and anyone else who might be interested.
Want to give it a try?
http://www.horriblyhilly.com/
Sign up starts January 19th at 9am central time. 1000 riders, $65, usually fills up in a few hours. I am thinking 100K, bit I could be talked into 200K.
This is exactly what I am looking to do this upcoming season - But unfortunately I can't commit at this point - cause I don't know what my race schedule is going to look like by the registration date.....Things seem to be last minute for me as of late..... Sorry guys
Thanks for posting that. I should know by the end of the week if i'll be able to clear things out for that weekend. i'll have a lot of work to do to get ready for that long of a ride though.
what is the average time to ride that???
I can do a flat 100K in under 3.5hrs.
The fasted riders do the 200K in under 7 hours, most take 10+ hrs.
I figure 5 or 6 hours to cover the 100K without killing myself.
I've been working on the stationary bike sporadically. It's too boring to do regularly, though I should. Once it warms up a bit I'll get out on some of the hillier back roads around here and get a better idea of how many boxes of Kleenex and baby wipes I'll have to pack to make it trough the day.
I've ridden this area in the past. The POWWOW bicycling organization used to do a ride called Hidden Valleys that rode from Verona to Platville with an optional loop down to Potosi. The ride ran back to Verona on Sunday, 115 miles each day if you did the optional loops and over 5000 feet of climbing each day.
Then there was the Three Mounds Century that ran several consecutive July 4ths but peetered out after a couple years. It started in Mineral Point and it's 100 mile version included much of the same roads with some very tough climbing. This area is really quite pretty and challenging to ride.
I'm in for the 100K if I can get registered AND it doesn't conflict with the TBD dates for the Midwest.
I will be signing up for the 100K. I plan on staying in a nearby hotel. We can split the cost if interested.
I will probably be investing in a 13-29 cassette :)
i live about 45 minutes from there so i'll probably head up in the morning. my door's open if you want to forgo the hotel.
Quote from: Court Jester on January 08, 2008, 03:42:07 PM
i live about 45 minutes from there so i'll probably head up in the morning. my door's open if you want to forgo the hotel.
Might take you up on that. Are you going to sign up? It will be a tough ride, but that is what makes it worth doing.
I'll know monday if i'll be signing up. i may not be able to keep up with you guys, but i'm sure to finish sooner or later.
This isn't that kind of ride, I'm sure we can all find a comfortable pace and ride together.
I signed up for the 100K.
Did either of you guys get signed up?
Closed.
I can't believe it closed in an hour, The ride I used to do in this area quit after 15 years because they could only get 43 riders in 2000.
I'll be sending in the lottery form to see if I can get in the 100K.
Filled in about an hour, I was surprised. I signed up at about 9:30.
Let me know how things go with the lottery.
I will let you know when the date for the Kenosha-Racine bike club ride is picked - the ride we did last spring - 100 miles this time :)
I didn't get home from work until 3:30 (yes that's AM), didn't think they were going to fill 1000 spots that quickly.
In all honesty I have a conflict but IF I can win the lottery I can work around. AHRMA is at RA that weekend but I could do the AHRMA practice Friday and the ride Saturday and maybe a race or 2 Sunday. I only want to do the AHRMA day as a warm up for CCS at RA in July, I've never been on RA.
Depending on whether or not I get the lottery I might even volunteer for a rest stop or something so that I get a guaranteed spot next year.
damn that filled quick. guess i'm stuck riding circles in the wal-mart parking lot
Something like this would leave my ego in shambles good luck fellas
i could still show up and ride right? i just wont get a t-shirt i assume?
or i could just run with this dude... http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cr4O1f0h6ww
Filled in about an hour.
I am not sure how they will know who is part of the ride and who is not. Not sure what would prevent you from going on the ride.
cool. i'll see you there.
Usually wrist bands, jersey numbers or bike numbers. I don't think they can stop you from riding on public roads but they won't want to serve you at the rest stops. Go to the website and there is a form to print for a lottery where they will pick another 300 riders. The form must be postmarked BETWEEN Jan 26 and Feb 2.