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I agree that the climb that started at Orcutt felt like the toughest of the route. Shoot, bummed I missed you all.
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D2r2 2024
Many thanks to all of the riders to which my wife and I had the opportunity to meet at the Heath checkpoint on the 180K. You guys and gals are awesome and we both had so much fun talking to some of you and seeing the ride from a completely different perspective. I highly recommend volunteering at least once. Truly a very rewarding experience. Hats off to all of the organizers, volunteers and riders.
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This year was great. My buddy came in from Utah again and we decided to do the 100k because neither of us rode much this year. We did the 105 last year but both of us trained less this year and he hadn't done it yet either.
Parking in the mini cornfields was interesting and gave us a laugh. Weather was perfect and if was any sunnier I would have turned into a cramp statue and still be out there decorating the course. As it was, I still went through a dozen bottles of Nuun water and as much pickle water as I could get. I had warned my buddy about Hawks Rd in advance and he laughed at the first paved section then we hit the pasture area (where I once had to stop for a herd of cows), and then we got a bit further down and he understood. We're both mountain bikers too so pretty much made it into a bunnyhop game through that section. Food was good and always enjoy the noms as well as the BBC beer. We'll be back again, but this time I'll try to get more than one 30 mile ride in as my longest training ride. Brought my Lynskey GR300 with lightning bolts along for the ride this year with 700s and 36mm Gravelkings. |
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Mystery Ride with a crew of adults who all used to be kids in Amherst, good times. 20 years living in Western MA, and the crew always manages to find a few roads i’ve never been on.
I ran into Sandy at the lunchstop in Rowe- the way the numbers work out, each participant this year paid for one acre of preservation- or 3 full time equivalent employees. Keep going folks, you all make such a difference! |
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My tally of Nuun water bottles was six of the 750ml size. About one per hour of riding.
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The sun was out for about half an hour or so for the staircase climb and at the top. Perfect for pics and to enjoy some peaches, which they did have.
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