Author: John Wilson

Option 1 – Guild Gravel. Roll from St. Elmo Food City at 9:00 am for gravel ride that includes both Upper and Lower Truck along with climb up the mountain (trees have been cleared on Upper Truck). We’ll bypass Old Wauhatchie at the end as there is a tree blocking the road.

Option 2 – shorter TB route. Be ready to jump on with them about 8:30 from Falling Water. Here’s their full map https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44099753

Option 3 – From Larry & Deano, Saturday ride from the Battlefield at 9:00 for 3+ hours. Park in the lot on the northeast corner of the traffic light,
diagonally across from the visitor’s center.

Option 1 – Roll from St Elmo Food City at 8:30 for a Blankenship favorite (the King will be leading the charge). South through Kensington, over to Layfayette. Back through Rock Spring, Chickamauga, etc. 64 miles. See map below.

Option 2 – for those that would like to do the Stagecoach climb and ride up on Monteagle Mtn. with TB, here’s a shortened version that starts and ends in Kimball. Roll at 9:30 EDT which is the anticipated time that TB will roll by. 36 miles. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43967341

Roll from Soddy Ball Fields at 8:30 for a ride north to Cranmore Cove. One option includes a climb up Brayton Mtn, down 30 with a right turn onto Cranmore Cove Rd. 60 miles. The other option heads north to Dayton on Old Graysville Rd, short climb up hwy 30 to the left turn on Cranmore Cove. 41 miles click red button for map. Same route return to Soddy. Here’s the 60 mile map https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43920828

Options Galore

Official Elite Ride – Rolls from Patton Park on Kelly’s Ferry Rd. in Tiftonia at 8:30 for 46 mile ride down Creek Rd towards Rising Fawn. Turn north at Byrds Chapel, short climb up 136 and back via Slygo and 299. Map below.

Fly Ride rolling early at 7:30 from Steady’s Campground / St. Elmo Food City for a 69 miler (Big Ralph’s 69th birthday route) https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26559193

Trek Store ride led by Crosby Wheeler. Rolls at 8am from Food City at foot of Signal. This is a tough one, up and over Suck, north through the valley up Henson Gap and back via Poe, 60+ miles. Text Crosby at 423-304-6017 if you intend on riding with him. https://www.strava.com/routes/3119803673304972344

Crack’em’s gravel ride. roll at 8:30 from Thunder Rock Campground/Benton MacKaye Trailhead ( https://goo.gl/maps/qn5m2TZE7QiBmuY69 ). Be warned that this route has a lot of climbing and some rougher sections https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43817321

Roll at 8:30 EDT from little white church in Sequatchie Valley for a 50 miler up to Pikeville and back. See map for start point and route.

Of course option 2 always exists. Chase TB on their ride.

Option 3 – Roll from Battlefield at 9am for 3+/- hours. Rain cancels. Park int he lot on the NE corner of the traffic light diagonally across from the visitor’s center.

King will lead a ride departing from St. Elmo Food City at 8 am that we call the Food City Hog Jowl Loop. 53 miles. See map for details.

Option 1 – King says let’s chase, but only up to a point. Roll with TB from Falling Water at 8:30 and chase TB up to Sale Creek where we’ll take a left and come back via Back Valley. Kind of what we did last week but in reverse order. 40 miles.

Option 2 – stay tuned