Category: Bubba Elite

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

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

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

Roll at 8:30 EDT from little white church in Sequatchie Valley for a 50 miler up to Pikeville and back. See map for start point and route.

Of course option 2 always exists. Chase TB on their ride.

Option 3 – Roll from Battlefield at 9am for 3+/- hours. Rain cancels. Park int he lot on the NE corner of the traffic light diagonally across from the visitor’s center.

King will lead a ride departing from St. Elmo Food City at 8 am that we call the Food City Hog Jowl Loop. 53 miles. See map for details.

Option 1 – King says let’s chase, but only up to a point. Roll with TB from Falling Water at 8:30 and chase TB up to Sale Creek where we’ll take a left and come back via Back Valley. Kind of what we did last week but in reverse order. 40 miles.

Option 2 – stay tuned

Option 1 – Roll from Falling Water at 9am for a ride similar to TB but with no climb. North to Bakewell and return via McCallie Ferry, Lee, Armstrong, etc. 41 miles.

Option 2 – see TB post for 2 ride options.

Option 3 – join Larry English at the Battlefield at 9am for series 7 of the Roads Less Traveled. 3 hour ride. Excessive Canadian smoke cancels

Fourth of July – Holiday ride. Roll at 9:00 from the BeezleBub Ranch – 1546 Burnt Mill Rd. Flintstone GA 30725 and do the loop below (note it shows starting at St. Elmo Food City). Post ride includes Bacon dogs, brats, fixins, and perhaps some Sweetie cobbler!   BeezleBub and Sweetie can’t claim us as dependents just yet so make sure you hit the tip jar. BYOBeer. Cement pond will probably be open so bring your trunks. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36208471

Elites will roll with Bub  from St Elmo Food City at 8am.  Down to the Cove and back via Hog Jowl. up Daugherty Gap and back via top of Lookout descending Ochs Hwy. 65 miles and less climbing.

Option 1 – Gravel Saturday. Roll from St. Elmo Food City at 9 for a ride that includes Guild, Upper and Lower Truck trails. 30 miles.

Option 2 – Good day to chase TB since they will be “tapering” (wink, wink) for the Maine trip.

Option 3 – Englishman’s will roll at 9am from the Battlefield for a +/- 3 hour ride

Option 1 – Roll with TB at 8:30 from Falling Water and climb Mountain Rd. but then descend Hotwater. Head north out Back Valley to Sale Creek and return via Stormer, Old Dayton Pike, etc. 40 miles (see map)

Option 2 – The Englishman will try the Road Less Traveled series 6 again this weekend. Roll from Battlefield at 9:00  https://www.strava.com/routes/3088923152484274176