Originally Posted by
irwin7638
I put this out on another forum and had some interest. There might be a few here in the 50+ crowd who will have some interest as well.
Along my travels the past few years some people have asked about a bike rally in Michigan. Of course there are a lot of places many people would like along the lakeshore, but I realized that two things which have reached international importance are right out my back door and I do it every year. Every year around the end of Sept I ride up to Yankee Springs Campground and spend the weekend where I ride through the forest along the route of the Barry Roubaix gravel race and spend the following day riding (or driving/riding, depending on the weather) to Grand Rapids for the Art Prize competition.
I thought I would throw that out there and invite anybody who wishes to tag along. It would be the last weekend of September 2015.
Marc
Marc, do you know of a map of the Berry-Roubaix route? also basic info like length, climb, et cetera?
I'm not at all familiar with gravel rides/races - are they mainly rail-bed conversions? or have hilly tracks been "paved" over with gravel?
Per Jim's comment about road, maybe it's not all gravel?
Which bike do you take on this ride?
Edit added after a little research:
Ok, I've been reading the Barry-Roubaix site (Google "Barry-Roubaix"). There are maps and info about lodging. It looks like the camping area (state rec area) is about 30 to 40 miles south of GR. Art Prize week weather is typical GR, which can be anywhere from balmy breezy '60s to bone-chilling and wet 30s.
It would be fun to ride the B-R in a warmer season. Not clear on how to turn it into a 50+ (well, 50++ for me now!) event twinned with a road event.
I think I missed OHR last year. I'd be glad to connect with y'all at the ride this year!
Jim, all I can say for Ann Arbor is, C'mon Down!