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!
Whine Like a Man
Team Bubba
TB Sat. 6/28
In an attempt to honor some ride requests by the Fly and 003, we will roll from Tunnel Hill, GA, for a trip south to Subligna and back. These should be some good roads with low traffic and no major climbs. Post ride lunch at Farm to Fork or El Charro Bar and Restaurant.
When: 8:30 a.m.
Where: Tunnel Hill (Tunnel Hill Depot/Tunnel Hill Heritage Center: https://maps.app.goo.gl/K21fdAGX12f5XTqn8)
Stats:60.8 miles and 3,278 ft
Store Stop @ mile 31.5, Subligna Food Mart
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
July 2025
July 4 Holiday Ride – We’ll start at 9 am from the Food City in St. Elmo to let Team Bubba overtake us. This is the traditional route down the length of Missionary Ridge at the traditional holiday pace. For those wanting a little more, there’s the option to climb one last hill by going through Dry Valley.
36 miles and 2,000 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51509852
Here are the Elite rides planned for Saturdays in July. Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for any weather related updates.
July 5 – Here’s a new route that combines two roads not often traveled by Bubba. Start at 8:30 am from the Food City in St. Elmo to warm up on Virginia Avenue for a ride by the river on Cash Canyon Road punctuated by the steep climb up Aetna Mountain at Black Creek. This climb is up and back, so those wanting to pause and enjoy the view can easily take a break.
40 miles and 3,500 feet. 1 mountain climb.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51510130
July 12 – This is the Saturday for the advertised gravel ride at Ocoee. Start from the Cookson Creek Baptist Church on Sand Mountain Road at 10 am. It’s about an hour and 20 minute drive from downtown Chattanooga. We’ll be doing the ‘short’ route that avoids the rougher forest service roads. Don’t have a gravel bike. No worries. The grades and conditions are a good fit for either a gravel or mountain bike.
28 miles and 2,850 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51510208
July 19 – Sam-I-Am is hosting a lake party for Bubba at his in-laws (3922 Windward Lane ) in Sale Creek. Elites will roll with Team Bubba at 9 am and follow their route until we get to Retro-Hughes where we’ll head down the mountain. We can park on the streets around the party house — but no parking in the cul-de-sac or near driveways so that we don’t block anybody in. The Team Bubba post the week of the 19th will provide details on the planned festivities.
44 miles and 3,500 feet. 1 mountain climb.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51523357
July 26 – To keep the distance to Elite standards, we’ll roll at 8:30 am from Ridgeland HS (park on the south side of the school) to ride to Lafayette. Store stop at the Circle K in downtown Lafayette at mile 28. For those wanting more, the start is 5 miles from the St. Elmo Food City via Salem Road.
54 miles and 2,700 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51519294
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.