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Re the 3 St/3 Mtn, the Suck crk down hill as three hair pins two of
which, IIRC the 1st and 3d are relatively open and forgiving but the
2d is tight and an SOB. Try not to be with a group so you don't have
to worry about what others are doing and don't shoot out into the
opposite lane, someone hit a car head on 3yrs ago with extreme injuries
there. I would be very cautious going down the
first half of the Suck creek hill but the last half you can pretty much
let it run. The long down hill off the second mountain comes after
about 20mi along the top and has a few sort of tight turns but no
real hairpins. My recall is that I didn't feel I could let my bent go
wide open. I bailed on the third hill and turned L on Highway 11
instead of R and rode 11 back into town. The metric century comes
in after 5-7 mi (not really sure) with a rest stop to the L about 500yds.
This gave me about 94 mi, didn't want to tackle the 3d hill on the
recumbent, as I knew what a bear it was from prior yrs.
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