Twangbanger
Grandmaster
- Oct 9, 2010
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1:55 moving time. Very humbling. Really showed me what I need to work on. Which is everything. Hesitation point was nuts with people. In the section where it gets hard/technical at the top, I had to get off the bike 8-10 times to make way for people coming the other way. I could not trust myself to get out of the clips, so I just "uncled" out and got off the trail for everyone (I fell over 2x). The ride took 2:17, and there were 1,504 feet of climb. I was whomped.I have been avoiding going on the weekend because I'm worried it would be crowded. I think October in Nashville is just crazy.
After getting chiggers my first trip there at the beginning of September, I will always wear bug spray there. I've never had an issue at town run or fort Harrison.
Props to you for trying clips. I'm sticking with flats. Could never figure out clips.
How long did it take you to do that route? I did west gate, Hobbs, Shelley, green valley, north gate, pine loop last weekend and it took me 2.5 hours. Not looking forward to my first climb up hez point.
My weekdays are shot until the end of the year, so if I repeat any part of this ride on weekends, I will probably ride downward on Hesitation Point, and find a way to exit out through Bobcat where Weedpatch crosses the road, until winter arrives and people go away. Maybe that will work better? It's hard enough, but with people coming the other way, it is just untenable for me.