Bubba is staying closer to home this week. Roll at 8:00 AM from Red Bank Tennis Courts/City Park (corner of Unaka and Redding Rd. behind Red Bank UMC) for a trip up and along Crestview Drive / Up Montlake / Henson Gap/ Down Retro Hughes and back through Soddy Daisy. 64 Miles and 4100’. With a store stop and designated regrouping we should be done around Noon. Post ride lunch and refreshments at Monkey Town.
TB Tuesday 8/15
Early Bubbas roll @ 4:00 from Whole Foodz again for the Hillz.
Longing for the Red Bank/Hotwater loop? Roll at 5:30 from the old BiLo for the Sam I Am rejuvenated Tuesday night ride! TB TUESDAY NIGHT RIDE ETIQUETTE APPLIES.. See Needles if you want on the Tuesday night text thread. A Big Bubba Backslap to Sam I Am and Needles for keeping this one going!
Sat. 8/12
Bub One led a good ride last week, so we are going to let him try again this week. This time it is an adventure up Stage Coach Road near South Pittsburg. The ride starts from Haletown rolling at 8:30 EDT. About a 25 minute drive from downtown Chattanooga. There should be parking by the boat ramp at the former Anchor Inn site. https://goo.gl/maps/P5aWJxfM6dR2oxXV7
Lunch afterwards at Succotash. No stores between Miles 20-52 so plan accordingly. At one time, Orme Mountain Church of God (Mile 45.2) had a water spigot, but that’s all.
Sat 8/12
Option 1 – Roll from St Elmo Food City at 8:30 for a Blankenship favorite (the King will be leading the charge). South through Kensington, over to Layfayette. Back through Rock Spring, Chickamauga, etc. 64 miles. See map below.
Option 2 – for those that would like to do the Stagecoach climb and ride up on Monteagle Mtn. with TB, here’s a shortened version that starts and ends in Kimball. Roll at 9:30 EDT which is the anticipated time that TB will roll by. 36 miles. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43967341
Tuesday 8/8
Yep early Bubbas you guessed it! Hillz (Whole Foodz) at 4:00.
Sat. 8/5
Roll from Soddy Ball Fields at 8:30 for a ride north to Cranmore Cove. One option includes a climb up Brayton Mtn, down 30 with a right turn onto Cranmore Cove Rd. 60 miles. The other option heads north to Dayton on Old Graysville Rd, short climb up hwy 30 to the left turn on Cranmore Cove. 41 miles click red button for map. Same route return to Soddy. Here’s the 60 mile map https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43920828
Sat. 8/12
Bub One led a good ride last week, so we are going to let him try again this week. This time it is an adventure up Stage Coach Road near South Pittsburg. The ride starts from Haletown rolling at 8:30 EDT. About a 25 minute drive from downtown Chattanooga. There should be parking by the boat ramp at the former Anchor Inn site. https://goo.gl/maps/P5aWJxfM6dR2oxXV7
Lunch afterwards at Succotash. No stores between Miles 20-52 so plan accordingly. At one time, Orme Mountain Church of God (Mile 45.2) had a water spigot, but that’s all.
TB Tuesday 8/1
By popular demand, early Bubbas do the Hillz again this week. Roll from Whole Foodz at 4:00. (Bring a buck for the lemonade stand!)
Sat. 7/29
Options Galore
Official Elite Ride – Rolls from Patton Park on Kelly’s Ferry Rd. in Tiftonia at 8:30 for 46 mile ride down Creek Rd towards Rising Fawn. Turn north at Byrds Chapel, short climb up 136 and back via Slygo and 299. Map below.
Fly Ride rolling early at 7:30 from Steady’s Campground / St. Elmo Food City for a 69 miler (Big Ralph’s 69th birthday route) https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26559193
Trek Store ride led by Crosby Wheeler. Rolls at 8am from Food City at foot of Signal. This is a tough one, up and over Suck, north through the valley up Henson Gap and back via Poe, 60+ miles. Text Crosby at 423-304-6017 if you intend on riding with him. https://www.strava.com/routes/3119803673304972344
Crack’em’s gravel ride. roll at 8:30 from Thunder Rock Campground/Benton MacKaye Trailhead ( https://goo.gl/maps/qn5m2TZE7QiBmuY69 ). Be warned that this route has a lot of climbing and some rougher sections https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43817321
Larry English Saturday ride from the Battlefield at 8:30 for 3+/- hours.
Try to get back in time to beat the heat. Park in the lot on the northeast corner of the traffic light, diagonally across from the visitor’s center.
TB 7/29
No TB ride this Saturday.