Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
Whomever goes....bring a road bike with you. TQ - could you work up a route/map in the area on mapmyride. I can download into my Garmin and we could hit the road after the clinic.
Bull Valley would rock. Anything around any of the lakes up that way would rock as well. TQ - you're a "local" so I leave it up to you....
As of today, no derailleur hanger. Leme put together a route i was thinking though...assuming that the event is being held at the city park (i guess i don't actually know...some photojournalist i am)
I usually do something like this
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il...k/487028530985
At mile 14 you have the option of taking either some busy roads away from the lake, or you can go back through the neighborhood along the lake. Slower here, the roads are pretty bad, but it's different.
The loop through bull valley isn't needed but it covers some of the harder hills. Since i live in Wonder Lake now i don't usually ride this route much. However, we could do a variation of the short 20 miler route that i frequently ride when i'm short on time..
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il...y/298692586213
It may look something like this:
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il...k/429225575866
or
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il...k/289644718531
I dunno, it sucks because there are some busy roads to cross but i'm sure everyone is use to that, bull valley is a real treat though if you like some very steep relatively short hills. It depends on how long you guys wanted to ride. I also frequently go up to the Wisconsin boarder through Hebron, you could easily do that, work some Bull Valley in there and get some real miles done at the same time.
Something like this:
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il...k/346167529092
If all else fails i can try and pound the bent hammer flat again and work with it for a day, at least if i break down out here i'm not far from home.