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

Bubba Sat. 12/6

This week Bubba will head south from St. Elmo Food City for a trip down the valley to the Cove, up Dougherty Gap, and back along the top of Lookout.

 

When: 9:30 a.m.
Where: St. Elmo Food City
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53433332
Stats: 70.3 miles and 4,649 ft

Store Stops at Mountain Cove Store (Mile 32.5) and/or Cornerstone Market (Mile 56.4)

 

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

December 2025

Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in December.   To honor Bubba winter training rules (among these are: layer until you can’t bend your arms), we’ll be starting close to home and the pace will be a little slower and the distances a little shorter.

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.

December 6 – Roll from the Food City in St. Elmo at 10 am to ride south down Chattanooga Valley to Captain Wood Road and back.
53 miles and 2,700 feet.  No climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49895195

December 13 –  Roll from Red Bank Elementary on Mountain Creek Road at 10 am to ride up to Soddy Lake and back.
43 miles and 2,300 feet. No climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53433750

December 20 – We’ll start at 9 am with Team Bubba from the parking lot behind the Star Bucks that’s across from Rock City for the traditional Bubba Chimney Ride.   Don’t worry about it being cold on top of the mountain. We ascend 500 feet up to Point Park at the start to get our blood flowing.
36 miles and 2,400 feet of climbing.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53451026

December 27 – Start from the St. Elmo Food City at 10 am to take US-41 to Haletown.  Return via GA-299.
36 miles and 2,200 feet.  Half-a-climb over the toe of Aetna Mountain.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53432856

January 3 -Roll from the Patten Community Center to climb Sand Mountain.  40 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.

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.

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Bubba Sat. 12/6

This week Bubba will head south from St. Elmo Food City for a trip down the valley to the Cove, up Dougherty Gap, and back along the top of Lookout.   When: 9:30 a.m. Where: St. Elmo Food City Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53433332 Stats: 70.3 miles and 4,649 ft Store Stops at Mountain Cove Store (Mile 32.5) and/or …

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December 2025

Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in December.   To honor Bubba winter training rules (among these are: layer until you can’t bend your arms), we’ll be starting close to home and the pace will be a little slower and the distances a little shorter. Start times could change during the week of the ride …

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Team Bubba Sat. 11/29

This week Bubba will head north starting from the Red Bank Tennis Courts at 9:00. When: 9:00 a.m. Where: Red Bank Tennis Courts Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46138663 Stats: 61.8 miles and 4,123 ft Store Stop at C & G Quik Stop (mile 36.0)   Happy Thanksgiving!