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Title: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: F'ueco on April 28, 2008, 10:14:43 AM: I can now mark as done one of my 'ultimate cycling challenges'...

I completed the Devil Mountain Double on Saturday. That involved a fair amount of suffering, and some really fun stuff. 206 miles; 19,000 feet of climbing; 2 bee stings; several cramps; and yet somehow, I managed to ride the entire distance (no walking on the hills).

I'll post the full story when I get around to writing it. ;)

(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/Fueco/routes/dmd.jpg)
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: squiddo on April 28, 2008, 11:29:49 AM: OUCH, dood I gotta tell you....that doesn't even sound fun!
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: mynameismud on April 28, 2008, 12:34:57 PM: Whoa, awesome. Congrats, have wanted to do that ride for a long time.
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: mungeclimber on April 29, 2008, 07:27:13 PM: how do you all count your distances? can I do a maps online that will calc the distances?

i've got a circuit I do that starts with riding head first into the wind in the afternoon. it's all flats, but I sweated for sure last week.
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: mudworm on April 29, 2008, 08:39:55 PM: Quote from: F'ueco
... 206 miles; 19,000 feet of climbing; 2 bee stings; several cramps; ...

That sounds anti-social.

Quote from: mungeclimber
how do you all count your distances?...

If all you care is the distance, any cheapo cycling computer can do that. Here is an example (http://www.rei.com/product/751832).

Or you can get the distance and the map by moving your fingers using websites like gmap (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=589555) and mapmyride (http://www.mapmyride.com).

I have a GPS from which I download my actual course.
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: F'ueco on April 29, 2008, 10:09:45 PM: Quote from: mudworm on April 29, 2008, 08:39:55 PM
That sounds anti-social.

Not at all... I talked to all sorts of different people during the ride.The people that do crazy rides like this are a great bunch... :)
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: salad on April 30, 2008, 09:54:03 AM: nice work, yo!
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: F'ueco on April 30, 2008, 05:09:17 PM: Thanks Sal...

Apparently, I was the 70th finisher out of 112 (and a mere 5 hours and 4 minutes behind the fastest!). At least 151 people started.
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: F'ueco on April 30, 2008, 10:03:55 PM: http://mikedeitchman.blogspot.com/2008/04/whipping-devil.html
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: mudworm on May 01, 2008, 08:38:09 AM: Quote from: F'ueco
I was the 70th finisher out of 112

I see. In the beginning, I thought you did it alone.

200+ miles and 18K'+ of climbing. That would take me days to finish. Nice job!
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: Ubergoober on May 05, 2008, 12:26:15 PM: Wow! Nice work F'ueco!!
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: mungeclimber on May 07, 2008, 01:11:02 PM: yes, yes, nice work and all, but does yer butt hurt?

that is the question, whether tis noble to have a sore butt as a sign suffering the saddle, or distance with no soreness as a sign of a good rider.

AH, yes, that age old proverb, "don't get all butt hurt over it"
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: mynameismud on May 07, 2008, 02:58:37 PM: "yes, yes, nice work and all, but does yer butt hurt?"

Made me laugh.
Title: Re: Sierra Road and other madness...
Post by: F'ueco on May 07, 2008, 06:20:59 PM: My ass was a wee bit sore after that one... Nowhere near as bad as it did after some of the other rides I've done. I must be getting better... ;)

I have another crazy ride coming up this Saturday. Should be even more fun.