i am so freakin excited. On Mar 18, 9:28 pm, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > A Group, > > Bert and I have finalized our mountain trip on the 28th. What we need now is > a head count. I am not looking for maybes - only definites so we can plan > the carpooling. So please email me offline if you are going. Weather right > now looks great. > > THE PLAN: > > We leave from the Kohl's parking lot at 6am, Saturday, March 28th. This is > the Kohl's at Brier Creek. We'll figure out the carpool later. We will have > breakfast along the way and will arrive in Mt Airy approx 9:30am. We hope to > start the ride by 10am. Plan on being gone the whole day. When we finish, > we will also have dinner on the way home. > > THE ROUTE: > > Here is the website again for the Tour de Gaps: > > http://www.tourdegaps.com/ > > We have contacted the Event Coordinator for the this ride and she graciously > gave us alot of information regarding rest stops, water stations, traffic, > how well the route is marked and things that we should be looking out for > such as dogs, gravel on the roads, etc. Bert has taken the time to put > together the cue sheet which I have attached to this email. > > He also has mapped the route for your viewing pleasure. (Click on the link > below) > > http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2458747 > > What we decided to do is offer 2 options. The first option will obviously be > doing all 4 climbs. I am sure the ones that are on steroids will take this > option. For the others, option 2 is doing 3 climbs and eliminating the 4th > and final climb. This group will continue on their way back to the finish > while the others do the final climb. They will wait for everyone to come > back in so we can all leave together and head home. > > THE RULES: > > The group STAYS together the whole route except at the final climb if some > just want to head back. Each rider takes each climb at his own pace. It's > basically every man for himself on the climbs but since all these climbs are > up, turn around at the top and come back down, we will regroup at the bottom. > We'll go over this again day of the ride. > > OTHER SIDE NOTES: > > There is one critical note that needs everyone's attention. When you look at > the cue sheet, there was a rest stop at a store at mile marker 36 which is at > the top of Willis Gap Road. That store is now closed. There is a restaurant > and a fire station there too. Make sure to bring powder drink mix because we > will stop to get water at either the restaurant or the station, otherwise, > the next full rest stop will be mile marker 50 at Orchard Gap Market. That > is a long way for our first real rest stop. > > There are bathroom facilities in the parking lot from which we are leaving > from. The course is 82 miles and is marked in BLUE from last years ride. We > don't know how well the paint has held up and Carol, the Event Coordinator, > dosen't know either since she hasn't been on the route since last summer so > PLEASE make sure to print the cue sheet and bring a copy with you. > > If you decide to do the 2nd option and eliminate the last climb then you will > be doing close to 75 miles. Either way, it'll be a great ride and a nice > change in doing something different. > > Remember, to please let me know if you are definitely planning on doing this > ride and if you have any other questions. I hope that I covered everything > but if I didn't, I am sure Bert will chime in. > > Thanks, Tony > > Tour_de_Gaps(revised).doc > 78KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
