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Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in November.   Start times could change during the week of the ride for forecast cold conditions.  Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for other weather related updates.

November 1 – There are two options.  Both start at Powell’s Crossroads City Hall at 9 am  EDT to rendezvous with the TB ‘Freddy’ ride after a climb up the west side of Sequatchie Valley.  You can climb Daus Mountain — or Freddy-traditionalists wanting to group up with TB sooner and get more miles in can climb Fredonia Mountain.  Routes split at Chapel Hill Methodist at mile 11.  Both routes include a store stop in Palmer at about mile 35.
(1) Old Men – 48 miles, 3,500 feet, climb Daus Mtn.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53153092
(2) Recent TB Graduates – 56 miles, 3,800 feet, climb Fredonia Mtn.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52879798

November 8 – Start at Red Bank Elementary at 9 am for a clock-wise loop up to Soddy and back.  Store stop at the Circle K at mile 25.
49 miles, 2,500 feet with no climbs
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53153791

November 15 – Roll from the Food City in St. Elmo at 9 am to ride to New England and back via Murphy Hollow.  No store stops planned.
43 Miles, 2,300 feet and no climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53153955

November 22 – We’re headed back to Sequatchie Valley to start at 9 am EST from the old Chapel Hill Methodist church to ride south to Shell Mound and back.  Store stop at mile 42 in Whitwell.  This is a second attempt to do the ride that was washed out in September.
56 miles and 2,600 feet with no climbs
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52517473

November 28 – Need to work off some Turkey?   Join us on Friday for a spin at  1 pm for an out and back on Cash Canyon Road finishing down US 41 on the other side of Raccoon Mountain.  Start at the John A. Patten Community Center in Tiftonia.
30 miles, 2,600 feet, Climb Elder Mtn Road.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53153473

November 29 – We’ll snake our way around some of our favorite roads in Soddy-Daisy and Sale Creek.  Start from the parking lot across from Falling Water Baptist Church at 9 am.  Store stop at the Country Mart at mile 27.
49 miles and 2,500 feet. No climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51962277

December 6 –  It was an hot August day the last time we did this ride.  St. Elmo to Captain Wood Road.  53 miles. Time TBD.

Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in October.  Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for any weather related updates.

October 4 – Cycle Sequatchie
While on-line registration has closed, you can register Saturday morning before the ride. Many good ride options are available. See the Cycle Sequatchie web site https://www.cyclesequatchie.com/ for information on rides and start times.  The Elites are going to ride the 40 mile mixed-surface ride that starts at 8 am CT in downtown Dunlap.  Gravel or mountain bike required.  This ride is not marked on the road — so be sure to download the route.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45185455

October 11 – Start from Red Bank Elementary on Mountain Creek Road at 9 am to ride to Soddy and back on familiar roads.  We’ll climb Mobray mountain on Mountain Road and descend Hot Water. Store stop at Mile 28.
50 miles, 3,100 feet with 1 mountain climb
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50970073

October 18 – Yes, the shut-down is on-going — but the roads in Battlefield remain open.   So, we’ll still plan to start from the Battlefield Park HQ parking lot at 9 am (even though the HQ building is closed) to do a big loop around Chickamauga.  Store stop at Mile 24.
47 miles, 2500 feet with no climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52874573

October 25 – The Fall colors in the Tennessee River Gorge should be beautiful for this ride that takes us through Mullins Cove.  Start in the grass lot across from River Drifters at 9 am to ride to ‘Goat’s Bridge’ and back.  It’s some sort of tarmac all the way and is manageable on a road bike — but a gravel bike is preferred.
40 miles and 2,300 feet with no climbs.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50284294

November 1 – Halloween means it’s time for Freddy. Elites will start at the Powell’s Crossroads City Hall (time TBD) to rendezvous with TB after the Fredonia Mountain climb.  56 miles and 3,800 feet.

Later in November – We’re going to try again to do the 56 mile ride in Sequatchie Valley that was washed out on September 6.  The ride starts at  the Chapel Hill Methodist church and goes south to Shell Mound and back.