any of you non-mountain goats doing the Ride for Hope out of the Trek store this Saturday ?
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Gyros: 12770] Mountain Ride Update, Saturday, the 25th G's, (A GROUP) Just a reminder that our ride is still on for next Saturday, April 25th. Looks like we made a wise choice on which day to ride. Current weather is predicting low 80's and sun in Mt Airy Saturday with a mild start in the high 50's. PERFECT! Others have also expressed an interest in going. Please let me know so we can plan our traveling arrangements. If anyone wants to get a B GROUP together to join us, please post. Head count so far is: Tony Bert Keil Steve Randy Logan Brian Tim THE PLAN: We leave from the Kohl's parking lot at 6am, Saturday, April, 25th. This is the Kohl's at Brier Creek. 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.0/2066 - Release Date: 04/18/09 09:55:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
