Originally Posted by
bocobiking
So, I’m coming from Colorado to ride L’Eroica for the first time. I’m riding the short 40mile course to kind of break in. I was wondering if anyone has ridden this course and if so could you tell me what the hills and grades are like. Are they over 10%, long, and rutted as I see that the other routes’ are? The website describes this course as having “rolling hills,” which doesn’t sound too bad.
If I recall, the short course is the first 40 miles of the long course. It runs east of Paso into the vineyards and it's true, there are lots of rollers but no major climbs. In 2016 it was muddy and some of the short but pretty steep little ramps in the vineyards were slick as hell. My buddy's brakes clogged with mud a few times.