that are flat or moderate down, but we sure found people on our wheel for those short bits, then they're off when the road turned up. We did get a nice paceline for the final 10-15 miles, which seems to always be into a headwind.
NICE WORK TANDEMS!!!! (half bikes too)
Dan & Bevin
For those of you who don't know about the Triple Bypass, its 120 miles over 3 mountain passes (10,000 ft of climbing - with the lowest point of the ride at about 7,500 ft).
It's fun to get the surprising looks and comments from all the 1/2 bikes. Tandems are quite rare on this ride, my guess is there could have been up to 20 on this ride with a limit of 3500 riders. There are not many parts of the ride that are flat or moderate down, but we sure found people on our wheel for those short bits, then they're off when the road turned up. We did get a nice paceline for the final 10-15 miles, which seems to always be into a headwind.
NICE WORK TANDEMS!!!! (half bikes too)
Dan & Bevin