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01-12-06, 03:12 PM
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i just hope there isn't any snow/ice remaining at that time. the lakefront path will then be of no help.
01-12-06, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by [165]
I know Mike (race organizer) was looking for info on this guy - did you forward it to Mike also?
01-12-06, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by salome
Stage 2: Menage-a-Time Trial! Sunday, January 22nd.
Gather at the Starbucks across the street from Yojimbo's Garage, 1310 N. Clybourn. One rider leaves every thirty seconds. Choose your own route to the Buckingham Fountain. Record your first time and rest ten minutes. Repeat process finishing at 5457 S. Blackstone, in Hyde Park (yes!). 10 minute rest before the third timed leg finishing at Yojimbo's. Your three times are totaled to determine your stage time and ranking.
EARLIER START TIME! Register from 7:45 to 8:15. First rider leaves at 8:30 sharp. As usual, five bucks to enter with gift certificates for the winners and plenty of door prizes.
Volunteers needed! Contact mike(at)4starcourier(dot)com
Gather at the Starbucks across the street from Yojimbo's Garage, 1310 N. Clybourn. One rider leaves every thirty seconds. Choose your own route to the Buckingham Fountain. Record your first time and rest ten minutes. Repeat process finishing at 5457 S. Blackstone, in Hyde Park (yes!). 10 minute rest before the third timed leg finishing at Yojimbo's. Your three times are totaled to determine your stage time and ranking.
EARLIER START TIME! Register from 7:45 to 8:15. First rider leaves at 8:30 sharp. As usual, five bucks to enter with gift certificates for the winners and plenty of door prizes.
Volunteers needed! Contact mike(at)4starcourier(dot)com
This sounds like another excuse for me to get rediculously lost. Can anyone clue me in on the distances to each of these checkpoints? Is there any word on how start times are going to be distributed?
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01-12-06, 04:22 PM
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I assume they'll do it by who shows up first and aon down the line.
01-12-06, 04:39 PM
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this route should be almost the same as the first stage (22 miles). Maybe 1-2 miles longer.
01-12-06, 04:46 PM
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If you follow the routes that google maps gives you...
1st leg - 2.9mi
2nd leg - 6.8mi
3rd leg - 9.6mi
For a total of 19.3 miles. Not bad at all considing 2/3rds+ of it is on the lake path.
1st leg - 2.9mi
2nd leg - 6.8mi
3rd leg - 9.6mi
For a total of 19.3 miles. Not bad at all considing 2/3rds+ of it is on the lake path.
01-12-06, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by teadoggg
screw the lake path!
01-12-06, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by chicagoamdream
5457 S. Blackstone is the office of the University of Chicago Magazine. Any significance to this checkpoint?
https://claroartstudio.com/Claro/gallery.html
i'm really clueless when it comes to anything south of 18th street....
01-12-06, 08:45 PM
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yeah, the lakefront will be pretty sweet to ride on. not a lot of people that early in the morning, no intersections, ALL ABOUT SPEED, BABY. I love the lake front path.
01-12-06, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Msngr
take lsd instead.
Originally Posted by teadoggg
ALL ABOUT SPEED, BABY.
+1
01-13-06, 01:04 AM
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Yeah. I would really like to know why this particular spot too. Blackstone Bicycle Works Is only about a mile away.
I don't know if anyone knows (or agrees), but Martin Luther King is a FANTASTIC avenue.
I don't know if anyone knows (or agrees), but Martin Luther King is a FANTASTIC avenue.
01-13-06, 09:45 AM
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I'd say yes because
#1 - lights
#2 - you have to ride West to get to MLK, which will waste time.
#1 - lights
#2 - you have to ride West to get to MLK, which will waste time.
01-13-06, 10:11 AM
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I planned out my route out, it's 19.921 miles. That last thousandth is a killer.
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01-13-06, 10:19 AM
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I think my route will depend on how the wind on the lake front is that day.
01-13-06, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by $0.00/Gal
I'd say yes because
#1 - lights
#2 - you have to ride West to get to MLK, which will waste time.
#1 - lights
#2 - you have to ride West to get to MLK, which will waste time.
have to go West. But looking at the map, I forgot how far east
Hyde Park juts out. I may take the lakefront there and some other
way back just for sh*ts n' giggles.
01-13-06, 10:31 AM
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I am probably taking MLK, but then again I placed 70-something last round.
What about the other leg of the course, the best route is the lake front path right? or is anybody going to just truck it down wells?
What about the other leg of the course, the best route is the lake front path right? or is anybody going to just truck it down wells?