Originally Posted by
CliftonGK1
Are there easy doubles that you can do for the Triple Crown? Almost all of them I've read accounts of sound like high elevation gain or insane heat gruelling punishment rides. Nearly every account I've heard of StP (one of my friends at work has ridden it the past 9 years) is that StP is essentially a 208 mile rolling party train.
It could just be that everyone I've talked to about the Triple Crown has also been using it to qualify for FC508, so they're really busting their hump to find the toughest rides around.
The "easy" triple crown doubles are Butterfield, Spring Solvang, Hemet, Davis and the lowland option of the Grand Tour. You don't have to "qualify" for FC508, or any of the other 500-mile races; but most of the riders who do those races ride a lot of doubles, including the harder ones.
StP is also "easy" with little climbing.
:-)