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

Team Bubba Sat. 1/24

Ride canceled do to winter weather. Stay warm and safe!

 

 

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

January 2026

Here are the Elite rides in January.   Start times could change during the week of the ride for forecast colder or warmer conditions.  Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for weather related cancelations and updates.

Elite Mid-week Specials (We’re old and unemployed!)
– Wednesday (1/28):  Hillz Makeup Ride from Whole Foods at 4:00.

–  Thursday (1/29):  Soddy Ballfields at 2:00.  35 miles +/-.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53833435

–  Friday (1/30):  St Elmo Food City at 1:00.   41 miles +/-.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53833916

Update for January 31 – Ride canceled.   The temps are forecast to be a bit too chilly for Elites.

Have you set your training resolutions for 2026? We’ve talked about it on rides and General says it’s now official.  See the link below for The Sequatchie 24.

January 3 – Roll at 9:30 am from the Patten Community Center to ride down Lookout  Valley and climb at Trenton. For those wanting an additional 10 miles, the ride will split at the bridge over Lookout Creek and will go south of Trenton to cross over I-59 on Byrds Chapel Road.
40 miles and 2,300 feet.  Climb Sand Mountain.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53433349

January 10 – Ride canceled by rain.

January 17 – Start from Red Bank Elementary on Mountain Creek Road at 10 am to ride to Soddy and back.   Store stop at Mile 25.
46 miles, 2,300 feet. No mountain climb.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53729589

January 24 – Ride canceled by inclement weather.

January 31 – Ride canceled by cold weather.

February 7 – Will the groundhog have seen his shadow?  St. Elmo to Mountain Cove Farms.  50 miles.  Time TBD.

February 28 is the early registration deadline for The Sequatchie 24 on June 13/14. The feature event is an ultra 24-hour race. There are 75 and 150 mile race & ride options . Check it out.
https://www.cyclesequatchie.com/ultra

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.

Bubba Stuff

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

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TB Sat. 1/17

This week, Bubba will head west and south to visit Sand Mountain and McKaig Road near Trenton. Start at 9:30 to let it warm up a little.   When: 9:30 a.m. Where: John A. Patten Community Center in Tiftonia Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53569789 Stats: 61.3 miles and 3,953 ft Store stop at mile 31.6  

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Team Bubba Sat. 1/10 – Washout

Based on the current weather forecast, I’m not planning on posting a ride for Saturday. Come out to ChickenCross on Sunday to race or spectate. The course should be nice and moist.