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Old 03-21-07 | 08:33 PM
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Bikes: 2018 Black Mountain Cycles MCD,2017 Advocate Cycles Seldom Seen Drop Bar, 2017 Niner Jet 9 Alloy, 2015 Zukas custom road, 2003 KHS Milano Tandem, 1986 Nishiki Cadence rigid MTB, 1980ish Fuji S-12S

Originally Posted by RonH
Has anyone done the Milledgeville April Fool's ride before? What's the terrain like?
I'm a little bit biased since I'm the ride director, but it is a great route (all new for this year).
You might say I've done the ride. It starts a couple of miles from my house and it is made up of my favorite roads. The 34 mile route has just a few fairly tough hills with lots of gently rolling and flat recovery sections between them. The metric century route includes all of that route plus some pretty big additional hills. Both routes travel through some beautiful countryside and the dogwoods and other flowering trees are just coming into their Spring glory.

You'll be rewarded for your efforts by a fantastic post-ride feast. Chicken barbecued on-site, Brunswick stew, roasted ears of corn, lots of veggies and desserts. Come on down, you're going to love it. And the t-shirt should win some kind of award. I saw one tonight and it was fantastic.

The proceeds go for "Share the Road" signage and other cycling awareness and advocacy projects.

If routeslip is working today you can see the routes here. The elevation profiles look worse than it really is:

34 mile- http://www.routeslip.com/routes/17061

metric- http://www.routeslip.com/routes/18551

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