copper triangle?
07-18-07, 05:22 PM
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I forgot about that. Jesus that was a nightmare. It was a traffic jam full of:
(a) People stopping without caring about who was behind them.
(b) People looking for a place to park their bike without a care in the world about who was still riding
(c) People trying to start back up and merge with:
(d) People continuing to ride through the aid station because the last aid station was so close it made little sense to have an aid station at this spot
(e) A gate that essentially allowed single file passage.
(a) People stopping without caring about who was behind them.
(b) People looking for a place to park their bike without a care in the world about who was still riding
(c) People trying to start back up and merge with:
(d) People continuing to ride through the aid station because the last aid station was so close it made little sense to have an aid station at this spot
(e) A gate that essentially allowed single file passage.
07-18-07, 08:49 PM
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Dex, would I have died trying to do the triple? Hopefully I can network with some more people here at the triangle, regardless of if we're all riding official or not (I will be, if they donate more than $10 to the foundation)
07-18-07, 10:15 PM
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unless you've been climbing a lot since we rode, yeah, you'da hurt bad. Set it as a goal for next year --I"m sure quite a few of us will do it again 
07-19-07, 08:48 PM
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I'm in too!
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07-20-07, 06:53 AM
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Hey all - sort of related to this topic...Tokyo Joe's is raising money for Davis Phinney's foundation right now. Their goal is $1 per customer. It's pretty cool. They've got a bunch of signage in the stores about it. I already liked Tokyo Joe's for a lot of reasons and this is now one more.
07-20-07, 07:10 AM
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08-06-07, 12:00 PM
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Hi Guys:
I rode the CT on Saturday, thanks to a tip from VT Biker last month when I posted in Road forum looking for some good rides in the Aspen and Vail area. When he told me about this group ride I thought it would be fun to do, and it was a BLAST. I'm from Georgia and we have a lot of group centuries up in the mountains, with some really nice climbs, but most are 30-40 minutes, not 90 or so like I found in CO. And of course, our air contains actual oxygen, a real aid to climbing.
Anyway, I loved the CT, love the jersey (nobody around here has one), and I did okay on the ride; averaged 15.5, stopping only twice for food. Agree about the aid station at the foot of Vail Pass; what a mess! It kicked off the worst part of the ride for me. Right before that climb started I was averaging 18mph and then the bottom dropped out and I CRAWLED up that bloody pass! I felt like I had a clothespin on my nose, a sock in my mouth, and concrete bike shoes on. And all the false summits had me nearly crying. Fortunately, a lady I had riden next to back at Fremont recognized my jersey when she caught up with me near the top and she was able to encourage me through to the end of the climb.
Anyway, thanks VT for the recommendation, and to those of us from outside of the Rockies, it was a spectacular ride. I'll come back next year for the Triple Bypass.
Matt
I rode the CT on Saturday, thanks to a tip from VT Biker last month when I posted in Road forum looking for some good rides in the Aspen and Vail area. When he told me about this group ride I thought it would be fun to do, and it was a BLAST. I'm from Georgia and we have a lot of group centuries up in the mountains, with some really nice climbs, but most are 30-40 minutes, not 90 or so like I found in CO. And of course, our air contains actual oxygen, a real aid to climbing.
Anyway, I loved the CT, love the jersey (nobody around here has one), and I did okay on the ride; averaged 15.5, stopping only twice for food. Agree about the aid station at the foot of Vail Pass; what a mess! It kicked off the worst part of the ride for me. Right before that climb started I was averaging 18mph and then the bottom dropped out and I CRAWLED up that bloody pass! I felt like I had a clothespin on my nose, a sock in my mouth, and concrete bike shoes on. And all the false summits had me nearly crying. Fortunately, a lady I had riden next to back at Fremont recognized my jersey when she caught up with me near the top and she was able to encourage me through to the end of the climb.
Anyway, thanks VT for the recommendation, and to those of us from outside of the Rockies, it was a spectacular ride. I'll come back next year for the Triple Bypass.
Matt
08-08-07, 02:34 PM
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30% less oxygen at 10K feet than in your neck of the woods. You did good ...real good.
