Category: Team Bubba

Bub will roll from St Elmo Food City at 8am and head to the Cove, up the mountain, and back via the top of Lookout Mtn (ouch) and down via Ochs Hwy. 68 miles and 4,400 ft of climbing.

Roll this week at 8:30 from the St Elmo Food City for a Fly/MIB-led ride.   From Steady’s Campground (St. Elmo Food City) down past Trenton via the Creek Road & Byrd’s Chapel to within a half mile of the Alabama line, where we say oh heck no and wheel it north on Back Valley to climb Sand Mountain instead.  Hit the brow road and then down via Dugan Loop / Slygo to 299 and home.  60 mi even with a smidge under 4100 ft. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43264560

 

Early Bubbas roll from Whole Foods @ 4:00 for the Hillz.

See Other Rides Section for more info about Tuesday rides.

Roll at 8:30 from Mike’s Hole.   Out Cummings, across the lake, East Valley, and up the back of Suck.   (Remember the stop lights coming down!)   For tapering Bubbas, 57 miles, 3800 feet.   Those who want more can turn onto the Bend just before the Cherokee tunnel to make it over a metric and 4000 feet.

Early Bubbas roll this week @ 4:00 from Red Bank for Hotwater loop.  No climb option for tapering Bubbas.

Regular ride rolls at 5:30.

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Roll Saturday at 8:30 from Falling Water.    Up Mtn Road, across the 10-longest miles, and then the Hell of the North the hard way (ouch!).   Shouldn’t be much traffic on Mtn Rd since we’ll be there early, but let’s remember to be good citizens and stay single file.   We’ll spend lots of time up top and then descend Leggett to Stormer/Old Dayton (reverse direction from a few weeks ago) and back.  Great loop and we’ll shed a few degrees by staying on top a long time since it’s gonna be blistering.  Some folks are on tight schedules so we’ll keep this one moving with one store stop on top after the climb – hope to be back by 12:30.  (Around 50 miles back to the cars after the store stop so bring an extra bottle if you need one.)  It’s a metric and 3500 feet but it’ll feel like much, much more.

Early Bubbas leave this week from Whole Foods at: 4:00.

Regular ride leaves at 5:30 from Red Bank.

See Other Rides for more info.

Saturday roll @ 8:30 from the St Elmo Food City for a Bubba favorite we’ll use to remember Daisy since it travels lots of the 3-state metric/century roads.   Over the toe, 299 (backwards from the 3S metric route), over Ladd, up the good road, and across the top of Sand via the 3S century route.   Usual regrouping points including the top of the hill on 299 after the truck stop, end of 299, other side of Ladd before the climb, and store on the left on top which is the refueling stop.   A metric and 3800 feet.   Here’s the map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40346849

Monday roll @ 9:00 from the St Elmo Food City for the Holiday route.  Remember this is a holiday (base) pace ride so if you are lookin’ to put the mustard on your hot dog early find another ride or carry a backpack full of rocks!   42 miles, 2600 feet.   Here’s the map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36208471

Have a good Memorial Day, Bubbas, and a Big Bubba thanks to all the vets!

Early Bubbas roll at 4:00 from Red Bank this week for the Hotwater loop.

‘Regular’ ride leaves at 5:30 as always.

UPDATE: TB ROLLS PROMPTLY AT 8:00!

Weatherman can’t make up his mind about tomorrow but fingers crossed the rain doesn’t move in until mid-day.   Roll from Mike’s Hole at 8:00 (Fly just got a wry smile on his face).   The plan is to head north (avoiding the ironman stuff downtown and south) via typical makeup ride roads, and climb Montlake to get a climb in early.   As mapped we’ll do the loop on top and then head back down Montlake home, but we’ll keep an eye on the radar.  Options include skipping the loop up top if the rain arrives early, or perhaps adding on by descending Hotwater if we have more time.   As mapped around 50 miles, 3500 feet.

Check back for updates depending on the rain.