Anyone up for a whole lot of pain in SW Wisconsin in August?
06-13-12, 10:58 AM
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You just may have to ride it to find out.....enjoy some Badger hospitality (not always like the football games).
06-13-12, 11:00 AM
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Nice! There's only one hill within 35 miles of me, and they made it illegal for bikes to ride it! Seriously, the police pull cyclists over and ticket them. Fascist Jackboot Suburban Thugs depriving me of my right to endanger myself!
95% of my miles are on the commute to work (about 1/3 of the time), which is 13 miles and flat as pancake. I get to climb a highway overpass or two, but that's it.
Still, the DD sounds like a blast.
95% of my miles are on the commute to work (about 1/3 of the time), which is 13 miles and flat as pancake. I get to climb a highway overpass or two, but that's it.
Still, the DD sounds like a blast.
06-13-12, 04:55 PM
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No.. You turn off of one loop to another. For example, instead of going straight for the 50km loop, you take a left up the 100km loop and eventually get back to the 50km loop to do the entire 100km. Pay careful attention to the arrows.
06-13-12, 09:36 PM
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So...Can we get a "I'm gonna sign up for this" list?
I'm thinking the 150k would be perfect, but i would be down with trying the 200k if there was a bit of forum contingent.
???
I'm thinking the 150k would be perfect, but i would be down with trying the 200k if there was a bit of forum contingent.
???
06-13-12, 10:44 PM
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I grew up in the driftless area, too, and 300k in those hills is nuts. Maybe the hills aren't quite so steep out near Dodgeville compared to closer to the Mississippi but they're plenty steep I'm sure. I just don't think I could drink enough beer to keep going for that distance anymore. Oh well, it sounds like a great ride and I'd love to do a ride in the midwest (still waiting for RAGBRAI to return to my home town) but this year I'm going to stay out west and do the Cino Heroica.
06-17-12, 02:50 PM
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So...Can we get a "I'm gonna sign up for this" list?
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06-17-12, 03:55 PM
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Ha.
My skills in manipulation are now complete. I am the master. Sho'nuff.
While it is not official for me, I will sign up. I just go a speeding ticket yesterday. I can't be spending money at this time until the accountant looks the other way.
My skills in manipulation are now complete. I am the master. Sho'nuff.
While it is not official for me, I will sign up. I just go a speeding ticket yesterday. I can't be spending money at this time until the accountant looks the other way.
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I'm in. A Fathers' Day gift to myself! Signed up for the 150, but may change to the 200 if I'm feeling sporty enough by August.
06-17-12, 06:24 PM
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39/13-28?
If that works, I'm in serious consideration of either the 150 or 200.
If that works, I'm in serious consideration of either the 150 or 200.
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06-17-12, 11:48 PM
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There are relatively close hotels in Belmont, Mineral Point (The Redwood is closed), Dodgeville, Ridgeway, Barneveld, Spring Green. I don't know about Lone Rock.
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Oooh, getting to be very tempting. Especially since Robbie has offered to pick me up on the way! What distance are you planning on doing Robbie? Everybody else? I'd be inclined to do the 150k.
06-18-12, 06:32 AM
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We have family flying in from Bavaria that day and we will have just returned from a family expedition to the West Coast.
This has to be played just right.
If eligible, the 150 sounds just right.
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I'm officially in. I forgo some interesting bits on the ebays to finance this shindig.
I'm doing the 200k.
On this.
I'm doing the 200k.
On this.
06-18-12, 07:28 PM
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Found my secret weapon: a 30T Campagnolo cog rattling around in the parts drawer for the 8-speed Mariposa. (39/50)
Figured if RobbieTunes can drive all the way from North Carolina, I can drive from Ontario.
Normally Mrs. Conspiratemus and I (the word is Latin for "let us breathe together") go everywhere on the tandem but she has to fly to Nunavut for two weeks on business. So I'll be breathing (gasping, wheezing, sobbing) for the two of us.
There's gonna be a whole bunch of young fit fast people from Chicago and Madison, huh, right? Oh well....
Figured if RobbieTunes can drive all the way from North Carolina, I can drive from Ontario.
Normally Mrs. Conspiratemus and I (the word is Latin for "let us breathe together") go everywhere on the tandem but she has to fly to Nunavut for two weeks on business. So I'll be breathing (gasping, wheezing, sobbing) for the two of us.
There's gonna be a whole bunch of young fit fast people from Chicago and Madison, huh, right? Oh well....
06-19-12, 07:01 AM
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How will this route compare (difficulty-wise) to last weekend's Horribly Hilly Hundred? A guy at work rode it and even with his titanium Seven and a new compact crank (32-26 low gear I think he said), he had to bail out on a couple climbs. Of course, given the group he rides with they were probably red lined a bunch of the time.
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How will this route compare (difficulty-wise) to last weekend's Horribly Hilly Hundred? A guy at work rode it and even with his titanium Seven and a new compact crank (32-26 low gear I think he said), he had to bail out on a couple climbs. Of course, given the group he rides with they were probably red lined a bunch of the time.
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I've known people to say the 100k HHH is slightly harder than the DD but the 200k DD is slightly harder than the HHH.
atmo, they are equally painful.
06-19-12, 07:27 PM
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The HHH is for people to brag about.
No one gives a rat's tail if you walk up a 200' stand-up hill at the bottom of High Street in Mineral Point.
They appreciate common sense there.
Many people have fallen down it, anyway.
It's emergency brake territory for parking cars.
In their 4th of July 5-miler (Run for the Hill of It), you run down that hill and TL, the opposite of the bike route. If you are one of the leaders, you'll grab the street sign post on the L of the corner and use it to swing you around the corner. Otherwise, you're in danger of going wide and into the old hearse garage. Don't ask me how I know.
No one gives a rat's tail if you walk up a 200' stand-up hill at the bottom of High Street in Mineral Point.
They appreciate common sense there.
Many people have fallen down it, anyway.
It's emergency brake territory for parking cars.
In their 4th of July 5-miler (Run for the Hill of It), you run down that hill and TL, the opposite of the bike route. If you are one of the leaders, you'll grab the street sign post on the L of the corner and use it to swing you around the corner. Otherwise, you're in danger of going wide and into the old hearse garage. Don't ask me how I know.
06-19-12, 08:27 PM
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Hey, Robbie:
Did your boyhood in Wisconsin also involve stuff like whitewashing fences, maybe a trip on a raft? The way you tell these little stories sometimes reminds me...
Did your boyhood in Wisconsin also involve stuff like whitewashing fences, maybe a trip on a raft? The way you tell these little stories sometimes reminds me...
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Has anyone here done the 50k? I'm mildly interested, but am sure I'll be pushing my bike up a lot of hills if I go.