Here is my Dilemna. I ran into Dave at Bicycle Sports today and learned to my "horror" that this years TdH is actually on the 17th. I had misunderstood the...
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Daniel Norton
danielnorton...
Sep 10, 2007 3:11 am
Note these other events that weekend: Nov 3: Wurstcross (Tentative) Tour de Gruene Ride Nov 4: Tour de Gruene Race...
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Paul
drum_sing
Sep 10, 2007 3:40 am
Indeed. LOL I did. I'll just have to keep hoping... or give in to some of these other events. ... ...
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Sean Woods
sean_climbs
Sep 10, 2007 10:59 pm
I might be interested. I plan on doing it on the 17th but I wouldnt mind a pre hugel, at least a half hugel. -Sean...
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rachel gunn
rachel.gunn
Sep 10, 2007 11:38 pm
I'd be interested too. I can't ride any of the suggested dates in November though. End of October anyone?? Rachel ... ...
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Melanie McNearney
melaniemcnea...
Sep 11, 2007 2:24 am
i might be up for that. Maybe even Annick. Since she is going to be out of town that weekend. I maybe going to go see Van Halen the weekend of the Hugel...
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Paul
drum_sing
Sep 11, 2007 4:58 am
To all Potential Pre-Hugelists, It appears that there are enough of you out there that we could make this happen. I'll be back in touch as the weekend of the...
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trevor hadley
hadleyafu
Sep 12, 2007 6:09 pm
where can I find info on the tour? I am trying to work the schedule to do it and was wondering on Date and location. What are the ride stipulations? ... ...
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Bryan McKenney
austin_skater
Sep 12, 2007 6:20 pm
The Yahoo group has information from the past Hugels http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/tourdashugel/files/ But boiled down to it's purest form, the date is...
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trevor hadley
hadleyafu
Sep 12, 2007 6:32 pm
Suffering! Sounds like fun for this flatlander. 10 hour cutoff for the sirt and the glory correct? Bryan McKenney <austin_skater@...> wrote: The...
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Daniel Norton
danielnorton...
Sep 12, 2007 6:39 pm
It might be a good to post the date somewhere on the website. :-)...
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jonathonhagar
Oct 3, 2007 3:44 pm
Getting curious......
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Daniel Norton
danielnorton...
Oct 3, 2007 3:49 pm
... See the "Links" page for last year's routes. I haven't heard that they're changing substantially. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tourdashugel/links -- ...
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kenneth jessett
kjgbuk
Oct 3, 2007 4:21 pm
The problem for those of us who have never done this ride and knows absolutely nothing about it is, all the links assume you do know all about it. I'd like to...
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michael harris
ravenmore7
Oct 3, 2007 4:28 pm
Well, as far as I know no one "officially" puts this ride on. Travis organizes it, but this ride started as just a bunch of crazy guys on bikes setting out to...
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Patricia Rosen
pbrosen2us
Oct 3, 2007 5:27 pm
I met one of the foks that helped put this ride togetehr when I was up in Dallas.... it's just some folks that said can we do all of the hills in one day and...
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trevor hadley
hadleyafu
Oct 3, 2007 6:13 pm
What happens to the people that get dropped? Is there at least a little hand held map at the beginning to let you know which direction to go? Patricia Rosen...
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Jim Bronson
jnm_bronson
Oct 3, 2007 7:25 pm
It's not private, but it is informal from what I've gathered. Informal rides are pretty common around Austin. The date is November 17th. I'm waiting for...
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kenneth jessett
kjgbuk
Oct 3, 2007 7:50 pm
Yes Jim, I was beginning to recognize it for an 'Ad Hoc' sort of event, I originally heard about it from the Hill Country Randonneurs group so I had assumed...
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Carey Jung
careyjung
Oct 3, 2007 8:25 pm
By the way, I'm going to ride part of last year's route this Sunday morning to get familiar with it. (I only recently found out about the ride and this...
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Jim Bronson
jnm_bronson
Oct 3, 2007 8:40 pm
That's just it, there is no "group" that arranges this ride per se. And I am glad. One of the things I love about randonneuring is that there doesn't have to...
I read this last thread and the only comment I have is people should not bring their own SAG wagon unless they meet with Travis first. Too many SAG's on the...
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careyjung
Oct 4, 2007 11:29 am
... No problem. (I was thinking more along the lines of a few cases of energy bars.)...
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Travis Justilian
tmj360
Oct 4, 2007 1:35 pm
Howdy Hugelers! Sorry for going radio-silent on you! Kind of got wrapped up in doing what we do when we're not riding bikes. Ugh. I'm getting excited, as it...
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jonathonhagar
Oct 4, 2007 1:52 pm
I'm very happy to hear about the starting point - it'll make it a bit easier for those of us who are car-free to get there. I remember you saying earlier in...
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Daniel Norton
danielnorton...
Oct 4, 2007 2:16 pm
Meteorological Stats for November 17th in Austin: Sunrise: 6:57 am CST (So I guess wheels roll at 7:00 am?) Sunset: 5:33 pm CST Average max temp: 70°F...
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kenneth jessett
kjgbuk
Oct 4, 2007 2:34 pm
The ride is still along way off, I know, but there's no harm in talking about it. Does anyone have any ideas what grades are expected? I'll have to decide...
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Daniel Norton
danielnorton...
Oct 4, 2007 2:47 pm
I believe that the grades are the steepest Austin has to offer. Be ready for 20% with legs that aren't very fresh. But this ain't Colorado: the horizontal...
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Jim Bronson
jnm_bronson
Oct 4, 2007 2:47 pm
You will want to bring a triple on these hills, I will be bringing mine for sure. The highest grade will be above 20%, although short. There will be many...
