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04-28-09 | 05:39 PM
#28
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grilled cheesus
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corrected.
pics? i am in the recruiting process for a riding partner with photographic skillz. later.
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04-29-09 | 05:23 AM
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From: Here in NE Ohio
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started in December with trainer specific DVDs targeting climbing. i have logged more trainer miles and rode miles to this point in the year then ever. which is only 3 years of cycling, so its a short ever. i will make three or four trips up to Wisconsin next month for some short steep hills. cs? i am in the recruiting process for a riding partner with photographic skillz. later.
this is a really impressive goal, especially being your thrid year of cycling...dang!. Best to you, we look forward to hearing the ride reports.
Be safe on those descents, that would scare the cr*p out of me
04-29-09 | 09:42 AM
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Arschgaudi
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From: Chicago (Beverly)
Bikes: Merckx Team SC, Masi (fixed), Merckx Cyclo-Cross
05-04-09 | 08:47 AM
#31
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grilled cheesus
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DAY 7 June 27
107 miles (profile) Buena Vista to Glenwood Springs.
The longest ride of the 2009 BTC at 107 miles, climbing 4,000+ feet over the Continental Divide a second time as we cycle over Independence Pass, 12,095' above sea level, at approximately mile 45, and then a 60 mile descent down the winding, sometimes narrow, road off Independence Pass, through the picturesque town of Aspen, the small, quiet town of Basalt, past Carbondale and on to the place the BTC began just the week before, Glenwood Springs. 500+ miles. CONGRATULATIONS! You did it!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
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well, i do love being awesome. later.
107 miles (profile) Buena Vista to Glenwood Springs.
The longest ride of the 2009 BTC at 107 miles, climbing 4,000+ feet over the Continental Divide a second time as we cycle over Independence Pass, 12,095' above sea level, at approximately mile 45, and then a 60 mile descent down the winding, sometimes narrow, road off Independence Pass, through the picturesque town of Aspen, the small, quiet town of Basalt, past Carbondale and on to the place the BTC began just the week before, Glenwood Springs. 500+ miles. CONGRATULATIONS! You did it!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
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well, i do love being awesome. later.
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05-04-09 | 10:21 AM
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From: Ann Arbor, MI
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mr fax machine states it to be. fax registration received at BTC headquarters. should be fun. or at least painful, which i find fun, sometimes.
2009 Bicycle Tour of Colorado
Glenwood Springs/Crested Butte Loop
June 21 -- June 27, 2009
Bicycle Tour of Colorado’s 15th anniversary tour… This trip is spectacular: you will need to test your mettle on four, count them four, near century days, two 12,000 foot passes, the Grand Mesa, and a lower pass. Total route mileage, if you partake in the must-do Colorado National Monument ride on the second day is about 555 miles for the week. This is easily the longest tour ever for the BTC. Despite the length, I believe that the ride will be worth just about every mile. The Grand Mesa (which is a first for the BTC, I believe), Colorado National Monument (another first), Independence Pass, Cottonwood Pass (another first), and Crested Butte all offer incredible scenery and fantastic cycling challenges.
later.
2009 Bicycle Tour of Colorado
Glenwood Springs/Crested Butte Loop
June 21 -- June 27, 2009
Bicycle Tour of Colorado’s 15th anniversary tour… This trip is spectacular: you will need to test your mettle on four, count them four, near century days, two 12,000 foot passes, the Grand Mesa, and a lower pass. Total route mileage, if you partake in the must-do Colorado National Monument ride on the second day is about 555 miles for the week. This is easily the longest tour ever for the BTC. Despite the length, I believe that the ride will be worth just about every mile. The Grand Mesa (which is a first for the BTC, I believe), Colorado National Monument (another first), Independence Pass, Cottonwood Pass (another first), and Crested Butte all offer incredible scenery and fantastic cycling challenges.
later.
See if you can get in a guided 1-day raft trip on the Arkansas River, near Buena Vista or Salida -- You're there for peak rafting season!
05-04-09 | 10:25 AM
#34
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Maybe you can spend a few days at altitude doing some Zone 1/2 spinning before the tour begins. You're still building a Midwest engine, and 12,000 feet is danged high.
You will need SPF 50!
05-04-09 | 12:34 PM
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Sheik Yerbouti
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From: in the state of Confusion, formerly from state of Denial
Bikes: 2006 Trek Pilot 2.1, Jamis Sputnik 2009
Aham, if you're worried this ride might not be challenging enough for you, I could loan you my fixed gear. The 53cm frame should make it a little tougher for you.
05-04-09 | 02:10 PM
#37
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grilled cheesus
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later.
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05-22-09 | 11:44 AM
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grilled cheesus
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555 miles. 40,000 feet of climbing. two 12,000 foot passes. 15 miles of dirt road.
OUCH.
i think i better get some solid training in this weekend. only 4 weeks until departure. later.
OUCH.
i think i better get some solid training in this weekend. only 4 weeks until departure. later.
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05-22-09 | 07:14 PM
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later.
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