Wow! A gravel section.
Sounds like a "day in the life" at a mountain bike race (before you get to the single-track!). We have to fix our own flats, no cars following us. I sure hope you folks get through that gravel ok. It seems you have the two options. go slow and cautious or fast and take lots of chances.
Also have some fun! Piece of cake right?
ron
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From: Tony Dirks
To: srbeards@gmail.com ; melissafroggie@gmail.com ; joec@aracnet.com ; obra@list.obra.org ; g2strategic@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] 2011 PIECE OF CAKE ROAD RACE
Alligators, bear traps and armed insurgents throwing beer cans... this is all coming together quite nicely! Bike race, hell. This will be a great reality TV show. Can't wait!
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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:44:21 -0800
From: srbeards@gmail.com
To: melissafroggie@gmail.com; joec@aracnet.com; obra@list.obra.org; g2strategic@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] 2011 PIECE OF CAKE ROAD RACE
Really Seriously?? Is there busted glass and cactus and police spikes and Rattlesnakes and jagged cliffs and railroad tracks and cattle crossings and hot lava too?
It's just a gravel road for goodness sake.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Melissa Boyd wrote:
It would be a good idea to have a first-aid station set up at the end of the gravel, with lots of clean water to wash gravel out of knees and elbows. Seriously.
Personally, I will wear arm warmers and knee warmers just-in-case.
Melissa
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:35 AM, wrote:
I would love to have the concessionaire rights to tires/tubes/wheels
and tegaderm on that stretch.
Hey Hugh!
:D
Joe
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:30:58 -0800, Scott & Angela McCanna
wrote:
> Google Maps Street View has it at 3.6 miles. Great place to line
> up as a spectator ;-) ....or to set up an extra Wheel Pit.
> Should be an action-packed day! Good luck to us all!
>
> _Scott _
> gonespinning@msn.com [1]
>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:16:56 -0800
>> From: eric939@redshift.com
>> To: melissafroggie@gmail.com
>> CC: obra@list.obra.org; g2strategic@comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] 2011 PIECE OF CAKE ROAD RACE
>>
>>
>> In other words, punch it when you reach the gravel to get away?
>>
>>
>> > Just a note: I rode the Piece of Cake course yesterday.
>> >
>> > My Garmin showed 3.5 miles of gravel. Nearly all of it is
> loose/packed
>> > gravel, quite slippery at speeds. Some places have a hardpack
> dirt base
>> > with
>> > a little scattered crushed gravel on top in the two car
> tire-tracks, and
>> > these are the spots at greatest risk for flats because some of
> the gravel
>> > chunks are large and sharp. I did not see any potholes or
> washboard.
>> >
>> > I'd agree about having tough tires, wide tires, maybe even your
> cross
>> > bike.
>> > Also, keep lots of space between you and other riders. There's
> lots of
>> > sudden slipping and swerving when you hit the deeper gravel
> pockets.
>> >
>> > Melissa
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Hugh Givens
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I've received a few email messages inquiring about the gravel
> section of
>> >> this year's POC circuit. Indeed, there are 2 miles of gravel per
> 17.4
>> >> mile
>> >> lap. It's a good road as far as gravel roads go... though I have
> not
>> >> ridden
>> >> it since the big rains we had recently.
>> >>
>> >> I think of it as pretty similar to the surfaces you might have
> seen from
>> >> photos of the Strade Bianche. But in our case, it's more like
> "Strade
>> >> Grigio" and it's flat. The tarmac sections are in excellent
> condition.
>> >>
>> >> Still, I do not recommend riding lightweight wheels and tires on
> this
>> >> course.
>> >>
>> >> Next week I'll do another recon and will post some observations
> and
>> >> photos
>> >> to the forum. We'll have a crew on course the weekend prior to
> the race
>> >> to
>> >> sweep and attempt to mitigate any significant issues we can.
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