200 miles or bust
06-24-10, 05:54 PM
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200 miles or bust
Longest ride ever tomorrow. 200 miles over the course of 2 days. Do they make such a thing as a replaceable a s s? 
06-25-10, 09:01 AM
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If you're fitted well on your bike, then it will be no problem. Is this a supported or unsupported ride? My longest ride was an unsupported 253 miler (400km) in 24.5 hours and while I was sore the next day, I certainly didn't need any replacement body parts.
Make sure to take plenty of pictures for your ride report!
Make sure to take plenty of pictures for your ride report!
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06-25-10, 09:27 AM
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If you're fitted well on your bike, then it will be no problem. Is this a supported or unsupported ride? My longest ride was an unsupported 253 miler (400km) in 24.5 hours and while I was sore the next day, I certainly didn't need any replacement body parts.
Make sure to take plenty of pictures for your ride report!
Make sure to take plenty of pictures for your ride report!
06-25-10, 10:41 AM
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What ride are you doing?
I'm doing this one:
https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Skyline-Drive-100
Front Royal to Waynesboro on Saturday, returning Sunday to Front Royal.
06-26-10, 02:32 PM
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Either I missed BigUgly or he wasn't able to complete the ride. I headed up the trail from Spring Mount at 11:30 and was at Crusher Road and Ridge Road by noon. After riding up and down the trail, I headed into Green Lane park. I waited a few minutes at Deep Creek Lake and then headed slowly back, stopping frequently and from time to time heading back up the trail. I asked several cyclists if they had seen a big guy on a tandem, but no one had. By 2:30 I was back at the car.
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You can say ass. 
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06-27-10, 03:20 PM
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Either I missed BigUgly or he wasn't able to complete the ride. I headed up the trail from Spring Mount at 11:30 and was at Crusher Road and Ridge Road by noon. After riding up and down the trail, I headed into Green Lane park. I waited a few minutes at Deep Creek Lake and then headed slowly back, stopping frequently and from time to time heading back up the trail. I asked several cyclists if they had seen a big guy on a tandem, but no one had. By 2:30 I was back at the car.
06-27-10, 03:24 PM
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I will write up a ride report. Saw some neat things along the way but didn't take many pictures. Your alternate into Minersville was exactly what was needed and the perfect time in the ride. Riding along 901 was a bit suckish until that 15 mile descent into town. I must say drivers btwn Pottsville and through Orwigsburg were not very friendly. I remember you mentioning that people in that neck of the woods are not used to cyclists on the road. Once we got to Hawk Mountain drivers seemed friendlier.
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I must apologize Historian we didn't get to Green Lane until 6:30 PM. The 2nd day did not go as planned. After 4 miles a rider who joined me was getting sick and had to jump in the SAG wagon and then Hawk Mountain slowed us way down(it was steeper then the mountains on day 1) along with the fact that some roads on MapMyRide didn't even exist!!! We now call it CrapMyRide!!! We rolled into Kutztown around 2:30 with me having severe knee pain and grabbed lunch in an air conditioned restaurant to cool down. Along with the many, many rollers, extreme heat, bad cue sheets, and knee pain we were going at a snails pace. I did complete the ride which was a total of 207 miles (CrapMyRide listed 193 but whats an xtra 14 miles at that point) and reached my final destination at 8:30 PM. I will post a complete ride report in the next couple of days. I don't have many pics since I was riding but the support folks I had along the way did and I will post some when they are made available to me. We will get together for a ride this year somewhere in your neck of the woods.
That's the south overlook on Hawk Mountain. The road BigUgly climbed starts along the Little Schuylkill River in the middle of the photo. These photos were taken only 200 yards from the road at the top of the mountain.
06-27-10, 03:41 PM
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You gonna eat that?
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06-28-10, 02:04 PM
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Well Done!! You should be proud of your accomplishment.
What was your route into Minersville? We discussed a few different options.
I'd like to apologize on behalf of the 'Coal Crackers' if they didn't mind their manners...
I did notice on MapMyRide and Google that some of the dirt roads (trails) in Sch. Co. were indicated as roads. Not good.
What was your route into Minersville? We discussed a few different options.
I'd like to apologize on behalf of the 'Coal Crackers' if they didn't mind their manners...
I did notice on MapMyRide and Google that some of the dirt roads (trails) in Sch. Co. were indicated as roads. Not good.
