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planning a long ride for this sun, dec 4th. start time is 7am SHARP at the black star entrance.
the ride will be two loops.
loop #1 is the blackstar to silverado motorway route. 25 miles, 4500 ft of gain.
loop #2 will the up maple springs (from the end of motorway we hang a left and start up maple) and back down silverado again. this loop is 16 miles and 3500 ft of gain.
total, 42 miles and 8000 ft of climbing. atleast a good 6 hrs of pedalling.
i will be doing this ride, wether solo or group is up to others. so far, Armando (aka epic_mtn_biker) is game (so there is a grand total of 2 of us!!!).
loop #1 is gonna happen. for loop #2, we are gonna try to get as far as we can, most likely to 4-corners at least (we all know that the main divide is an @ss kicker!!!).
i would NOT recommend this ride to shuttlers (I am not sure how one would shuttle this ride) and to anyone that has not atleast done the blackstar/silverado motorway loop. that loop alone is not for the faint of heart when it comes to climbing.
this ride will have loads of fireroad climbs and some up and down sections with VERY steep climbs on some loose fireroads. silverado is a rocky, loose and some-what techy singletrack decent (the only singletrack in the whole ride I believe).
helmets madatory. bring water and you own tubes/nutrition/etc.
weather should be cool and dry.
i will most likely leave my car at the bottom of motorway or around the start of maples. i'll leave some water inside for the guys who ride. we will take a break there and fill up our camelbacks/bottles.
great training ride the VQ or CC. this is a kick back ride, but, as other guys/gals with family/spouses/kids will understand....i do not plan on making this a social event and 10 hr affair (this is also one of the reasons why this ride will start at 7am).
we are going to be riding for awhile, so we can all chat while riding. i hope that we can keep the stops relatively short and that most of the riders can stay close in a pack and no lag too far behind (long rests REALLY kick my @ss and make it tough to warm up again, as i learned when i did this ride a few months ago). i am not trying to be an @ss, please forgive me if it sounds like it. the stop at the end of motorway should be long enough for everyone to regroup, refuel and inhale some food.
all kinds of bikes (fs, ht, ss, whatever) and riders (no jack@sses) welcome.
one can always head back to their car after the b-star/motorway loop if they feel crappy. this can even be done if one wants to turn around while climbing maple. just let someone know so we do not wait for you during the ride!!!
cheers! :beer:
the ride will be two loops.
loop #1 is the blackstar to silverado motorway route. 25 miles, 4500 ft of gain.
loop #2 will the up maple springs (from the end of motorway we hang a left and start up maple) and back down silverado again. this loop is 16 miles and 3500 ft of gain.
total, 42 miles and 8000 ft of climbing. atleast a good 6 hrs of pedalling.
i will be doing this ride, wether solo or group is up to others. so far, Armando (aka epic_mtn_biker) is game (so there is a grand total of 2 of us!!!).
loop #1 is gonna happen. for loop #2, we are gonna try to get as far as we can, most likely to 4-corners at least (we all know that the main divide is an @ss kicker!!!).
i would NOT recommend this ride to shuttlers (I am not sure how one would shuttle this ride) and to anyone that has not atleast done the blackstar/silverado motorway loop. that loop alone is not for the faint of heart when it comes to climbing.
this ride will have loads of fireroad climbs and some up and down sections with VERY steep climbs on some loose fireroads. silverado is a rocky, loose and some-what techy singletrack decent (the only singletrack in the whole ride I believe).
helmets madatory. bring water and you own tubes/nutrition/etc.
weather should be cool and dry.
i will most likely leave my car at the bottom of motorway or around the start of maples. i'll leave some water inside for the guys who ride. we will take a break there and fill up our camelbacks/bottles.
great training ride the VQ or CC. this is a kick back ride, but, as other guys/gals with family/spouses/kids will understand....i do not plan on making this a social event and 10 hr affair (this is also one of the reasons why this ride will start at 7am).
we are going to be riding for awhile, so we can all chat while riding. i hope that we can keep the stops relatively short and that most of the riders can stay close in a pack and no lag too far behind (long rests REALLY kick my @ss and make it tough to warm up again, as i learned when i did this ride a few months ago). i am not trying to be an @ss, please forgive me if it sounds like it. the stop at the end of motorway should be long enough for everyone to regroup, refuel and inhale some food.
all kinds of bikes (fs, ht, ss, whatever) and riders (no jack@sses) welcome.
one can always head back to their car after the b-star/motorway loop if they feel crappy. this can even be done if one wants to turn around while climbing maple. just let someone know so we do not wait for you during the ride!!!
cheers! :beer:
