Colorado High Country 1200k: Ride Report

[dauwhe]

I finally finished a 1200k! Ride report (with photos) here:

http://velocio.blogspot.com/2012/07/colorado-high-country-1200k-ride-report.html

Dave

[rodcad]

I finally finished a 1200k! Ride report (with photos) here:

http://velocio.blogspot.com/2012/07/colorado-high-country-1200k-ride-report.html

Dave

That's just amazing to me, great job! I'm in CO and it would take me a month to do that :)

[Wilkinson4]

Great blog and congrats! A great accomplishment!!!

mIKE

[xjoex]

That is awesome Dave!

-Joe

[goonster]

Congratulations, Dave!

[chwupper]

Congrats! Great report and pics. I'm totally blown away....

[Not the Slowest]

Peter Chisholm is the owner of Vecchio's and a great Forum member who had in th epast sent me some parts for my bike at No charge.

Goes by OldPotatoe

[dauwhe]

Peter Chisholm is the owner of Vecchio's and a great Forum member who had in th epast sent me some parts for my bike at No charge.

Goes by OldPotatoe

Indeed! Visited the shop twice, my friends and I had a fun chat with Joe. The next day they replaced the chain on my bike while I waited. A great place!

Dave

[Not the Slowest]

You road with my friend Mordecai, he can ride forever.
Want to feel out of shape? Just watch him do a 200K with 8500 Ft of climbing on his Fixie.

Robert

[maxdog]

Great blog and recounting of your adventure. I too, enjoy touring and xc-sking of all varieties. Who Knows, maybe someday we'll hook up. Congrats on your accomplishment and many more in the future. Take care.

[dauwhe]

You road with my friend Mordecai, he can ride forever.
Want to feel out of shape? Just watch him do a 200K with 8500 Ft of climbing on his Fixie.

Robert

I rode with Mordecai quite a bit! Good guy and a strong, determined rider!

[Waldo]

Dude! I did Alta Alpina 8-pass challenge and suffered horribly and you did 3.5 of those!!!

[charliedid]

Nicely done!

[gone]

Great report. Congratulations on your finish!

[R2D2]

Great ! Very proud of you.

Now get ready for LEL or PBP.
We'll drink a lot after the finish.

BTW it will take a good three weeks to feel human again.

[fiamme red]

Congratulations, Dave! Don't forget to order the jersey. You've earned it. :hello:

[dauwhe]

Congratulations, Dave! Don't forget to order the jersey. You've earned it. :hello:

I ordered it that night... the whole point is to be able to wear the jersey at Great River Ride, among all my friends with BMB and PBP jerseys :banana:

Dave

[carlucci1106]

Great read, Dave; congrats on your accomplishment. Thanks for sharing, it was interesting all the way through, and definitely gives you the itch to do something similar.

[Bob Loblaw]

Awesome ride! I would love to do one of those and this is fuel for the fire for sure!

[tiretrax]

That's awesome. I salute you. A month's riding in just a few days!

[RudAwkning]

Sweet! Great job. I still haven't done a 1200k yet. I've got my eye on that one down the road for sure though. Also looking at the Alaska "Big Wild Ride" and the Davis "Gold Rush".

I rode my first 1000k 3 weeks ago. Did the SFR Golden Gate 1000. It was split across 3 days. 237 miles on day 1, 219 on day 2 and 170 on day 3. We got smacked down with 32,000' of elevation gain, nasty winds on day one, and a freak rainstorm and 15mph headwinds heading south on Hwy1 for 100 miles from Fort Bragg to Jenner on day 2.

We had 26 starters and only 14 finishers. Many of the DNFers were Grand Randonnee finishers too. The weather on day 2 was just insane. And nobody was prepared for a coastal downpour like that only a week after the summer solstice. Even on the morning of, there was only a 40% chance of precipitation.

Are you looking at PBP in 2015? Hopefully we'll cross paths.

[Louis]

Very impressive, Dave. Congratulation on finishing a great ride.

[rwsaunders]

Fantastic achievement and equally as impressive story! Thanks for sharing as it was exciting to read.

[fiamme red]

Sweet! Great job. I still haven't done a 1200k yet. I've got my eye on that one down the road for sure though. Also looking at the Alaska "Big Wild Ride" and the Davis "Gold Rush".

I rode my first 1000k 3 weeks ago. Did the SFR Golden Gate 1000. It was split across 3 days. 237 miles on day 1, 219 on day 2 and 170 on day 3. We got smacked down with 32,000' of elevation gain, nasty winds on day one, and a freak rainstorm and 15mph headwinds heading south on Hwy1 for 100 miles from Fort Bragg to Jenner on day 2.

We had 26 starters and only 14 finishers. Many of the DNFers were Grand Randonnee finishers too. The weather on day 2 was just insane. And nobody was prepared for a coastal downpour like that only a week after the summer solstice. Even on the morning of, there was only a 40% chance of precipitation.Congratulations on finishing a very tough ride.

A big difference between a 1000k and 1200k, besides the extra distance and extra day of riding, is that a 1000k tends to attract mainly local riders, while a 1200k will attract riders from all over the country. The Rocky Mountain 1200 this year even has quite a few Japanese riders signed up.

[firerescuefin]

Respect:cool:.

Enjoyed the blog and pics. Not my scene, but certainly could be in a different season in life. Thanks for posting.

[dauwhe]

We had riders from all over--Texas, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, San Francisco, Seattle, DC, New York, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Montana, and Wyoming as well as Colorado. And that's just from memory :)