On Jan 5, 2010, at 6:12 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com>
wrote:
Bring your bike to GFM: A ride through the Blue Ridge Mountains with
Frank Theriault will make the Himalayas seem easy!
I'd like to go, but it might be difficult to do both GFM and Chicago.
It might depend which (if any) Chainsaw might decide to go to.
I will have a road bike this year, so if I do GFM, the bike will be
making the trip, too. Keep in mind, Mark, we didn't do any big hills
on our little 40 mile jaunt to the Tennessee border and back to the
cabin, and I didn't have anything approaching alpine gearing (42-21
was the smallest gear I had). If we'd have been riding in the
mountains closer to GFM I'd have been a goner. Geez, some of those
ascents are long and steep!
I'm thinking maybe a 39 tooth small ring might help a lot.
I live in the Santa Cruz mountains, this has a lot to do with the
30-34 low gear on my roadbikes.
Anyway, to answer the initial question, I'll say "I'd love to but can
only say maybe at this point."
I don't expect to be able to get to GFM.
I wonder if there'd be interest in a multi-day get together out here
on the left coast.
If folks wanted, we could even use the family estate as a base of
operations, I've got several futon/couch/spare beds. The scenery may
not be a match for GFM, but the ocean is about 10 miles away, the
nearest winery a little over one mile, and there's a redwood grove and
a river in my back yard.
If people really want wild life there's the francis household with
their 17 or so cats less than an hour's drive away.
And for the spokeheads, we have Alba road about two miles away 4
miles averaging 10% grade (6.3 km 630m).
cheers,
frank
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