Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Riding

I road a little monday night and this morning. Monday felt great, first time on a bike in a couple days. Then today I did some errands, and road the purple spookyBUY ME! Its been 6 months since I've ridden a real road bike. It was frustrating to ride such a fast bike so slowly, I am not fit.

Today was a real romantic day to ride, misty rain, 40degrees, not really windy, really grey....on my way to 39th up the hill I had the idea to do some races.

Idea:

1. Find all the spots on the kca calender where there isn't a race within 100miles on sundays.
2. Have "alley cat" or "Gentleman" style circuit races in different communities.
3. Races could start around 10 or maybe later.
4. 2-4 mile courses, preferring all right turns.
5. Areas with good hills.
6. Areas with low traffic.
7. Areas with safe roads.
8. No categories, no numbers, no license needed.
9. Must have helmets.


Places.
1. Clif drive is a good place, you could do the breakthrough loop.
2. Around Roanoke Park North of 39th. Start at valentine/wyoming, go north, turns into karnes, go down the hill around up Madison, then right onto valentine, back to Wyoming. Its good climbing and fun.
3. Circuit out by Swope Park by the soccer fields.
4. West of Pierson Park, at 59th/holiday, go west to inland, go right, take inland back to 59th, 59th back to holday. Good climbing here too.

There's plenty more places to find. We'll have to wait and see.

Goal:
1. To get more people racing, into racing, or riding more.
2. Make racing accessible to more people by having it free.
3. Get people buying bikes at volker bicycles.
4. Have structured training on on the weekends when there aren't any races within driving distances.


I guess you could call it the gravel grinder version of roadie paved races.

3 comments:

  1. I like this idea a lot! I felt A great circuit at swope could start at the entrance on prospect with the pavilion and the 1/2 pipe then head down around starlight, past the entrance to the zoo and back up to the pavilion. It's got a mild steady climb, a fast down hill, light traffic, plenty of parking (although it's definitely riding distance from midtown) plus they resurfaced a bunch of it last summer.

    All this said I would be into it at any of the aforementioned locations as well.

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  2. Chuong had this in mind at swope.

    http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/26447786

    5 mile circuit. 226feet of climbing per lap.
    Starts at Blue River road at Swope Park. 1 mile climb up Hillcrest.
    Bomb down 87th. Flat hammering along Blue River all the way back to
    the start.
    All right turns. No stoplights. Low traffic. Lots of pain.

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  3. I know this route as well, it sounds great. 87th could be a real screamer of a downhill, just hope I can hang with you flat bellies on the climb up.

    I guess thats the point.

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