Chattanooga, TN
Team Bubba Rides
The annual BubOne Bluegrass Ride rolls this Sat @ 9:30 from the Cove. As in the past, parking is at the Big House just past the Cove Store. Sweetie has again graciously provided festival wristbands for Bubba and significant others and BubOne will hand those out at the start of the ride. Post-ride we’ll hit the bluegrass festival for good food and great music where we’ll try to keep 003 from clogging. BYOBeer
Fredonia X: Plague of the Boils
Roll @ 8:30 from Signal Rd Aldi (old K-Mart). 80 miles. 3.5 climbs. Lots of suffering.
Well, if you overlook the rain, fog, all the flats and the crash, great ride Saturday!
Since we got Saturday in, the Sequatchie loop is cancelled for Sunday. Anyone interested in riding meet at old Signal Kmart (now the Aldi) @ 1:20. Climb front of Signal and hook on to the normal 2:00 ride on top. Back by 4:00.
RAIN DELAY. ROLL AT 9:30 IF RAIN MOVES OUT. HIGH WINDS SO MAY DO NORTH CHATT HILLS FOR 2 HOURS
Roll from Mike’s Hole in the Wall (park in the lots on Chilhowee like we did last week)
Check back for updates on start time if the rain is still around. If it turns into a washout we’ll post a Sunday makeup ride (no Mr. The Goat, that doesn’t mean you need to wear lipstick). Count on that being the Sequatchie loop (up Suck, East Valley, and up the back of Signal) rolling at 2:00 from the old Signal Rd Kmart (now an Aldi).
Bubba will celebrate the life of our friend with a ride this Saturday. Roll from Mike’s Hole in the Wall off Cherokee @ 8:00. Parking available in the lot off Chilhowee Street for the Johnson Medical Building – Chilhowie runs by Mike’s and all this has been cleared with the owners so we’re good. We’ll climb Elder/Raccoon, do the loop up top, down Elder, out Cummings, back 299 with the nature center kicker. This is about remembering our friend so expect lots of regrouping – we’ve built in a few climbs (Raccoon, nature center, and yes, expect Bub to lead some up Lookout to Sanders) so strong men can scratch their itch. Lots of ways to short it – skip Raccoon and go straight out Cummings or skip the loop up top to shave 7 miles. Full route (without Sanders add-on) 56 miles, 4000 feet.
TB goes long this week for an old Bubba favorite we haven’t done in a while. Roll at 8:00 from Falling Water or jump on around 8:35 in Soddy at the corner of Hot Water and Back Valley (we will not swing by the ballfields). We’ll head north for a climb up Leggett, then all the way across the top to 30 and down for the Cranmore Cove loop. Refill bottles at the church after Leggett and refuel at the store after Cranmore. 76 miles and 3800 feet from Falling, around 55 miles from Soddy.
Okay, Oskar Blues opens soon so we need to hurry this up!
Big Bubba backslap to BeelzeBub for a great route last week with a sag! (The fact there were only 2 waters but a case of Nattys in the cooler is a story for another day.)
Roll @ 8:00 this week from Falling Water for the Brayton Loop. Metric plus and if you do the Hotwater kicker at the end it will get you 4000+ feet.
And speaking of hurrying up, get signed up for Sequatchie ride next weekend! Shannondoah has put a good one together for us. https://cyclesequatchie.com/
Roll from BubOne’s Estate on Burnt Mill Rd at 8:00 for a Cove Metric including a climb up Daughtery. A metric and 4000 feet. Bring a cooler of your favorite and a sandwich if you want to sit around at Bub’s post-ride and tell lies about all our accomplishments this season.
Roll from Falling Water @ 8:00. Short warmup then climb Mtn Road. Down Hotwater, Hixson Pike to Armstrong, then Lee Pike. (Yes we know what is gonna happen when we see the yard with the big fence.). Left at the end and then we wind around to the bottom of Leggett and make our way back. Let’s call it 58 miles and 3800 feet. Strong men add a climb up Hotwater at the end to get to a metric and 4500.
TB AND ELITES roll for a joint ride Saturday (8/31) @ 8:00 from Unum. Old Three State Three Mountain metric course. Regroup after Suck, at the bait shop (only store stop), and at the end of 299. Those wanting more can follow BeelzeBub up Lookout to Sanders (yes, we know he’s goin’). Post ride refueling again at the UJ where I understand a sign is now posted reading “No fluorescent compression socks.” (003, really?) A metric and 3700 feet. Back before 12. Map link below.
TB AND ELITES roll for the holiday ride Monday @ 8:30 from Unum. Typical route up Missionary with a twist after Missionary to get to the battlefield since there’s some kind of parade. (We know from Jacket’s altercation with the Shriner’s mini-cars during the Signal parade a few years ago, and the time the people threw things at us during the Soddy parade, that Bubba doesn’t do well in parades.) Let’s call it 45 miles and 2500 feet.