Whine Like a Man

We’re a cycling group that’s been riding in the Chattanooga area for more than 20 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 11/17/18

TB and Elites will join forces again for a 9:30 rollout from the Heaven & Ale taproom on Cherokee Blvd. Gonna be cold in the morning so late roll out and shorter route. We’ll wind around Red Bank, meander up Hotwater, and then hurry back to Boss’s happy place!  52 miles, 3200 feet, with lots of opportunities to add on or shorten it. Winter base pace. Remember to park in the lot of the closed business next door.

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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

Saturday 11/17/18

TB and Elites will join forces again for a 9:30 rollout from the Heaven & Ale taproom on Cherokee Blvd. Gonna be cold in the morning so late roll out and shorter route. We’ll wind around Red Bank, meander up Hotwater, and then hurry back to Boss’s happy place!  52 miles, 3200 feet, with lots of opportunities to add on or shorten it. Winter base pace. Remember to park in the lot of the closed business next door.

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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

Tuesday – It’s Poop Loop Time

Bye bye daylight savings time and hello to Tuesday Night Poop Loops. Official roll out is from Whole Foods parking lot at 5:30pm for as many Poop Loops as you can stomach. Winter rules in effect and we’ll regroup at the RR tracks at Pineville Rd. It’s easy to jump on whenever you can get there. Pizza and beer at Whole Foods when we’re done.

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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 mad 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.

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Oktoberfest Chattanooga Challenge – Oct 13, 2018

REGISTRATION CLOSES SUNDAY 10/7/18!  Velo View Bike Tours is sponsoring a new homegrown annual tradition – the Oktoberfest Chattanooga Challenge, offering both full and half century options. The ride is on Saturday, October 13th, and we’ve partnered with Oktoberfest to ensure plenty of post-ride entertainment, food and beer! Both routes include a closed-road climb up Lookout Mtn on Ochs Highway, …

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