The Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon are run on Thanksgiving Day. The Marathon goes from Turner Field to Chamblee and back, starting at 7:30am. The route is up Piedmont, north on Peachtree to the turn around, then back down Peachtree all the way. The Half Marathon (much larger crowd) goes from Chamblee to Turner Field, starting at 7:00am. The route is all the way down Peachtree. The courses will not be closed to traffic, but there will be cones designating the right lane for runners, and there will be cops and volunteers at intersections. Also, being Thanksgiving Day, there will be very little traffic anyway.
It's 18 miles, down Chamblee Dunwoody to Peachtree Ind Blvd, to Peachtree, to Turner Field. On previous rides we've veared over by Emory (down Clairmont) on the way in and come back on Peachtree. Either way, about 35 miles round trip. This may be a good option to give the Half Marathon runners (walkers) time to spread out before we get on their course.
I recommend we leave from DHS at 7:30am on Thursday, or 7:30ish, as soon as Martin is ready. We should be back at DHS by 9:45ish.
Dear Dunwoody Cyclists,
Tour Louie scheduled to ride tomorrow has been canceled, and will be
rescheduled. This is due to a forecast of 100% of rain.
If you know of any riders, please let them know!
James DeLuccia
Next week is Thanksgiving week. I will not be in town for the Weekend Warm-up on Friday. That means the ride is open for any route changes you may want to make. I have not heard of any other changes to the weely schedule.
For tomorrow morning's 7:30 ride, weather.com forecasts 44 degrees and a 20% chance of rain at the start. By 10:00, the temperature should be up to 50 with no increase in the chance of rain. Dress appropriately.
Come out and join us on one of our regularly scheduled group rides. We have multiple skill levels, paces and many are "No Drop" rides. So if your looking for a friendly competitive group ride, come on out!
Weekly Scheduled Rides
Fridays @ noon – Weekend Warm-up, 15 miles, No Drop (Fresh Market in DunwoodyVillage) (the usual ride leader will be out of town on the day after Thanksgiving)
Saturdays @ 6:25 – Tour De Kalb, 15 miles, Paced Commute, (AvondaleEstatesClockTower-to-DunwoodyHigh School) ( c_mottram@... )
Saturdays @ 7:30am – Saturday Group Ride, 36 miles with A & B groups (DunwoodyHigh School)
Sundays @ 8:00am – Chick-fil-A Ride, one of 2 routes (Brookhaven or Vinings) (Chick-fil-A on Mt Vernon near Abernathy)
"Dunwoody Cycling (DC) is purely a social club of cycling enthusiasts. DC does not undertake to provide any advice or guidance regarding, or supervision of, any club activity or to ensure in any way the safety of any member. Anyone choosing to take part in any club-related activity does so at his or her own risk."
"DC does not endorse any opinions that may expressed by any of its members, particularly any such opinions that may be offered on the rides. If you are easily offended, we recommend that you ride with a nicer group. Seriously."
Road Bike for sale - really it's a complete package especially for someone
getting into the sport- It isn't designated women's specific but I am female and
can tell you it would probably be great for someone 5'4-5'7 or so- it was set up
for commuting - touring (drivetrain) last year
Here's the breakdown-
Specialized Allez (originally a 2002 or 2003) double butted Alum Frame -
measures 49/50 (I'm 5'6" and it fits me well)
New Carbon Fork, New cassette (12/27) new chain, new touring crank
Was upgraded in 2005 to new black 105 shifters and brakes (9 speed)
Basic Wheels but they are true
Stainless bottle cages come with
Shimano Flight Deck computer comes with - I love this computer
Matching red under-the-saddle bag comes with
bright rear flasher on bag comes with
Road Bar-end flashers come with
entry level rechargeable niterider headlight comes with
Choice of Used Ritchey V4 Comp SPD-compatible pedals, or Look-compatible road
pedals with ti spindles come with
Bike was set up for commuting last year so I put an 18 deg stem on it - I have
other stems if buyer would prefer something different
just took pics last night - email me if you would like them
It's a complete bike and set up so it's $400 - that is non negotiable because
I'd rather keep it and trying to negotiate would be all the incentive I needed
to know I should keep it. It was my first road bike and I've always loved it,
but my evil HOA is making me keep all my bike stuff inside, off my covererd
deck, and something has to go. This bike has been ridden and enjoyed - about
5,000 miles before swapping shifters and brakes, then about 2,500 before
changing the crank, chain, cassette and fork last year. It has some scratches,
no dents, and bar phat gel under the bar tape. It's getting freshly tuned today
and as I said, the wheels are true and all is in good working order
Kennesaw Mountain if you can get away at lunch sometime during the week is a
good time :-)
--- In DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Goldstein <mgoldstein4@...>
wrote:
>
> One pretty close to Dunwoody is the hill from the bottom of the Huntcliff
> Swimming pool and Equestrian center. I think it is about a mile. The first
> part is the steepest grade I have seen in North Atlanta. Huntcliff also has
> some decent hills and rollers if you want do some laps. Huntcliff is about
> a mile north of the Northridge exit on 400 on Roswell road on the left.
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:34 PM, anntrav <anntrav@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In East Cobb, start at Wigley Road and climb up Sweat Mountain through
> > the Highland Pointe neighborhood. Nasty.
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
> > DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Bret Levy
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:12 PM
> > *To:* stephen walker
> > *Cc:* DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* Re: [DunwoodyCycling] Hills
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station towards Ball Mill,
> > when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field on the right
> > (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street with a sign
> > that says "private road". Go up that hill! It is about 1 mile long with
> > the last quarter being quite tough. It dead ends into a cul-de-sac so you
> > just coast it out.
> >
> >
> >
> > The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is over in Vinings and is pretty
> > damn tough. You can do repeats there by starting at the bottom
> > (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe restaurant (near where
> > Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way until it intersects
> > AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the hill to Cochise again.
> > Rinse. Repeat.
> >
> >
> >
> > have fun...
> >
> > ______________________________________
> > Bret Levy
> > (mobile) 404-862-7887
> > (tel) 678-990-5460
> > (fax) 678-990-5461
> > (email) bret@...
> >
> > I can't understand why people are frightened
> > by new ideas. I'm frightened of old ones.
> > -- John Cage
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:33 AM, stephen walker wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > What do we have in the order of mountianus (sp) hills here in Dunwoody?
> > Anything longer / steeper than ball mill?
> >
> > Doing beast of the east 70.3 in the spring and need some serious hill
> > training.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
I’ll second Bret’s comments re Mountain Park. I
did interval training in Mountain Park to prep for 6 Gap. Go up West Lake,
down Mountain Park & across Lakeside to return to West Lake.
Larry
Schroeder AT&T 675 West Peachtree
Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30375 Office 404-927-3777
From:
DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Bret Levy Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:53 PM To: DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DunwoodyCycling] Hills
Oh yeah, there is also Mt Park in Roswell. It's a
hogpen-like hill (shorter of course). Harder than Cochise.
If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station towards
Ball Mill, when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field on the
right (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street with a
sign that says "private road". Go up that hill! It is
about 1 mile long with the last quarter being quite tough. It dead ends
into a cul-de-sac so you just coast it out.
The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is
over in Vinings and is pretty damn tough. You can do repeats there by
starting at the bottom (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe
restaurant (near where Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way
until it intersects AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the
hill to Cochise again. Rinse. Repeat.
I can't understand why people are frightened
by new ideas. I'm frightened of old ones.
-- John Cage
On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:33 AM, stephen walker wrote:
What do we have in the order of mountianus (sp) hills here in
Dunwoody? Anything longer / steeper than ball mill?
Doing beast of the east 70.3 in the spring and need some serious hill training.
Steve
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There is a climb that I hit on my way to work everyday. Not sure how it compares against the others here.
Coming out of Cochran Shoals near 285, turn left, cross the bridge, pass the other park parking then the next left (on the right is 285) is the entrance into RiverEdge Parkway NW. Very nice climb there. Go all the way to the end, turn right, then right again and then back down to the entrance again and then do it all over.
If you want to find it on google maps or yahoo, look for 2100 RiverEdge Pkwy, 30328.
Happy climbing
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Bret Levy <bret@...> wrote:
If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station towards Ball Mill, when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field on the right (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street with a sign that says "private road". Go up that hill! It is about 1 mile long with the last quarter being quite tough. It dead ends into a cul-de-sac so you just coast it out.
The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is over in Vinings and is pretty damn tough. You can do repeats there by starting at the bottom (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe restaurant (near where Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way until it intersects AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the hill to Cochise again. Rinse. Repeat.
One pretty close to Dunwoody is the hill from the bottom of the Huntcliff Swimming pool and Equestrian center. I think it is about a mile. The first part is the steepest grade I have seen in North Atlanta. Huntcliff also has some decent hills and rollers if you want do some laps. Huntcliff is about a mile north of the Northridge exit on 400 on Roswell road on the left.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:34 PM, anntrav <anntrav@...> wrote:
In East Cobb, start at Wigley Road and climb up Sweat Mountain through the Highland Pointe neighborhood. Nasty.
If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station towards Ball Mill, when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field on the right (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street with a sign that says "private road". Go up that hill! It is about 1 mile long with the last quarter being quite tough. It dead ends into a cul-de-sac so you just coast it out.
The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is over in Vinings and is pretty damn tough. You can do repeats there by starting at the bottom (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe restaurant (near where Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way until it intersects AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the hill to Cochise again. Rinse. Repeat.
If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station towards Ball Mill, when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field on the right (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street with a sign that says "private road". Go up that hill! It is about 1 mile long with the last quarter being quite tough. It dead ends into a cul-de-sac so you just coast it out.
The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is over in Vinings and is pretty damn tough. You can do repeats there by starting at the bottom (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe restaurant (near where Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way until it intersects AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the hill to Cochise again. Rinse. Repeat.
In East Cobb, start at Wigley Road and climb up Sweat Mountain
through the Highland Pointe neighborhood. Nasty.
From:
DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Bret Levy Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:12 PM To: stephen walker Cc: DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DunwoodyCycling] Hills
If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station
towards Ball Mill, when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field
on the right (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street
with a sign that says "private road". Go up that hill! It
is about 1 mile long with the last quarter being quite tough. It dead
ends into a cul-de-sac so you just coast it out.
The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is
over in Vinings and is pretty damn tough. You can do repeats there by starting
at the bottom (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe restaurant
(near where Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way until it
intersects AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the hill to
Cochise again. Rinse. Repeat.
If you are going east on Spalding from the fire station towards Ball Mill, when you get to the bottom of the hill past that big field on the right (where there are (or were) some soccer goals) there is a street with a sign that says "private road". Go up that hill! It is about 1 mile long with the last quarter being quite tough. It dead ends into a cul-de-sac so you just coast it out.
The other "fun" hill is Cochise (sp?). It is over in Vinings and is pretty damn tough. You can do repeats there by starting at the bottom (intersection of Cochise and East Paces) near Canoe restaurant (near where Paces Ferry crosses the river), ride Cochise all the way until it intersects AGAIN with Paces Ferry. Turn left and ride down the hill to Cochise again. Rinse. Repeat.
From: Carmen Brahim
[mailto:carmen.brahim@...] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:33 PM To: 'Kelly Tripp'; 'LTF Alpharetta Cycling Club' Subject: Looking for a bike...
Hello all,
I have two
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know if you know of anyone who might be selling one and feel free to forward
this email to anybody who might be interested.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:19:43 -0800 From: Dennis McClintock
Subject: Thanksgiving morning ride To: Wallace McRoy
Wallace,
Can you post this to the Dunwoody group? I've tried to enter it as a ride on the SBL site but it apparently needs to be reviewed/approved by someone before it shows up.
Jack Hondred put together a great route last year that we will follow again this year. The ride is on Thanksgiving morning starting at 9:00AM. The start location is behind the Brookhaven Marta station at the intersection of Apple Valley Road and Fernwood Circle NE.
This is a nice 22 mile route with a few climbs.
Plenty of time to do the ride and get back home for lunch.
My favorite that is fairly close by (Johns Creek) is what my group refers to as Aberdeen. It is Laurel Springs Parkway eastbound between Peachtree Parkway and Old Atlanta Rd. The climb is about 1/2 at between 13 and 17%. It's great for hill repeats.
Off of Mt Vernon in Sandy Springs west of Roswell road, inside 285, clockwise, take:
- Mt Vernon Pky (then Crest Valley over to...)
- Jett Forrest Trail (dead end, turn around, Crest Valley over to...)
- Northside Drive (then Powers Ferry over to...)
- Dupree
Repeat.
From: DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of stephen walker Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:34 AM To: DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DunwoodyCycling] Hills
What do we have in the order of mountianus (sp) hills here in Dunwoody? Anything longer / steeper than ball mill?
Doing beast of the east 70.3 in the spring and need some serious hill training.
I for one have never done a ride in the dark, if I decide to try it there is no better way than to start with coach Robert.
Hanaa Nessim
To: DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com; robert@... From: lewismaygru@... Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:32:45 -0500 Subject: Re: [DunwoodyCycling] new weekly night group ride
Wouldn't exactly call that a "night" ride. Would love it if it started around 8pm or so. Speaking of...Mike Smith and I have done a few genuine night rides in Dunwoody recently, so there are still some of us interested in doing that. So by all means, speak up if there are others.
Subject: [DunwoodyCycling] new weekly night group ride
Starting Dec 3rd @ 6:30, a new weekly night group ride starts at St. Mtn Park. Distance approximately 25 miles and is a no-drop ride. Helmets, headlights and taillights are required. If you ever thought about riding in the dark, this is the place and time to start. This weekly ride will be led byMyCycleCoach.com's Robert Wilhite so you can expect a very organized ride.
All details in my Blog on my website (click here) for specific meeting points. Hope to see lots of DC riders.
Wouldn't exactly call that a "night" ride. Would love it if it started around 8pm or so. Speaking of...Mike Smith and I have done a few genuine night rides in Dunwoody recently, so there are still some of us interested in doing that. So by all means, speak up if there are others.
Subject: [DunwoodyCycling] new weekly night group ride
Starting Dec 3rd @ 6:30, a new weekly night group ride starts at St. Mtn Park. Distance approximately 25 miles and is a no-drop ride. Helmets, headlights and taillights are required. If you ever thought about riding in the dark, this is the place and time to start. This weekly ride will be led byMyCycleCoach.com's Robert Wilhite so you can expect a very organized ride.
All details in my Blog on my website (click here) for specific meeting points. Hope to see lots of DC riders.
Starting Dec 3rd @ 6:30, a new weekly night group ride starts at St. Mtn Park. Distance approximately 25 miles and is a no-drop ride. Helmets, headlights and taillights are required. If you ever thought about riding in the dark, this is the place and time to start. This weekly ride will be led byMyCycleCoach.com's Robert Wilhite so you can expect a very organized ride.
All details in my Blog on my website (click here) for specific meeting points. Hope to see lots of DC riders.
Martin, I wanted to let you know about a new website one of the
guys I ride with has started. cyclingpowerdata.com. It is a site where
riders may upload their power data and compare to others. right now it
only supports data from powertap and polar. Its all in good fun. Like
every group ther are "techies" who are in to this stuff. I am one. can
you share this with Dunwoody Cycling or email with more question or i
will have the website designer call you. His name is Doug Mathews, douglasmathews@....
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Tomorrow night, Monday 11/15 at 7 pm at City Hall the Dunwoody
City Council will receive the first reading of a proposed Resolution /Action Plan
to become a bike-friendly community. This was submitted by the Bike Taskforce about
a month ago.
Can you please attend the meeting to voice your support? You
could also introduce yourself to the new Director of Public Works, Michael
Smith (don’t yet know the history of Richard Meehan’s departure).
Unfortunately, I will be travelling out of town and will be
unable to make the council meeting tomorrow. Please help our group efforts and
carry the torch!!
A few guys(kurt ,adam, maybe rob) are riding from the river tomorrow at 130 pm (where the sat 730 am ride takes a break), they are going to do the roswell route if any one is interested in a 25 mile loop.
-----Original Message-----
From: rohayon1@...
To: Martin Dunwoody <martin@...>; DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Nov 13, 2009 8:03 am
Subject: Re: [DunwoodyCycling] surprising article / fri pre lunch bunch 15
A few of us will be at the fresh market at 11 today. To do an extra 15.
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From: martin <martin@balgacpa.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:22:22 -0500
To: DunwoodyCycling<DunwoodyCycling@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [DunwoodyCycling] surprising article / fri pre lunch bunch 15