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Jad 03-19-2017 09:58 AM

Rasputitsa
 
Saturday, 4/22 in E. Burke, VT

Apparently, the course has essentially been reversed this year. That could mean another run, but this time up the potentially muddier side of "Cyberia." Looking forward to it, and still gotta get the bike together and start riding!

I've done it each year and wonder about the bump in crowd numbers for this rendition. It should be fun in any event.

rsandoval75002 04-05-2017 04:27 PM

:beer:

aarondgirard 04-23-2017 08:48 PM

I didn't it for the second year in a row. Totally awesome this year. The CX finish was a great addition. Looking forward to next year!

fbhidy 02-24-2018 05:45 PM

Whose riding this year?


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Jad 02-25-2018 01:05 PM

I'll be there--gotta get moving on some riding, so it's good motivation. I think the pre-mud season mud season has got a good start in Burke...

scharny 02-26-2018 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jad (Post 2320093)
I'll be there--gotta get moving on some riding, so it's good motivation. I think the pre-mud season mud season has got a good start in Burke...

At the rate things are going, Cyberia may be melted out by race day!:crap:

fbhidy 02-26-2018 05:01 PM

I rode it two years ago and it was dry and rideable to the top.

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marciero 04-14-2018 07:58 AM

I just registered. Will be on the tandem. Only seven tandem teams registered-Much less competition!
I ride in VT often enough, including Northeast Kingdom once or twice per year, also I am not a racer so never felt the pull to do this ride. Had no idea it had become so popular. There are around 1200+ registered.

Note to interested tandem teams: The registration is per bike, not rider, which is pretty cool.

fbhidy 04-14-2018 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by scharny (Post 2320748)
At the rate things are going, Cyberia may be melted out by race day!:crap:



The latest Instagram showed snow at the finish at the BASE of the ski hill!


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Meisen 04-27-2018 09:04 AM

how was it?

fbhidy 04-27-2018 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Meisen (Post 2355281)
how was it?

Brutal (AF)

3 hike-a-bike sections through slushy snow, the last was the final 1/2 mile or so to the finish. I got to the bottom of the final hill into the resort and had nothing in the tank. I'm a big dude (260lbs) and 34x34 wasn't low enough gearing for me on several climbs. So the walk (of shame) up that last 3ish miles took me nearly an hour on dead legs BEFORE the jog through the snow to the finish...

Several very sketchy sections of light snow over icy roads and one road down hill with very coarse fresh gravel that had me white knuckled.

I'm glad I did it, glad to be done with it...

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marciero 04-27-2018 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Meisen (Post 2355281)
how was it?

Had fun. The snow sections were a bit much. Even the fat bikes were walking those, though I suspect they could have let some air out and floated over. The weather was very agreeable. Since it rained the day before, the course was suitably muddy but totally rideable, aside from the snow.
We did on tandem with appropriate gearing for the climbs- 30/36, but the WTB Byways tested my confidence on the muddy rutted descents, especially with my stoker freaking out. We actually fell three times trying to ride in the snow, but they were low speed, slow-motion falls.
The volunteers were great. This being a "race" I was not expecting the volunteer support along the way, with beer, pickle, and energy bar hand-ups, maple syrup shots from shot glasses made of ice, etc.

fbhidy 04-27-2018 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by marciero (Post 2355307)
Had fun. The snow sections were a bit much. Even the fat bikes were walking those, though I suspect they could have let some air out and floated over. The weather was very agreeable. Since it rained the day before, the course was suitably muddy but totally rideable, aside from the snow.
We did on tandem with appropriate gearing for the climbs- 30/36, but the WTB Byways tested my confidence on the muddy rutted descents, especially with my stoker freaking out. We actually fell three times trying to ride in the snow, but they were low speed, slow-motion falls.
The volunteers were great. This being a "race" I was not expecting the volunteer support along the way, with beer, pickle, and energy bar hand-ups, maple syrup shots from shot glasses made of ice, etc.

Which tandem were you riding, I hike-a-biked with a couple on a Cannondale and finished pretty close to them.

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marciero 04-27-2018 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fbhidy (Post 2355359)
Which tandem were you riding, I hike-a-biked with a couple on a Cannondale and finished pretty close to them.

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That was us! Most likely am guessing. I was aware of four tandems. We never saw the two in front, and were cat-and-mousing with a Salsa tandem much of the way.

fbhidy 04-27-2018 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by marciero (Post 2355375)
That was us! Most likely am guessing. I was aware of four tandems. We never saw the two in front, and were cat-and-mousing with a Salsa tandem much of the way.

This is me at the finish (best described as waddling) through the snow https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh15kmqFRo4/

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