Velominatus: bdias85
Order: Level 4 Velominatus
Location: Braintree, MA
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Addicted to cycling since 2009. Will find any excuse to ride. Coffee is a must in my daily routine.
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The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.
Proposed details:
- Date: Sunday May 19th (shrewdly missing both the Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekends).
- Accommodations: I’m sure that among the Cannibals, we can host most or all of the visiting Velominati/hoti. Bed & Breakfast venues are also available nearby. A Saturday Dinner/BBQ would be great for those who arrive the day before the ride.
- Route: about 130km, about 5k climbing! That’s a lot of climbing FFS. A mix of short, tough climbs, endless rollers, and scenic beauty in both rural and coastal areas.
http://connect.garmin.com/course/2423364
We can figure out other details, mid-ride chow, timing, etc. as the date nears. In the meantime, please share your thoughts and suggestions.
Contact me about the Cannibal Connecticut Cogal May 19, 2013; Chuck Mueller- cgmueller2@gmail.com ; Cannibal VeloClub info: www.cannibal-veloclub.webs.com ; @CannibalVelo on Twitter ; ‘Canniabal Velo Club’ on Facebook.
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Date - May 19, 2013
9:05 AM - 8:00 PMLocation
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Great work Frank. I cannot imagine the suffering you went through. 3 hours is usually enough of a ride for me! Never mind 3+ hours of climbing. »
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Beautiful work @Cyclops! A masterpiece to marvel at! Love the generosity as well. Not sure if @Frank could repay this great gift. »
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Great words to motivate! I too felt when doing my first Century I could always cut off at any of the turnoffs and do a lesser distance. I just wanted my screen to read 100 miles! I need to do get myself motivated to go to Europe and do a Cyclosportif! T… »
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I remember watching this and screaming at the TV! My family thought I was a madman to say the least. »
What better way to ring in 2013 than to meet the Man with the Hammer? I’m expecting a 60% attendance rate (n=3) for Maui Velominati with Frank as big kahuna guest of honor unless we can cajole Ryder into joining the fun (doubtful). @Mauibike will be our experienced tour guide and spiritual leader. This is listed as Casually Deliberate pace but with this much climbing there will be much shelling and regrouping.
The route circumscribes the Haleakala volcano counter-clockwise with approximately 175 km and 3.3 km of climbing. We will all ride to and rendez-vous at Grandma’s at 1 km of elevation to take on coffee around V past 7 in the morning. Frank and I will have left on bike well before first light to make it there. One can do a kilometer of climbing at the beginning or at the end of this and he and I will split the difference, something I will dearly regret eight hours later.
Leaving Grandma’s we start a long descent towards sea level and Maui’s own pavé sector. The south coast is hot, dry and devoid of water except the Kaupo general store, hence the early start. Past the pavé will be some dirt sectors and some of the poorest, most broken up tarmac around. The road will eventually poke around toward the East end of Maui, more green, past the grave of America’s favorite flyer/isolationists Charles Lindbergh’s grave. The route proceeds through Kipahulu to Hana town where lunch will be taken on and hopefully kept down.
Leaving Hana we cruise the green, wet north shore which is weathered into fifty plus gultches: in, out, up, down, repeat. Somewhere along here I will meet Mr Hammer and it will be a long nasty effort to stiff-arm him all the way back to the house. The final climb, for those who chose not do do this in the pre-dawn dark, will be “fun” and will scatter the group again. I hope Frank can find his way home by himself. The regrouping will happen later that day at Flatbreads in Paia where the great rehydration will occur. Tall tales will be recounted, tattoos tattooed.
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Date - January 09, 2013
7:05 AM - 8:30 PM
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Grandma's Coffee House
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