Century Road Bike Route to Meadows of Dan

Everyone,

 

My wheels and gears are spinning and I'm wondering about the possibility of a Fall "classic" century ride from Danville to Meadows of Dan the weekend of October 15th-16th.  It's the same weekend as the Indian Summer Days fesival in MoD ... I figure they might appreciate us a bunch.

 

Who's in ???

 

 

Chris

 

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:45 PM, SVMBA - Chris Tompkins <svmba@comcast.net> wrote:

Wes,

 

I got to thinking .... How about a "century" route to Meadows of Dan

 

100 miles ... it shows almost 102 miles but I couldn't get MapMyRide to transition onto the parkway without going down a dirt road.

 

This route has 5200 feet of climbing, which makes this route a little more "doable" as compared to B2B or Mitchell.

 

I think this would be a very fast race until the last 20 miles, so it's a lot like B2B, but only half the climbing.

 

Check it out ... Danville needs a great century race of its own.

 

 

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/va/danville/323129014115831061

 

 

With our new Jaguar system, we can do this for sure :)

 

If anyone else wants to comment, feel free to.  Does anyone else have a better suggestion for getting up to the BRP?

 

 

 

Chris

 

Springtime?

My that was a short spring!  Temps tomorrow are forecast to be in the 30's.

I hope you haven't put away your winter gear, you'll need it.  Leave Mal-Mar

at 9:30 for a cool spring ride.  If the weather is bad (rain), call Malcolm for

an update or look on the website message board to see what the current

status is. 

 

Sherman

Storming of Thunder Ridge

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Storming of Thunder Ridge

Saturday ride!

Looks like Spring is finally here!  Warming up in the morning

and really great in the afternoon.

 

Malcolm says 9:30 is a great time to start, so let's meet at

Mal-Mar for a 9:30 departure.

 

See you on Saturday

Sherman

Saturday Ride

After all of the rain we have had, how great is it that the forecast is for

65* and sunshine for Saturday?  Meet at Mal-Mar for a 9:30 departure

Still going to be a little chilly, warming up later on. 

 

Daylight Savings time on Sunday morning, Spring is here!

 

Sherman

Saturday ride

OK guy's here it is.  9:30 from Mal-Mar.  Now, depending on which

weather service you rely on it will be cool (mid 40's) with a chance

of showers in the morning, rain in the afternoon or it will be cool

(mid 40's) and cloudy in the morning with a 30% chance of rain later.

 

Sherman