Chattanooga, TN
When: 9:30 a.m.
Where: St. Elmo Food City
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/
Stats: 70.3 miles and 4,649 ft
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.
This week Bubba will head north starting from the Red Bank Tennis Courts at 9:00.
This week Bubba will roll from Tunnel Hill at 9:00 for a trip down to Little Sand Mountain and Subligna. This should be a beautiful fall ride with excellent looking weather. After party at Pueblo Viejo Mexican Grill, 101 Cottonwood Mill Rd, Tunnel Hill, GA 30755.
It is time for another special ride, Bub One’s fall Forever Bluegrass ride. The road route is 71 miles and features Little River Canyon in Alabama. It is a little bit of a drive to the start, but this ride is worth it.
This year Freddy returns to the traditional climb up Fredonia Mountain Road rather than Daus. Here are your options:
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.
It will be a cool morning on November 29. Ride start time delayed until 10 am.
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. The ride will split in Soddy so that those wanting more can climb Hot Water Road.
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 10 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.
This week Bubba will roll from St. Elmo Food City at 9:00 for a trip up Nick-A-Jack and around the top of Lookout. Next week is Fredonia.
It’s time for another Bubba trip up and over Fort Mtn. for the Georgia Apple Fest in Ellijay. Roll from Eton, GA, at 9:00. Refuel in Ellijay around mile 30.2. After party at El Pueblito Mexican Restaurant.