Sunday Mud

No dirt ride planned for Sunday, December 2nd -- it's my recovery week and that's one of the rides that gets axed on recovery weeks.

Jake and I rode Firetower Sunday. It was a great ride even though it was 50 degrees and drizzleing rain at the start. After 20 minutes it cleared up and was very comfortable. But on a very steep little rise after 1.5 hours of riding, I broke my chain and didn't have a chain tool (I went to the wrong start location on Friday and was late for the ride; I hit a rock, flatted, and was almost dog-bitten on Saturday; and I broke a chain on Sunday - maybe I got it out of my system). We knocked on a hunting cabin door, but no one was home. Jake rode to a hilltop and got Betty Jean on the phone. She picked us up slightly before we froze to death from standing wet on the side of the road.

If Sunday Dirt was fun under those conditions, it'll alway be a good ride.

11-25-07 Firetower

Sunday, 11/25/07, 2pm

Cancelled if raining Sunday morning.

Park at abandoned brick store in curve on Hwy 11 in Round Oak.
32.6-miles of backwoods dirt roads (2.5-hrs); non-technical
We'll probably average about 14mph
Good route through Oconee National Forest/Piedmont Wildlife Refuge
See map below:

11-18-07 No dirt

I'll be out of town this weekend, but the dirt will continue next Sunday with the best route so far.

11-11-07 Wayside

Saturday, November 11 at 2pm
31.4-mile non-technical mountain bike ride on rural and backwoods dirt roads and the Hitchiti Experimental Forest. Some short gravel sections and 2 or 3 miles total of asphalt.

Start in Wayside (Hwy 11 near the north end of Greene Settlement Road)
Park near brick building in community area across railroad tracks from Hwy 11

2-2.5 hrs @ 12-14mph
No store stops
E-mail me at robert@jordan-eng.com if you plan to ride
Make sure to bring tubes, air, etc. It might be a long walk to the nearest house on this route.