Category: Bubba Elite

Rain screws us up again. Ride at your own risk.

Elites will roll with TB at 9AM from Starbucks at Rock City. Your choice of routes. Hang with TB or take a shorter option that turns left off of Scenic Hwy at Ascalon for 30 mile round trip. Of course weather will dictate. Dark Sky keeps flipping back and forth so watch the website for Saturday morning update.

Elites will roll with TB from Mike’s Hole in the Wall at 9:30, but that’s where the similarity ends. We’ll head north through the tunnel and basically do the Red Bank Lunch ride up Lullwater, McCahill to Browntown where we’ll pickup the Tuesday night route to Soddy. Loop through the ball fields and back. Hotwater climb is optional. 50 miles and relatively flat.

Lunch at Mike’s post ride for those that want to hang out.

Due to cold temps Elites will meet Man in Black at the Battlefield for a shorter option.  rolling at 10am after things warm up.
For those that want to scoot over to Mountain Cove for Sweetie’s bluegrass festival (http://foreverbluegrass.com/schedule/), Bub will set us up with wrist bands to get in. Plenty of good food for purchase but you might want to bring your favorite beverage.

Roll from Falling Water at 2pm for basically the Tuesday night ride. Hotwater climb is optional

Meet on the Walnut Street Bridge at 8:30 (park wherever) to watch the start of those crazies paddling 31 miles for the ChattaJack SUP race. After that we’ll take the Holiday Route (thru to hood to Missionary Ridge, Hogan, McFarland, etc.) to the Battlefield and then add some of Fly’s roads. 52 miles and just under 3,000 ft of climbing.

The Man in Black is leading this weekend. Roll at 8:00 from Falling Water with TB up to Graysville where we’ll have a short store stop and then loop back via Providence (ouch), Poole, May, McCallie Ferry and back to Back Valley. About 53 miles and 2,700 vertical feet. Hopefully it won’t rain.

With the tease of Fall in the air the Elites will head to the woods Saturday. Roll from the St Elmo Food City at 8:30 (so we don’t cause confusion with TB). We’ll warmup down the Virginia Ave trail before heading up Guild Trail Rd, past Ruby Falls and out the Upper Truck Trail. Turn around come back and then climb the rest of the mountain past Craven’s House. From there head back down to Refection Riding and do the Lower Truck trail. Back via Old Wauhatchie Pike to Food City. Probably a little more than 30 miles. Upper Truck is doable on a gravel bike, just a little rough at places.

Dog days of summer are still on us so the Elites will again stay of the climbs and limit our vertical mileage to the “rollers” of Soddy Daisy, yes it will include Cap Elsea (but from the easy direction) Roll from Falling Water at 8:30, head north through normal terrain. When we get to Soddy Ball Fields will take Osage, Clift Mill, Lee Pike, May Rd, Daugherty Ferry, etc. and continue north up and over Cap Elsea. Back by Old McDonald’s Farm, Back Valley, etc. For those that really need a climb you can do Hotwater as we come back by, otherwise stick to the map. 55 miles and 3,200 feet of rollers.

The Elites will roll at 8:30 (2nd shift) from St. Elmo Food City and scoot our way over to Rossville, down though the Battlefield (no, not going by the visitors center), up Davis Ridge and then keep heading south past the Cowboy Church. We’ll detour down to the Catlett Grocery store at mile 30 before heading west on Reed Rd to Straight Gut. Back home the normal way which yes will include the Fish Hook in Flintstone and then up Burnt Mill. Almost a metric and 3,500 feet of climbing. At my pace I doubt TB will still be in the parking lot drinking Natties.