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,,,,all riding compact doubles? Any triples? On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Tim & Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > John o. and I drove to Siler City early morn. We cruised from there on > our bikes with 5 other riders. We rode to Seagrove, then through the Uwharrie > National Forest. Flint Hill Rd., I'll never forget it! Very long steep > climbs. Flint Hill itself was a 16% grade. Ouch! Then they informed me > that we would climb the other side going back also 16%. There are 3 guys in > the group that climb like mountain goats. They smoke me every time going up > and I have to work hard on the down hills catching up. Even John showed me > no mercy. On the way back the 3 hard core guys leave me on Flint Hill > Road. I'm suffering badly. I finally meander through the steepest sections > and try to reel them in. 30 mins. later I rejoin the group. I'm busted but > a scheduled food stop saves the day at mile 92. At the 100 mile mark the > hills get shorter and the legs are back. They hurt me really good so I was > gonna try some payback though probably not the brightest thing I've ever > done. Mike D. a very seasoned endurance rider (who rode a 200K the day > before) tagged along. We took turns on the front and the breakaway > succeeded. He left me on a 4 mile climb at mile 110 but the eventual > downhill allowed me to join back up though I was wasted. Mike was nice and > took it easy on me the last 5 miles so we could finish together. I had a > blast! The endorphins are off the charts. > > 125 miles! > 7054 vertical feet of climbs. > 9223 calories burned. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cyclistsofwilson-cows%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
