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 litter 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 – Start at 10 am from the gravel parking lot at the sculpture gardens on Polk Street to ride from Montague Park to Rock Springs, GA.
48 miles and 2300 feet. No climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49761679
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.