{"id":1059,"date":"2011-06-12T10:32:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T14:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mossiso.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2011-06-12T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T14:39:29","slug":"3rd-annual-rolling-flubber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mossiso.com\/2011\/06\/12\/3rd-annual-rolling-flubber\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Rolling Flubber"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently did the 130 miles on Skyline Drive. This was the third year in a row to do this ride. It was lots of fun, and lots of pain. I purchased a brand new cyclo-cross bike and got it the day before the ride. That was a bad mistake. Take a bike that you’ve been on a few times…<\/p>\n

I had a few troubles with the brakes and front derailleur, but all in all it was a great trip. We stayed overnight in Waynesboro.<\/p>\n

We went 66.8 miles on Friday, from Hawkes Bill Gap to Waynesboro, and 65.3 back the next day, for a total of 132.1 miles. I averaged about 6 or 7 miles an hour, and as you can see from the elevation profile, that was usually the speed up the hills. I got up to 40 miles\/hour on one of the down hills.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the trip: much nicer bike to ride than previous years, seeing a bear, turkey, and deer, speaking German to a couple from Germany, being interviewed by a news lady (someone had driven off the side of a cliff on Skyline Drive the day before), surviving 130 miles!<\/p>\n

I was definitely worn out by the end of the ride. I’ll have to be in much better shape next year.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Don and Taylor, two good buddies for making the trip possible.<\/p>\n

Since then, I’ve already been out on a quick 14 mile ride (in only one hour).
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