From: Andy Akard <akard.andy@...> To: Ian Flitcroft <iflitcroft@...> Cc: garandon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2009 7:37:04 PM Subject: RE: [garandon] Questions re your GA 600 plans
Ian, they have paved that road that either Mike or Dave used to call a "goat trail". I shook one of my lights off on that descent one year.
Sorry to bring this up but was that the road where you had some issues with your van when you were helping out one year? Andy
A bag drop would be nice, and I guess I would ride 5 miles for a chance of a shower. But I'll
go with the flow. Ian
On 5/3/09, Andy Akard <akard.andy@att. net> wrote: > I was up in Chattanooga over the weekend riding the 3 State 3 Mountain > century with Nan, John, Linda, Tom and kinda Al. It is an annual nanimal > outing and apparently a ride of choice for several of the SE area > Randonneurs. I saw Jeff B, Birmingham Steve, Tn. RBA Jeff S., John M., > Leslie S., Robert H. and others that I missed or failed to mention. > > The climbs took their toll on me but I love this ride. It rained a bunch on > the climbs but for me that is better than sun. > > Rando-wise, I checked out the route on the middle half of the 600 today on > my way back from Chattanooga. Wow, there is not a better 185 mile ride in > Georgia. Little lanes under the trees, along rivers
and creeks - some > really amazing roads. > > But just like Mike has mentioned in the past - the "spur" to get to the > hotel in Ringgold adds some miles and is not very pleasant riding. Think > about whether or not a drop bag/hotel in Ringgold is essential for your ride > and let me know what you think. It adds 5 miles of not great roads to the > return route. > > So - do you plan to take advantage of a hotel stop at around mile 244 or do > you plan to ride straight through? Would a bag drop somewhere suffice? > > Andy Akard > www.audaxatlanta. com > > >
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I was up in Chattanooga over the weekend riding the 3 State 3 Mountain century with Nan, John, Linda, Tom and kinda Al. It is an annual nanimal outing and...
A bag drop would be nice, and I guess I would ride 5 miles for a chance of a shower. But I'll go with the flow. Ian ... -- Ian Flitcroft Griffin GA home (770...
Ian, they have paved that road that either Mike or Dave used to call a "goat trail". I shook one of my lights off on that descent one year. Sorry to bring...
Back before BMB became defunct, navigating the "pig trail" was excellent preparation for that particular 1200km. BMB had "pig trail" sections that were?much...
Back before BMB became defunct, navigating the "pig trail" was excellent preparation for that particular 1200km. BMB had "pig trail" sections that were?much...
At one time there was mention of a possible 300K concurrent with the 600K. I'm not sure I'm up for a 600K in the mountains this year, since I've only done a...
Walter, there is going to be a concurrent 300. The route was just approved as a RUSA 324 km brevet. The 600 will remain a ACP brevet. One will have to...
The N GA 300 K is now open for registration. See the following link. The time limit for the RUSA 300k will be 21h36m due to the slightly longer distance. RE:...
First of all I'm extremely fond of the 600km course that Andy is hosting this year. It has a little bit of everything (except I guess no shake-n-bake anymore)...
I'll second that. I am so glad this course has been resurrected, with a work-around of the one problem area, the former return into Alpharetta on Sunday...
Mike, I ran into Greg at lunch today and we discussed the 300. It has his name all over it and he thinks yours too. Keep me posted. Andy That said, the new...
He's remembering the old "Mike". The "Master G 300km"... it has a nice ring to it :^) Mike D. ... From: Andy Akard <akard.andy@...> To: PLMHayes@... ...
And for other Randonneurs on the 3 State - the person that I saw the most was Bill Glass out of Nashville. We passed each other back and forth all day but he...
Andy, My plan is to ride straight through, though I reserve the right to catnap anywhere along the way. ;-) However, I'm happy to go with whatever the...
Andy, my plan is also to ride stright through and like Jeff I may do a little catnapping along the way. Vr Gary ... From: Jeff Bauer To: akard andy , GARandon...
... Note that in true rando fashion, Bill stopped and repaired a broken chain for another rider on the course. It was great seeing Andy, Linda, Nan and all the...
Do we (not that I will likely be among the riders) have to make a decision o this? Those who need the bag will ride the extra few miles, those that don't...
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