FLCC> Advice on Bicycle vacation

[racerra]

     Hi All,
 My family and I would like to do a vacation: camping, road
biking,  hiking.  We tend to be in the leisure groups.  Any
ideas for good  places to go.  I would say we want to stay
within about a 6 hour drive or  so.
 Thanks,
 Ron Acerra 
 
----- Original Message Follows ----- 
From: Steven Powell  
To: FLCC  
Subject: FLCC> Sunday Legge & Ford Hill Ride Report 
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:06:53 -0400 
 


>  FLCCers,
>  
>  What an amazing weather day and a gorgeous ride!  We
split
>  into two  main groups with 10 riders in the moderate
group
>  and at least that  many in the lead group.  The lead
group
>  left promptly at 9 am (a new  tradition?) while the
>  moderates were planning their re-grouping/rest  stops. 
In
>  order to save energy for the hills to come, we took the 
>  easier way out to Slatterville Springs (Ellis Hollow to
>     Thomas Rd).  The moderates passed the lead group on
>  Boiceville Rd, as they were  tending to a flat tire.  At
>  that point a few of the riders swapped  from the moderate
>  group to the lead group.  There was also some  overlap
>  between the two groups as we started up the climb on Old
>  76  and turned onto South Rd. for some more serious
>  climbing.
>  
>  The 6 riders in the moderate group followed the published
>  cue sheet  up Legge Hill with its amazing
top-of-the-world
>     view, down the very  steep backside where you could
ride
>  as fast as you would like thanks  to some good pavement
>  (there was a short gravel section, but that  fortunately
>  was on the climb up).  I'm not sure if the lead group 
>  followed the cue sheet up Legge Hill or if they continued
>  on  Honeypot.  Perhaps someone from that group could post
>  a quick note.
>  
>  At the bottom of Legge Hill it was unanimously decided to
>  continue on  up Ford Hill, which didn't seem nearly as
>  long of a climb as Legge  Hill.  Near the top, we were
>  greeted by two friendly dogs and one  with an attitude
>  problem toward bike riders.  I had my waterbottle  out,
>  ready to defend my front wheel, but he backed down and
>  decided  to just make a bunch of noise at our group and
>  stayed a few feet away  from all of us.
>  
>  After Ford Hill, we took a short detour to Speedsville
and
>  the  convenience store for a rest stop and some water,
>  sandwiches, and ice  cream.  This was definitely bike
>  touring, and we were in no hurry to  end such a perfect
>  cycling day.  We headed back out to Rt. 79, turned  off
on
>  Flat Iron where we encountered a pretty substantial
>     headwind.  At that point some us started to feel the
>  effects of the earlier  climbs and miles, and the pace
>  slowed a bit.  Back out onto 79, and  we split into two
>  groups, one returning via the low-energy Thomas 
Rd./Ellis
>  Hollow and the other small group go up and over Snyder
>  Hill  for one last climb.
>  
>  My cycle computer showed 12.9 mph for the full 47 mile
>  ride, which  fit pretty well with what I expected for the
>     moderate ride group.  We  probably stopped about 6
times
>  and re-grouped, which allowed us to  keep together and
>  navigate some of the trickier sections of the ride.  This
>  moderate bike touring style with multiple stops for
>  re-grouping,  is not for everyone, but there seems to be
>  enough interest with 6-10  of us to continue it on the
>  Sunday rides.
>  
>  Until next Sunday.
>  
>  --Steve Powell
>  
>  -- 
>  Steven Powell
>  Cornell University
> School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
>  321 Rhodes Hall
>  Ithaca, NY  14853
>  Tel # 607-255-4551
>  Fax # 607-255-6236
>  e-mail: sp35 at cornell.edu
>  
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