Weathermen still moving things around for Sat morning but regardless of which you believe it’s gonna be cold which means a late start and route flexibility even if it’s a yawner. Roll from Mike’s Hole in the Wall (Chilhowee Street lot) @ 9:30. Familiar route north with a few twists and a climb up Mountain Road where decisions must be made. For those with less time head down Montlake for 40+ miles and back around noon. Others descend Hotwater and wind back for 54 miles and 3200 feet. (Check the map because we will not go all the way to the store since the less time on top the better – we’ll fill up at the store in Soddy where Sam I Am went “bowling for bikes” a few years ago.) Easy to get this one over a metric by either climbing the front of Signal as we come back through (descending W) or doing a loop at the Bend before or after.
Chattanooga, TN