Tandem Cycling - High Sierra Fall Century - Tandems everywhere

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specbill
09-15-09, 09:45 AM
We have been lamenting the lack of Tandems that we’ve seen this summer on the century rides we've done, particularly so because those rides were very popular and the courses had been extremely Tandem friendly.
Then this past weekend we went up to the Mammoth Mountain area for the High Sierra Fall Century Ride http://www.fallcentury.org/. With its remote location and a route that was not as tandem friendly as some, we fully expecting to be the lone Team there ….well, we could not have been more wrong…. there were tandems everywhere we turned , more then we’ve seen in months including a couple great looking Santana’s, CoMo’s, other C’dales, even a rare Seven. All in all very cool…. not to mention a spectacular high country ride I would recommend to all.

Bill J.


Homeyba
09-15-09, 12:27 PM
Come to the coast for the Lighthouse century on the 26th. I'll be there on mine as a last warm-up for the FC508. It's a beautiful ride as well and very tandem friendly!

specbill
09-15-09, 12:53 PM
Agree..the Lighthouse is a great ride...super Tandem friendly. We did it last year and got in again this year as soon as Registration opened and before it sold out. Looking forward to it.

Bill J.


rdtompki
09-15-09, 12:56 PM
If the Lighthouse century weren't sold out my wife and I would be driving down. We'll definitely sign up for next year.

I'd really like to do the High Sierra Fall Century next year, but we're fighting the intersection of increasing (relative) fitness and advancing age. Guess that's part of life! Maybe I'll drive out there with my trusty 705 and check out the grades.