Boomer’s Blue Ridge Mountain Ride : Nov 17, 2018

[Judd]

I have this nagging feeling that I have something else on the 17th but I’m interested.

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[rcannon100]

Getting your pirate costume ready?

[reji]

I’m in!

[DCAKen]

The route map link goes to a discussion about a Gazelle bike

[Boomer Cycles]

@DCAKen 182736 wrote:

The route map link goes to a discussion about a Gazelle bike

I updated the URL in my original posting above…
http://bikewashington.org/routes/bluerdg/index.htm

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[Boomer Cycles]

rcannon wrote:

Getting your pirate costume ready?

I roll as Marshal Skeletor

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[Boomer Cycles]

@reji 182679 wrote:

I’m in!

Wonderful! Do you have room to car pool others?

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[reji]

Yep, I can take 3 additional people but only 1 additional bike.

Also, I need to leave Marshall around 4:00. That shouldn’t be a problem since we’re starting at 9:30, but if you think the ride will be longer I’ll need to bow out.

[Boomer Cycles]

@reji 182833 wrote:

Yep, I can take 3 additional people but only 1 additional bike.

Also, I need to leave Marshall around 4:00. That shouldn’t be a problem since we’re starting at 9:30, but if you think the ride will be longer I’ll need to bow out.

Excellent @reji: can you perhaps give @Kitty and her bike a lift? She is located in Rosslyn, FYI, and needs to get back by early afternoon.

Finishing the ride before 4PM is easy. If you ride like a beast and skip the rest stops, then the ride could be over be over by 12noon!:-0

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[Boomer Cycles]

Ride Conditions Update:

I just checked VDOT road and local weather forecast for tomorrow’s ride.

The planned route is open with no advisories, though the descent from Mt Weather (VA-601) is advised at 40-60% of the posted speed limit. http://www.511virginia.org/

Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny with temps in the low 40s, and winds 5-7 mph (easy peasy!. However, it is forecasted to freeze tonight in the high elevations around Mt Weather. https://www.localconditions.com/weather-bluemont-virginia/20135/

So I plan to do the route COUNTER clockwise, which will put us in the low elevation rollers from Marshal to Bluemont in the early morning, and give the VA-601 descent into Paris time to thaw and dry out before we get to Mt Weather.

All systems go!!

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[reji]

@Boomer2U 182888 wrote:

Excellent @reji: can you perhaps give @Kitty and her bike a lift? She is located in Rosslyn, FYI, and needs to get back by early afternoon.

Finishing the ride before 4PM is easy. If you ride like a beast and skip the rest stops, then the ride could be over be over by 12noon!:-0

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Sure thing, I’ll PM Kitty to coordinate. See you tomorrow @9:30!

[Kitty]

Kitty is sending you all good-vibes from her sickened state. Have a great time guys! I wish I were there…

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[Boomer Cycles]

@Kitty 182910 wrote:

Kitty is sending you all good-vibes from her sickened state. Have a great time guys! I wish I were there…

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Vibes received in the form of warm sunshine the whole length of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Thank you. And you were super missed!

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[Boomer Cycles]

And the ride, as it happened…Note to Self: revised saddle time as 5 hrs!:-0

Thanks to Carl, Robyne, Paula and Felipe for an awesome day, yeah!!

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/mRGUaD4QVR

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