Whine Like a Man

We’re a cycling group that’s been riding in the Chattanooga area for more than 25 years. Bubba isn’t affiliated with a club team or shop so you’re welcome to ride with Bubba regardless of the jersey you wear so long as it has sleeves. (If it doesn’t, even your family doesn’t want to see you so buy a TT bike and learn to be alone.) Show up Saturday, get heckled about your stupid looking socks or sunglasses, embrace your new nickname, and BeABubba too!

Team Bubba

Saturday June 6th

This week we will roll from the Battlefield to hit up some Fly roads. We did this route about 3 months ago in the opposite direction. It should be a good one.

When: 9:00 a.m.
Where: Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center
Stats: 65.8 miles and 3,900 ft

Store Stop Options at Miles 9.0, 18.2, 39.5 and/or 44.8

Post ride lunch at El Matador Mexican Restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe.

Next Week
The Team Bubba ride for June 13th will be the Sequatchie 24 75-mile ride. There are 45-mile, 75-mile, 150-mile, and 24-hour options. There is no registration after June 8th. This is a pre-registration only event with no on-site registration.

The nature of the ride - Pace ranges from conversational to brisk. There are always a few re-grouping points during the first half of the ride. This is the ride for the strongest cyclists in the club.

Bubba Elite

June 2026

Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in June.  Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for weather related cancelations and updates.


June 6 – Roll at 9 am from the old Food City in St. Elmo for the long-awaiting climb up Lookout Mountain on Nick-A-Jack Road.  Store stop at about mile 24 near Plum Nelly.  Return via Lookout  Valley.
47 miles and 3,100 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53610459

June 13 – The Sequatchie 24 Ultra and 75/150 mile race.  Registration deadline is June 8.
https://www.bikereg.com/73895 

June 20 – We’ll start from Ridgeland High School at 9 am to ride to Lafayette.   Park in the large parking lot on the  south side of the school.   Store stop at the Circle-K at mile 28 in Lafayette.
54 miles and 2,700 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51519294

June 27 – Roll at 9 am from Red Bank Elementary on Mountain Creek Road to climb Mountain Road up Mowbray Mountain.  Store stop at about mile 29 at the Circle-K in Soddy.
50 miles and 3,100 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54124469


Thursday, June 18 – WEEKDAY SPECIAL – Ocoee Gravel Ride.  Start at 9 am from the Cookson Creek Church near Camp Ocoee.  28 miles.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51510208


July 4 – We’ll keep it fun and short so everyone can celebrate with family.  Plans are to roll at 8 am from the old Food City in St. Elmo to ride Cash Canyon road.

The nature of the ride - Elite rides honor Team Bubba traditions (lots of heckling) but might be a little shorter and definitely includes more stops and regrouping. The Elite ride is a good entry point to Team Bubba for fit cyclists.

Other Rides

Bubba’s Tuesday

Bubba continues to have several Tuesday options.

Early Bubbas roll from Whole Foods at 4:00 for the Hillz.  Count on 2 hours with some hill intervals.   Unemployed Bubbas usually start earlier (3:00) and do ridge repeats until the 4:00 group comes along.

The traditional Red Bank Route (with a climb) rolls this year at 5:15 from the old BiLo at the corner of Dayton Blvd/Mountain Creek Rd.   This will include a climb up Hotwater.  Count on 2.5 hours.  Please follow the Tuesday rules including no peeing near the shopping center and remaining single file up the climb.

Sunday Afternoon Ride

This standing year-round ride starts from the Walden Town Hall at 2 PM. It’s 22 miles at a recovery pace that includes several sprint points. For those wanting a little more, climb the front of Signal first.

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Typical Holiday Ride

For all Bubbas and bubba want-ta-bes, this ride moves along at a social pace for 39 miles and includes the full length of Missionary Ridge and loops through Chickamauga Battlefield.

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Thursday

(During daylight savings time) ride departs promptly at 5:30PM from the Chickamauga Battlefield parking lot. Route varies somewhat every week, but expect 30+ miles on this under 2-hour Fly-lead ride.

Downtown Lunch Ride

This Elite-style ride has a firm roll-time of 11:45 from the downtown YMCA. Based on work schedules, some days you might be by yourself. Ride time is about 90 minutes and sometimes includes a mountain climb.

Ride Smart

Rides are on open roads so obey traffic rules, WEAR A HELMET, and RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK (the dad-burn lawyers made us say that). Learn to whine about the pace being too fast or slow, the route being too steep or too flat, and the course being too long or too short, and you will BEABubba too.

IF YOU RIDE, YOU RELEASE.

Be sure to review the release posted on this site.

Know the Rules

Cycling Rules Man

Latest News & Events

Saturday June 6th

This week we will roll from the Battlefield to hit up some Fly roads. We did this route about 3 months ago in the opposite direction. It should be a good one. When: 9:00 a.m. Where: Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32427929 Stats: 65.8 miles and 3,900 ft Store Stop Options at Miles 9.0, 18.2, 39.5 and/or …

June 2026

Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in June.  Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for weather related cancelations and updates. June 6 – Roll at 9 am from the old Food City in St. Elmo for the long-awaiting climb up Lookout Mountain on Nick-A-Jack Road.  Store stop at about mile …

Sat. May 30th

Once again, the weather folks can make up their mind. So, we are putting this out there in case the weather works out. Roll from St. Elmo Food City at 8:30 for a trip around and over Lookout. When: 8:30 a.m. Where: Old St. Elmo Food City Route: BurkHalterTop Stats: 64.7 miles 4,272 ft Store stop …