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Post by dgaddis1 on Sept 9, 2012 21:04:16 GMT -5
What an awesome weekend. 6 CSRA folks headed up to Copperhill, TN for the Black Bear Rampage. Me, mark, Tom, and Dave all rode together and the Funks rode up on their own a few days early. The race today was great, picture perfect weather, crazy fun trails. Flowy, very fast, but rocky enough you need decent handling skills to go fast. I rode as good as I could of hoped, steady pace the whole way, didn't cramp till the five man sprint to the finish. 40 miles, 4:02 total time. I was shooting for under 4, but I'll take it. About 20mins faster than the last time I did it. Stopped at one SAG to refill my bottles and a few quick stops to eat. Tom Z. had an awesome ride and finished in 3:49, David F. was 10 mins faster and took 2nd in his class. Mark H. had issues with his seat post sliping , and even going off course back to his truck to swap seat post collars he finished in 4:15! Here's some pics. Mark was kind enough to drive us again. We stayed at the Ocoee Country Inn/Chevron/Champs Chicken and Fish Too/car wash. You check in inside the chevron. The Friday night special. It actually wasn't bad at all. No really, it could have been waaaaaaaaay worse. Last minute tune ups. Post race grub. It was good. The scene at the finish.
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Post by beckyl on Sept 10, 2012 7:28:26 GMT -5
Great job guys!! Glad you had such a good day.
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Post by azdrawdy on Sept 10, 2012 15:52:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics and write-up. Glad you all had such a good time. We have ridden the general route several times now. Those are some serious gravel roads up there! Seems like either straight up or straight down. The single and double track in that area is also outstanding.
MD
P.S. Looking forward to seeing the jerseys on our trails!
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Post by brianW on Sept 10, 2012 18:48:27 GMT -5
One race I would like to do some year.
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Post by seenvic on Sept 10, 2012 22:04:53 GMT -5
Good job. how were the frog legs?
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Post by dgaddis1 on Sept 11, 2012 6:30:02 GMT -5
Good job. how were the frog legs? We didn't get there till Saturday night, so we missed the frog legs. Maybe next year...
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Post by dgaddis1 on Sept 13, 2012 8:59:11 GMT -5
Photographer's pics are up. I'm trying to figure out if/how I can buy the electronic files... These are my favorites: here, here, here, here, and here.
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