Great Lakes - Dairyland Dare 2009

who is in?
what distance are you riding?
do we have a car pool opition yet?
do we have a plan yet?
yes i am bored at work!


later.

I'm in for the 200k.Leaving Fri with the family and staying untill Sunday.Bestwestern in Dodgeville with indoor/outdoor pool and hot tub.
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=50107

i'm in. most likely for 200k. heading up on friday night to stay at the deer valley lodge with the indoor water park :)

I'm in.
200K.
Car pooling with CyclingJester. Staying in NON-SMOKING room :notamused:
Plan? :roflmao2:
Who isn't?!

What's the date this year?

What's the date this year?

August 15th

What's the date this year?

http://www.dairylanddare.com/

8/15/09

In for 200k. Haven't made family plans yet. I will make arrangements upon my return.

Downers Grove is then. Don't know. Haven't really ridden any distance this year.

In for only the 100K. Tempted for more but we have stuff going on at home that PM.

i'm in. most likely for 200k. heading up on friday night to stay at the deer valley lodge with the indoor water park :)

this could work for me and the family. more for the family while i spend 10 hours Saturday suffering like a dog. i need to call for availability. later.

In for 200k.

Wow! It's full. There is still a lottery if you're not registered. Check out the website.

Email from Stew indicates he is allowing 1000 with no lottery. I need to get a plan in order and get registered. So who can I carpool with ? :). Later.

Email from Stew indicates he is allowing 1000 with no lottery. I need to get a plan in order and get registered. So who can I carpool with ? :). Later.

We can count on you for stellar accomodations again, right? ha

You could do the 300k and ride back with me ;)

In any event, I can get anyone up there who wants to ride with me and Dawn, but I'm not coming back till Sunday even if I wimp out and join you all in the 200k.

Wow! It's full. There is still a lottery if you're not registered. Check out the website.

Race the Lake (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/31958164.html)

$10,000 to 10th place (http://www.midwestsportsevents.com/PDFs/racethelake.pdf).

Not trying to steal the thread, just throwing out alternatives if this ride is closed. :)

I rode that course last week. Not bad.

Downers Grove is then. Don't know. Haven't really ridden any distance this year.

What about just coming for dinner and skipping the suffering ;)

peoples, were are you all staying? i need some options and figure if i stay near one of you then you will have no choice but to drag me up and back with you. later.

I am going up solo the night before as the family can't do the Dells (like we normally do) with kids events. I can carpool with you Aham (we can get two bikes in the back of my car or I think I have a rack if necessary), and where should I stay?

I am out for the DLD. You all have a fun/painful/fun ride.

peoples, were are you all staying? i need some options and figure if i stay near one of you then you will have no choice but to drag me up and back with you. later.

Quality Inn Mineral Point

Email from Stew indicates he is allowing 1000 with no lottery. I need to get a plan in order and get registered. So who can I carpool with ? :). Later.

I'll take you up with me and the minivan. There better be no f'n maintenance at work on that day or I'm going to throw a fit and go into a seizure.

i am in. need a ride and room. looks like this will be the only pay to play ride i do this year. well, besides my little Colorado trip. later.

Aham, give me a call. Have a room at the Quality Inn Mineral Point. I PM'd my cell. Better yet, show up for the Spin Doctor's ride tomorrow and we can discuss it there. Maybe we can shame Psi into doing an even 100. :)

Aham, give me a call. Have a room at the Quality Inn Mineral Point. I PM'd my cell. Better yet, show up for the Spin Doctor's ride tomorrow and we can discuss it there. Maybe we can shame Psi into doing an even 100. :)

pm'ed you back partner. ;)

you got Psi and Cy doing the Spin Doc ride? you know last time me and Psi showed for your ride i recal one of the fast dudes saying it was the fastest they had clocked all year. jus sayin. later.

pm'ed you back partner. ;)

you got Psi and Cy doing the Spin Doc ride? you know last time me and Psi showed for your ride i recal one of the fast dudes saying it was the fastest they had clocked all year. jus sayin. later.

I am doing it in the morning. You should be there. I miss staring at your ass.

Seriously I have done the ride twice and both times they are amazed at how hard we ride. It's kind of funny. Well see what happens tomorrow.

^^^^ cant today. got the zoo on the family agenda for later so need to stay close. plan on a LBS ride at 6am. the local fast cats. however, i miss you too. later.

^^^^ cant today. got the zoo on the family agenda for later so need to stay close. plan on a LBS ride at 6am. the local fast cats. however, i miss you too. later.

Awwwwww... so sweet :D

Missed you Psi. Hope you're OK. We had a pretty hard one. I rode pretty well. ;)

I rode pretty well. ;)

Dryin' out finally, Ben (Leaving Las Vegas)? :roflmao2:

I am also at Quality Inn, Mineral Point.

LOL ... finally. Now I'm in a big building phase before the dare so we'll see how me old body holds up.

Does anyone happen to know some of the maximum grades of the Dare hills ? I saw on their site it was 4.2 average, but how steep are these things? thanks

i think roberts road is 25% ;)

The climbs tend to be short but sweet, and there's lots of them. :)

200k = 130 miles, 15,000 climbing

i think roberts road is 25% ;)

Yeah I remember hearing something like 23%+ I am too lazy to look up my Garmin data on it. How about "f'n steep"....does that sum it up?

4.2

Are you sure there was a decimal point?

:roflmao2:

Fortunately, every time I get the foolish urge to try the Dare, I read these posts and say "what the f*** was I thinking?":p Someday, gentlemen, someday...(like maybe when pigs fly):D

Yeah I remember hearing something like 23%+ I am too lazy to look up my Garmin data on it. How about "f'n steep"....does that sum it up?

wow...yeah....I just remembered something else I had to do that weekend. thanks

It's so steep, you could put aluminum siding on it and install some windows.

They're not that steep. A 53/39 with a 12-27 cassette will work just fine. Just work on the engine.

^^^^ well played. later.

They're not that steep. A 53/39 with a 12-27 cassette will work just fine. Just work on the engine.

Or a four-shot espresso :twitchy:

I wish I could make it this year, but then again my legs are glad that I can't.

Have fun!

I found 100 totes left over from last year. That means that we can accept 100 more riders if you dont' mind having an old tote. Registartion is still open on zapevent.com until 8/11 or until these spots fill.

Cheers,
-Stew

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention... Grilled hot dogs at the Tower Hill state park rest stop. Is that a bad idea or what?

Cy ... you're not making it this year? Seriously?

Psyco has room. No chance?

Cy ... you're not making it this year? Seriously?

Psyco has room. No chance?
I'd love to, but time/resources are not in my favor.

BTC was my Dare, so I'm definitely not complaining. :)

Does anyone happen to know some of the maximum grades of the Dare hills ? I saw on their site it was 4.2 average, but how steep are these things? thanks

looking forward to this ride had me looking back at my Training Center file. Roberts looks to top out at 20% lots of folks will be walking it. i hope the walkers stay out of the middle of the road cause i know CC, Psycho, and Cy will be flying up this hill.

for some stats and the elevation profile from my Garmin click...........HERE (http://hampton23.blogspot.com/2008/08/thats-gonna-leave-mark.html).


later.

This was supposed to be my overload week before taper next week ... and I'm sick. Sinus, sore throat, aches, pains ... boooo. Going to try to ride east tomorrow.