We’re a cycling group that’s been riding in the Chattanooga area for more than 25 years. Bubba isn’t affiliated with a club team or shop so you’re welcome to ride with Bubba regardless of the jersey you wear so long as it has sleeves. (If it doesn’t, even your family doesn’t want to see you so buy a TT bike and learn to be alone.) Show up Saturday, get heckled about your stupid looking socks or sunglasses, embrace your new nickname, and BeABubba too!
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Team Bubba
Team Bubba Sat. 1/10 – Washout
Based on the current weather forecast, I’m not planning on posting a ride for Saturday. Come out to ChickenCross on Sunday to race or spectate. The course should be nice and moist.
The nature of the ride - Pace ranges from conversational to brisk. There are always a few re-grouping points during the first half of the ride. This is the ride for the strongest cyclists in the club.
Bubba Elite
January 2026
Here are the Elite rides for Saturdays in January. Start times could change during the week of the ride for forecast colder or warmer conditions. Watch this site early on the Saturday of the ride for weather related cancelations and updates.
Update for January 17 – It ‘s going to be chilly. Let’s hope the sunshine will keep us warm. Given the temps, the route has been changed to remove the cold mountain descent.
Have you set your training resolutions for 2026? We’ve talked about it on rides and General says it’s now official. See the link below for The Sequatchie 24.
January 3 – Roll at 9:30 am from the Patten Community Center to ride down Lookout Valley and climb at Trenton. For those wanting an additional 10 miles, the ride will split at the bridge over Lookout Creek and will go south of Trenton to cross over I-59 on Byrds Chapel Road.
40 miles and 2,300 feet. Climb Sand Mountain.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53433349
January 10 – Ride canceled by rain.
January 17 – Start from Red Bank Elementary on Mountain Creek Road at 10 am to ride to Soddy and back. Store stop at Mile 25.
46 miles, 2,300 feet. No mountain climb.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53729589
January 24 – Roll from the Food City Parking Lot in St. Elmo at 10 am to do a climb that we’ve haven’t done in a year or more. Store stop on 136 on the top of Lookout. Return via Creek Road.
47 miles, 3,100 feet. Climb Nickajack Road.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53610459
January 31 – Roll from the parking lot across from the Falling Water Baptist Church at 10 am. Store stop in Sale Creek at mile 33. Those wanting more can climb Hotwater Road at the way home.
50.4 miles, 2,560 feet. No climbs
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50119282.
February 7 – Will the groundhog have seen his shadow? St. Elmo to Mountain Cove Farms. 50 miles. Time TBD.
February 28 is the early registration deadline for The Sequatchie 24 on June 13/14. The feature event is an ultra 24-hour race. There are 75 and 150 mile race & ride options . Check it out.
https://www.cyclesequatchie.com/ultra
The nature of the ride - Elite rides honor Team Bubba traditions (lots of heckling) but might be a little shorter and definitely includes more stops and regrouping. The Elite ride is a good entry point to Team Bubba for fit cyclists.