It’s summer cycling season! Here are the Elite rides planned for Saturdays in June. Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for weather related updates.
June 7 – Start at 8:30 am from the Food City in St. Elmo to take on Sand Mountain via Murphy Hollow. This route includes a second attempt to ride the rollers of McKaig Road into Trenton. Store stop in the heart of Trenton at the Mapco at mile 27.
47 miles and 2,800 feet. Climb Sand Mountain.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51059172
June 14 – Here’s a route much like the one we did back in March, but in the opposite direction so we can assess the difficultly of the hill on Old Graysville Road up to the ‘drainpipe cannon’ from the US-27 side. Start at 9 am from the parking lot across from the Falling Water Baptist Church. Store stop at the Country Mart at mile 31.
50.5 miles and 2,560 feet. No mountain climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51058867
June 21 – Sure it’s a bit of a longer drive, but that’s where you find some of Tennessee’s best rural nap-of-the-earth roads with only light farm traffic. Start at 9 am (ET) from the old Chapel Hill Methodist Church near US 127 for a ride to Pikeville. Store stop at the Farmer’s Co-Op at mile 23 for a Coke and a conversation about the weather.
54.5 miles and 2,830 feet. No mountain climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51058690
June 28 – Start at 8:30 am from the Food City in St. Elmo to ride the length of Chattanooga Valley to Mountain Cove Farms. Water stop at mile 30 at the “Farm Store” with a real store stop at mile 50.
63 miles and 3,020 feet. No mountain climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50191382
Do you have a favorite ride that you wish someone would post? Let a ride leader know about it in June, and we’ll get it on the list for July (which already has one Saturday reserved for a gravel ride starting at Camp Ocoee) or August.