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!
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Team Bubba
Team Bubba New Year’s Day Ride
Happy New Year!
The Team Bubba New Year’s Day ride will depart from St. Elmo Food City at 10:00 a.m. for a climb up Aetna Mountain Rd in Whiteside, TN. Gravel bikes are recommended but not required. The whole route is paved, but Aetna Mtn Rd is a little rough. After party at Taphouse if they are open.
When: 10:00 a.m.
Where: St. Elmo Food City
Stats:37.9 miles, 2,894 ft, and max grade 17.8%
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 for Saturdays 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.
Thursday, January 1 – We’re going to do our part to keep the W-Road beautiful and spend 30 minutes or so cleaning up around the lower switchbacks (the ones near the nursing home). Meet at Redbank Elementary at 9:30 am to car-pool or cycle to the switchbacks. Immediately following will be two ride options: (1) cycle up the W and come back down (with the option to repeat), or (2) Follow the climb with a loop on top of Signal. The longer option is 30 miles with 2,800 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53578294
January 3 – Roll at 10 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 – Start at 10 am from the gravel parking lot at the sculpture gardens on Polk Street to ride from Montague Park to a store stop in Rock Springs, GA.
48 miles and 2300 feet. No climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49761679
January 17 – Start from Red Bank Elementary on Mountain Creek Road at 10 am to ride to Soddy and back. We’ll climb Mobray mountain on Mountain Road and descend Hot Water. Store stop at Mile 28.
50 miles, 3,100 feet with 1 mountain climb
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50970073
January 24 – Roll from the Food City Parking Lot in St. Elmo at 10 am to do a climb that we’ve haven’t done in a year or more. Store stop on 136 on the top of Lookout. Return via Creek Road.
47 miles, 3,100 feet. Climb Nickajack Road.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53610459
January 31 – Roll from the parking lot across from the Falling Water Baptist Church at 10 am. Store stop in Sale Creek at mile 33. Those wanting more can climb Hotwater Road at the way home.
50.4 miles, 2,560 feet. No climbs
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50119282.
February 7 – Will the groundhog have seen his shadow? St. Elmo to Mountain Cove Farms. 50 miles. Time TBD.
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.