[C4 Rides] Whatta Ride!

[Matt Hartman]

Great recap Chris. I enjoy hearing about your adventures.  Only wish I had
the time to be able to more things like that, but alas, life gets in the
way sometimes.

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On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 9:27 AM Chris Ashworth via Rides <
rides at centralcarolinacycling.com> wrote:

> I did the Preservation Ride yesterday and what a ride it was.  I would
> recommend this ride to anyone looking for great challenge.  The overall
> ride profile is extremely deceiving due to the climb up Skyuka Mtn leads
> you to believe the rest of the ride is flat.  Hah, Fat Chance.  It is
> continuous rolling hills, but for every little climb there is great
> stretches of reward.  Its like doing intervals for 80 miles:).
>
> The optional climb up Skyuka Mtn is everything most of us can take.  Its
> not as ridiculous as Sassafras, but you will be very happy to see the
> summit.  Now the descent is "Fill Your Shorts Fast!" and unforgiving while
> extremely tight switchbacks.  There were a couple guys that destroyed their
> carbon rims riding the brakes to the bottom.  Even with the crazy speeds I
> like to enjoy descending it was a test in timing of the brakes.  If it
> would have been wet surfaces I think there would have been people walking
> their bikes down. (I've never seen that before.)  My hands were cramping by
> the bottom gripping and releasing break so intensely.  Adrenaline rush at
> its best, I loved it.
>
> I just love how unpredictable riding in groups can be especially charity
> rides and its the reason I do it so often.  Yesterday the pace line slowed
> abruptly and took a great route through the ditch, but it gave those behind
> me reaction time.  As LUCK would have it I hit a bump that launched me
> right back up on the road to drop right back into the pace line.  No one
> crashed so all was good.:)
>
> Then I had a bee flew right in my mouth and stung me which I worried might
> swell up my thoat, but that didn't happen.  When I got to the top of Skyuka
> Mtn I sat on a rock that was covered with some kind of large biting ants
> that got under my jersey and helmet.  That had some very high entertainment
> value for anyone riding behind me for quite a few miles.
>
> The Preservation Ride will definitely be on my ride calendar again.
>
> Christopher Ashworth
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