I might be in, I'll let you know asap. Think we will be back by 4pm or?
Wasn't thrilled about turning around on Sunday, feel like I have un-finished business to do up north now.
2010-05-26 16:27:52
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Memorial Day 2010 West Virginia Century Ride with Danny Chew
From Danny...
When: Memorial Day - May 31, 2010 - 7 am start
Where: Washington Blvd. Track/Oval where the ACA holds criterium races and the Dirty Dozen starts/finishes.
Route: West of Pittsburgh to and from West Virginia. No Dirty Dozen climbs, but it will be hilly.
No Registration fee for this first time held event
Bring your own snacks, and there will be at least two food stops at grocery stores (bring money).
100 Miles total distance
NOTES: Since Google maps only allowed me to make limited changes on their maps, I had to use 4 maps instead of 1. Please feel free to print out the 4 Google maps of the route or program them into your GPS. I will be leading the route, but it is good to know the route in case we get separated.
About 36 miles into the ride, we will have our first food stop in the town of Burgettstown, PA. at the IGA supermarket with a McDonalds beside it.
At about 44 miles, we will go from PA into WV making it a two state ride!
About 48 miles into the ride, we will go down a 1 mile descent on St. Johns Rd. into the beautiful Cross Creek Valley in WV.
About 52 miles in, just after crossing back into PA (up the steepest hill of the ride), there will be a 0.25 mile section of dirt & gravel road - all of which is ridable.
About 56 miles in, an error on Google maps means we will venture off the cue sheet (making the route shorter) by going straight through on Bethel Ridge Rd. Do NOT make the left onto State Line Rd as the cue sheet tells you to do. After about 2 miles, make a sharp right turn on Cedar Grove Rd., and start down a long hill. A few more miles you come to a T intersection where you turn left onto Cross Creek Rd. in the tiny town of Studa.
About 74 miles in is our 2nd food stop in the town of McDonald (which we already went through earlier) at the Giant Eagle supermarket. There is also a Dollar General store next door.
Here are the 4 maps and cue sheets:
25.6 miles from Washington Blvd. Track/Oval to McDonald
23.7 miles from McDonald to West Virginia
25.0 miles from West Virginia to McDonald
25.8 miles from McDonald to the Washington Blvd. Track/Oval
2010-05-26 15:20:40
Guessing that it'll get back mid to late afternoon... I have no idea what to expect as far as number of riders that'll show up or pace other than that I don't expect it to be a race.
2010-05-26 17:11:29
i may be in. the weather is calling for storms right now, but it's kind of early. the more years a ride, the slower i feel on a bike, so i am kind of hesitant and feel like i'm too slow to do something like that.
2010-05-27 01:33:51
Century ride with Danny Chew? I'm down like a clown Charlie Brown.
2010-05-27 03:22:29
Man, that looks like a fun ride. I'm scouting the Pgh Randos 200K route that day, or I'd be all over this.
2010-05-27 12:18:37
40% of rain, but not until the afternoon = I'm in
2010-05-29 18:55:44
I think a dozen left from the oval, picked up 4 in McDonald, I was dropped by the main FAST bunch about 40 mi in before the WV border on Eldersville Rd, picked up by Danny, who took me right at St Johns (after a sweet descent) off route toward a grocery store and liquid a few miles down the road, added about 5 mi. @ms88ms I heard from another rider who we later picked up that the main bunch ran into some difficulty with dehydration since we skipped the 2nd stop? Someone snapped a chain on that difficult 22% climb (Bruin or Cross Creek)? Ended up with Danny for the last 60, past century mark, 107 mi total in about 7 hrs. I was WRONG about race pace... the main bunch just hammered it out. A lot of testosterone in that group 
2010-05-31 20:39:20
nice job. it was really hot today. too hot for me to do an unsupported ride that distance.
2010-05-31 22:20:39
@quizbot. There was a 2nd stop?!? Bob G. snapped a chain (mile 50ish, don't remember the hill but quickly fixed) and we didn't get to water till mile 63. Between the super hot 52 miles I did the day before, my 2nd bottle cage snapping in half as I took the bike off the rack at the Oval (#@%&*!!!) and no fluids till mile 63 I was about to bonk by mile 82 and had to let the group go. Pulled over for the best Coca-Cola of my life. Had I known we were only 3 miles from Carnegie I would have stuck it out but better safe than cracked. Rain hit me in Crafton, but it was welcome (for awhile). Finished soaked to the chamois at the Oval in just under 6 hours (17 mph avg). All in all a good ride. Glad you guys didn't get eaten by the crazy farm dogs. How was Gary, he make it ok?
2010-05-31 23:00:40
did anyone use their gps for this? if so, could you post it so that i can download it onto mine?
2010-06-01 00:22:20