So who else is signed up for this? It is sold out with around 3500 riders for the three events. Should be a pretty awesome ride along the rugged north coast where sheep out number people so don’t stop too long in your lycra…and Fat Tire at the end. Here is list of some of the attendees:
Dylan Casey
Laura Charameda
Gavin Chiclott
Lucas Euser
Tim Farnham
Odessa Gunn
Tyler Hamilton
Steve Hegg
Roman Kilun
Pete Latham
Levi Leipheimer (duh!)
Todd Littlehales
Paul Mach
Axel Merckx
Scott Nydam
John Peters
Max Plaxton
Bob Roll
Mike Sayers
Kris Sneddon
Alison Starnes
Burke Swindlehurst
Jeremy Vennell
Mark Weir
Eric Wohlberg
Tyler Wren
I tried the trainer for 15 minutes of easy spinning last weekend and proceeded to have arrythmia issues for the next two days. looks like my $70 entry fee gets written off as going to a good cause.
If you have never tried PowerCranks check us out at the expo. Oh, and there will be a pair available at the auction, hopefully for a not very good price.
i volunteered to be one of the rolling course marshals, so if you do something that you shouldn’t be, i might say to stop. i’ll be in a morgan stanley / team spine / specialized team kit.
There are rules in a Gran Fondo? I am curious about what to expect. I suspect there will be some pretty hard efforts at the front with the level of riders there but I am going to treat it more like a century ride and just enjoy it. Weather is looking perfect!
That was a great ride, with a lot of climbing. Beautiful scenery, especially the descent to the coast. Sure was windy, though, and I almost got blown off the road (I’m not a light guy). The pack riding at the beginning was nerve-wracking. It’s one thing to ride in a pack with a bunch of other racers, and entirely another thing to ride with people who don’t really seem to know what they’re doing. I was genuinely amazed not to see any crashes in the pack.
There were unfortunately quite a few crashes on the descents, which were steep, twisty, and bumpy in places. My friend almost ate pavement at 30 mph after hitting a bump in a turn. I saw his rear wheel kick out nearly 45 degrees.