I think you had more climbing than I did, and no tales of struggle. Awesome!
Sent from Tim's iPod On Jun 3, 2012, at 9:16 PM, "Bob Luppino" <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s hard to follow up Tim’s (as usual) awesome ride report with a report on > a mere century, but here goes. My brother and I met in Fletcher, NC this > morning to ride the Fletcher Flyer century. This charity ride has 30, 50, > metric and century options and calls itself the flattest century in Western > North Carolina. It was hard to determine the number of riders that gathered > (between 600 and 1000, I’m guessing), but at times the road into the park > looked like the end scene of “Field of Dreams” with an unending line of cars. > > The route was a mix of “flat” roads and hill climbing. No mountain climbs, > but there were several long, moderate climbs and a couple of 18% very short > climbs. It was a fun day that reminded me why I enjoyed climbing in the old > days...it was the descents. I really enjoyed the long freewheeling rolls > that allowed recovery after the climbs. Of course, there was always another > climb with the vertical piece totaling 4360 feet. The weather was almost > perfect...started at 50 degrees with no wind and ended at 75 degrees with a > 15 mph tailwind. > > As Jim would say, I fun day on the bike. > -- > 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. -- 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.
