60th BD ride
10-24-17 | 09:31 PM
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60th BD ride
I turn 60 next year. I want to do a major ride to celebrate the event. I am flexible on the date. I have ridden l'Eroica and L'Eroica CA and would do them both again but am afraid I would be disappointed if they weren't as magical tge second time around. L'Etape de Tour, especially as it has dirt this year? Any suggestions?
10-25-17 | 12:30 AM
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10-25-17 | 09:13 AM
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[QUOTE=Spaghetti Legs;19951198]Paris Roubaix baby!
https://www.sportstoursinternational...aix-challenge/[/QUOTE
Paris Roubaix? Only if you will let me follow your wheel. But in that part of the world, Retro Ronde sounds interesting, and warmer, if it comes off this year. Any indications yet if it will happen?
https://www.sportstoursinternational...aix-challenge/[/QUOTE
Paris Roubaix? Only if you will let me follow your wheel. But in that part of the world, Retro Ronde sounds interesting, and warmer, if it comes off this year. Any indications yet if it will happen?
10-25-17 | 11:46 AM
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I'm hoping the Retroronde will be back next year. I've been there a few times and was really disappointed (my wife even more, I think) that they skipped '17. The format is similar to L'Eroica, but smaller, and with a definite Flemish vibe. My favorite event so far.
10-25-17 | 10:27 PM
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I'm hoping the Retroronde will be back next year. I've been there a few times and was really disappointed (my wife even more, I think) that they skipped '17. The format is similar to L'Eroica, but smaller, and with a definite Flemish vibe. My favorite event so far.
Retroronde 2016
Retroronde 2016
10-31-17 | 08:20 AM
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Update: the Retronde website has just announced the date for 2018: 9 & 10 June
10-31-17 | 04:16 PM
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Man, I wish I was a only 60 again. I've been doing 60th birthday rides for 8 years. Keep it fun, whatever you do. Eroica CA, was near my 66th back in 2016. Never thought of it as a birthday ride, but I guess it was. Ride was in April, birthday in May. Close enough.
11-01-17 | 06:44 PM
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How about the Crater Lake Century? The website has not been updated from the 2017 ride yet, but it will be. https://www.craterlakecentury.com/
Great scenery. Make that fantastic scenery. Good people. Start in blink-and-you'll-miss-it Fort Klamath. The century goes all the way around the lake, the metric up to a view point. When I have done the ride, I have made my own hybrid more or less metric route that follows the century route to the rim of the volcano and along the western rim until have had enough and then turn around and head for the barn. Sometimes I have included the century ride's flatland start, sometimes I have headed straight for the volcano. I don't tell them what I am doing (easier to get forgiveness than permission), but my sense is they don't much care as I am always on a road that is one one of their official routes.
The ride also has some funky unusual rules, meaning you are set off in small groups every 15 minutes and only after getting a briefing/lecture on rules of the road, including being told to come to a full put-your-foot-down stop at the entrance to the Crater Lake National Park and don't go until acknowledged by a ranger in the entry kiosk. It isn't a big deal, and they do it as a condition of getting the use permit from the park. Like I said, not a big deal, but if you rebel against authority it might chap your backside. I think it's an insignificant price to pay for having a supported ride in this gorgeous spot.
Great scenery. Make that fantastic scenery. Good people. Start in blink-and-you'll-miss-it Fort Klamath. The century goes all the way around the lake, the metric up to a view point. When I have done the ride, I have made my own hybrid more or less metric route that follows the century route to the rim of the volcano and along the western rim until have had enough and then turn around and head for the barn. Sometimes I have included the century ride's flatland start, sometimes I have headed straight for the volcano. I don't tell them what I am doing (easier to get forgiveness than permission), but my sense is they don't much care as I am always on a road that is one one of their official routes.
The ride also has some funky unusual rules, meaning you are set off in small groups every 15 minutes and only after getting a briefing/lecture on rules of the road, including being told to come to a full put-your-foot-down stop at the entrance to the Crater Lake National Park and don't go until acknowledged by a ranger in the entry kiosk. It isn't a big deal, and they do it as a condition of getting the use permit from the park. Like I said, not a big deal, but if you rebel against authority it might chap your backside. I think it's an insignificant price to pay for having a supported ride in this gorgeous spot.
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11-02-17 | 02:56 AM
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Update: the Retroronde has now confirmed the date on Facebook as well.
And as mrs non-fixie found out that Eroica Brittannia is a week later, we've decided to take the week in between off from work and do both.
And as mrs non-fixie found out that Eroica Brittannia is a week later, we've decided to take the week in between off from work and do both.
