Originally Posted by
Maohaus
Bikemig - I see you are in IA and ride the driftless! A few months ago I rode both the Dairyland Dare and the Horribly Hilly Hundreds (all 126 miles and 12,000' of climbing) on my Trek Domane. I vowed after I rode the HHH that I would never get on my bike again. Now I am thinking of doing on one of my vintage steeds. Thinking of using my Fuji Touring V or Trek 620. Would love to join you on any vintage rolls you are interested in riding!
That could be good. There used to be a group of C&Vers who rode the Dairyland Dare but it has fallen off the radar screen for various reasons. I couldn't do 126 miles with 12,000 ft of climbing now! But the 100k DD isn't bad as it only has around 3800 ft of climbing. I could talk myself into riding an old bike to do that ride. Part of the fun is figuring out how to make the gearing work on an old bike on a hilly ride,
This is a great thread that [MENTION=57649]iab[/MENTION] started on the DD.
Anyone up for a whole lot of pain in SW Wisconsin in August?
Like I said that ride has fallen out of favor but we could start something up for next summer.