A few of the elite Elites will be out of town Saturday. That said, TB’s route is very doable, but if you want something shorter here’s a 40 miler that starts with TB, but then climbs Sand via the goat path, back down, and then across the bridge to South Pittsburgh and back. See map. Have fun.
Sat. 6/22
Roll with TB at 8:00am for the Ringgold/Red Clay Loop. A shorter version of TB ride. 36 miles. See map for details.
Sat. 6/15
Elites will roll with TB at 8:30 and stay with them until the end of Murphy Hollow where we’ll turn left. From there right on Slygo to the Hang Gliderport and back Creek Rd. Can call it quits when we roll by Food City (36 miles) or continue south through St. Elmo and back on Burnt Mill for 46 miles. See map
Sat. 6/8
Elites will Roll with TB at 8:30 (see their post for the start line), and do a slightly shorter version, 50 miles. We’ll cut off the loop on top of the mountain after the Hotwater climb and a few extra miles towards the end. See map for details.
Sat. 6/1
Roll from Steady’s Campground at 8:30 with TB. We’ll hang with them until the end of Marble Top (mile 19.3) where they will turn right and we’ll continue straight to short cut their route. Check out the map. 46.5 miles and 2,900 ft.
Sat. 5/25 & Mon. 5/27
Rain Delay. New start time for Saturday is 1:00 pm.
Roll from Falling Water at 8:30 with TB, but will split at Retro Hughes. Climb the mountain and return on same route. 47 miles.
See you at Bub One’s on Monday for the traditional Holiday Ride at 9am, BYOB and some tip money for food. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32718415
Elites Saturday 5/18
Fish is on vacation. If anyone wants to do an Elite ride tomorrow, here is a 37-mile, shortened version of the TB route: https://ridewithgps.
The ride splits at mile 13.1. The store stop is at mile 18.7.
TB and Elites Saturday 5/11
Fly and Man in Black have put together a route from the “good ole days” when MiB was new to Chattanooga back in the 90s. It’s 67.5 miles starting from the Battlefield with some nice roads south of Lafayette that Bubba doesn’t get to very often. Refuel stop options are Catlett Groc on Round Pond (19.7), Lucky Groc on 136 (25.3), and Uncle Jed’s at 193/Chamberlain (46.1).
The Elite route splits off at 22.8 miles where the longer route goes south on Cook Rd and stays on Round Pond into Lafayette. Jog through Lafayette to pass the Circle K for a store stop option at 28 miles in addition to the earlier one above at Catlett Groc. 48 miles total.
When: 8:30
Where: Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center
TB Route: https://ridewithgps.com/
67.5 miles with 3,750 ft
Elite Route: https://ridewithgps.com/
48 miles with 2,400 ft
Sat. 5/4 RAIN DELAY
On a rain delay. Possibly roll at 11 but gravel option might not be a good one today
Weather permitting, Elites will do a shortened Gravel ride that includes the Daugherty Gap climb. See map for details. This ride will roll at 9:30 from Manor House and Mountain Cove Farms. Stay for Bluegrass Festival post-ride
Weather permitting, Elites will do a shortened Gravel ride that includes the Daugherty Gap climb. See map for details. This ride will roll at 9:30 from Manor House and Mountain Cove Farms. Stay for Bluegrass Festival post-ride
However, if you never have I encourage you to join the Little River Canyon ride with TB. It’s one of the best routes around. If you want to shorten, drive to the top of the first climb and start and end from there.
Sat. 4/27
Several Elite options that Pivot off of TB routes all rolling at 8:30 from River Drifters
Gravel Options
- up and back from River Driftes. Do as much of Prentice Cooper as you want. 37 miles https://ridewithgps.com/
routes/46383277 - Up Suck but take the loop over to Taft Hwy. Descend via W Road and fresh pavement 27.5 miles https://ridewithgps.com/
routes/46383318
Road option – Up and over Suck. Right at Powell’s Crossroads and back via the back of Signal on 127. Down the W road to River Drifters. 45 miles. Nobody needs a map for that route.
Englishman Option – do a loop to the east and south of Lafayette. Park at the Wilder Tower parking lot and we’ll leave at 9:00 for a 3.5 hour roll time, moderate pace, store stop around 30 miles.