Breathless Agony open!

[dirtmistress]

Signed up today for the Breathless Agony. It sells out quick so jump on it. Also heard Mulholland Challenge is open now!

[Dino Brown]

This thread is USELESS without links!
http://www.cyclingpros.com/onyx.htm

114 miles.... 12,000 feet of climbing. Sounds like fun!

[Jslow]

Huh... a may start... some of us could be in shape to finish by then. 4 hours 37 min... is that a joke?

[mrtawney]

Is this a road ride or a mountain bike ride?

[SheDevil]

Its a road ride...and pfffffffffffft....if you want to ride mountains Liz, might as well do it right!!!!!

http://www.deathride.com/info.html

[Pain Freak]

I'm in too, Liz.

Signed up yesterday morning. I think it's sold out now.

Also inked for Mulloholland, and Heartbreak Hundred, all over 12K of climbing.

Depending on how these go I might throw in Ride Around the Bear for another 12K. I should have my climbing legs by then?

[sdyeti]

Wow...good luck to those of you riding this event. I'm doing VQ, but man, that many miles on a road bike hurts me just thinking about it

[1x1clyde]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

I'm in too, Liz.

Signed up yesterday morning. I think it's sold out now.

Also inked for Mulloholland, and Heartbreak Hundred, all over 12K of climbing.

Depending on how these go I might throw in Ride Around the Bear for another 12K. I should have my climbing legs by then?

I'm in too Mike for the Breathless Agony, thinking fixie this year??

[Kish Me]

I Just Signed up. Not sold out! Thanks Liz!

Originally Posted by 1x1clyde

I'm in too Mike for the Breathless Agony, thinking fixie this year??

What would be good gearing for a fixie ride? We'd look realy cool at the start , but like Idiots on the climbs!

[dirtmistress]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

This thread is USELESS without links!
http://www.cyclingpros.com/onyx.htm

114 miles.... 12,000 feet of climbing. Sounds like fun!

Thanks Dino. Still learning the unwritten rules of posting stuff.

Originally Posted by SheDevil

Its a road ride...and pfffffffffffft....if you want to ride mountains Liz, might as well do it right!!!!!

http://www.deathride.com/info.html

Thanks girl but not just NO but HELL no!!

Originally Posted by sdyeti

Wow...good luck to those of you riding this event. I'm doing VQ, but man, that many miles on a road bike hurts me just thinking about it

Funny! I think what youre doing would send my back and discs finally over the edge!
What's harder gang?? VQ or Breathless Agony??

[1x1clyde]

Originally Posted by Kish Me

I Just Signed up. Not sold out! Thanks Liz!



What would be good gearing for a fixie ride? We'd look realy cool at the start , but like Idiots on the climbs!

I've practiced going up and down the 38 ala fixie and the worst part is the road past Mill Creek Ranger station all the way to Forest Falls...a nasty little constant incline...I used a 48x20 and it was effing tough!

[biglimey]

Originally Posted by Jslow

Huh... a may start... some of us could be in shape to finish by then. 4 hours 37 min... is that a joke?

What someone hasn't finished in under 4? just joking... that seems like an "Average" speed for a roadie pro to finish....

I'd take 4 days, 37 hours....and a few minutes! Gotta tow the Bob with the keg!

[Bert]

Those doing these races/rides should get a training schedule on here like the others have for VQ & CC.

bert

[dirtmistress]

How does the climbing on this ride compare to the Markleeville Death Ride?

For both the Markleeville Death Ride and the Breathless Agony, the above miles represents the distance from the Start to the Finish for that Pass Option.

From the above table, you might conclude that the Breathless Agony isn't nearly as difficult as the Markleeville Death Ride. However, you are missing a very critical difference: with the Markleeville Death Ride, you get some rests after each climb as you descend down the other side. The Breathless Agony is truly agonizing with most of it's climbing in the 30 miles from the Mill Creek Ranger Station to the top of Onyx Summit ... a "brute of a climb that just goes up and up."

Well I just found this in answer to SheDevil's post about doing a real mountain climb!! The Markleeville Death ride. Hmmm, guess I better take off the 21 and go with a 39x23!! Maybe a 25. NO compacts here!!

The graph didn't come out. Don't know why. It's under FAQ.

[Wrecker]

Hats off to you, I love my compact!

[Pain Freak]

Originally Posted by 1x1clyde

I'm in too Mike for the Breathless Agony, thinking fixie this year??

That is amazing, to do that on a fixie. I rode around the bear with a guy on a fixie, but he didn't finish. He sagged in on the climb up to Onyx summit. But I have no doubt you'll go flying by everyone and I'd just like to hang on long enough to see some of the gapping mouths.

[SheDevil]

Originally Posted by dirtmistress

How does the climbing on this ride compare to the Markleeville Death Ride?

For both the Markleeville Death Ride and the Breathless Agony, the above miles represents the distance from the Start to the Finish for that Pass Option.

From the above table, you might conclude that the Breathless Agony isn't nearly as difficult as the Markleeville Death Ride. However, you are missing a very critical difference: with the Markleeville Death Ride, you get some rests after each climb as you descend down the other side. The Breathless Agony is truly agonizing with most of it's climbing in the 30 miles from the Mill Creek Ranger Station to the top of Onyx Summit ... a "brute of a climb that just goes up and up."

Well I just found this in answer to SheDevil's post about doing a real mountain climb!! The Markleeville Death ride. Hmmm, guess I better take off the 21 and go with a 39x23!! Maybe a 25. NO compacts here!!

The graph didn't come out. Don't know why. It's under FAQ.

Listen...either way I'm not doing it baby!!!! You know how I climb....good until a point, and then I want my mommy(and this is an ugly side I try not to share often). And yeh....I have a compact double too....not a chance in H-E-double hockey sticks.