WhiteGiant
Maximum Pace
- Nov 4, 2006
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The "Best of the West" ride that Sergey did a few weeks ago has piqued the interest of a few of us. Thanks Sergey!
The course map is exactly the same, and it is appropriately titled "MADNESS". Thanks Sergey!
It's 174km, that takes in 4 fairly serious climbs, and two smaller bumps along the way. But really, the last climb ends at the 140km mark, and it's all downhill from there, so really it's only 140-something kilometers (See that? Ride psychology 101).
Ideally though, we want to try to get the first major climbs (Ashigara & Mikuni toges) out of the way, and be down in Otsuki (90km-point) before we have our first break. From there, it's 50km to the top of the very last climb (Kazahari-toge) from which we can roll all the way down into Musashi-Itsukaichi at a very easy pace.
There is a train that arrives at "Shin-Matsuda" from Shinjuku at 8:20am, so depending on how long it takes to set up the bikes, I was thinking 8:45 for the roll-out time.
For this very ride, I'm planning on picking up the Ostrich L-100 Bike bag, the smallest and lightest of the lightweight bags out there.
I've contacted a few guys about doing this ride.
Are there any other takers?
See you there! Travis
The course map is exactly the same, and it is appropriately titled "MADNESS". Thanks Sergey!
It's 174km, that takes in 4 fairly serious climbs, and two smaller bumps along the way. But really, the last climb ends at the 140km mark, and it's all downhill from there, so really it's only 140-something kilometers (See that? Ride psychology 101).
Ideally though, we want to try to get the first major climbs (Ashigara & Mikuni toges) out of the way, and be down in Otsuki (90km-point) before we have our first break. From there, it's 50km to the top of the very last climb (Kazahari-toge) from which we can roll all the way down into Musashi-Itsukaichi at a very easy pace.
There is a train that arrives at "Shin-Matsuda" from Shinjuku at 8:20am, so depending on how long it takes to set up the bikes, I was thinking 8:45 for the roll-out time.
For this very ride, I'm planning on picking up the Ostrich L-100 Bike bag, the smallest and lightest of the lightweight bags out there.
I've contacted a few guys about doing this ride.
Are there any other takers?
See you there! Travis