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HILLS - More than 2000 meters of them -- CANCELED

Date and Time

Saturday, May 11, 2024, 8:30 AM until 2:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-05:00)

Location

Playground / Vfw Memorial
2 School Street
Glen Gardner, NJ  08826
USA

Event Contact(s)

JOHN VAN STEKELENBORG

Category

B+

Registration Info

Registration is not Required

About this event

Back by impopular demand - for the hill connoisseurs: 100k with 7200 feet of climbing, starting in Glen Gardner.
B+ ride: This is going to be a slow ride (12 mph average, maybe) but an A+ effort.
Only offered once a year - here is the list of hills (road, elevation, max grade):
West Hill Road: 500 ft, 7% max
Pleasant Grove Rd: 275 ft, 10% max
Mount Lebanon Rd: 500 ft, 13.5% max
Port Murray Rd: 500 ft, 9% max
Mine Hill Rd: 400 ft, 11% max
Jonestown Rd: 300 ft, 8% max
Hartsman Corner Rd: 200 ft, 9% max
Harmony Brass Castle Rd: 300 ft, 8% max
Millbrook Rd: 900 ft, 10% max
Roxburgh Hill Rd: 200 ft, 15% max
Fiddlers Elbow Rd: 600 ft, >>20% max
Wester Road / Decker Road / Fox Farm Rd: 600ft, 13% max
Fox Farm Rd pt2: 200 ft, 5%
Mountain View Road W: 400 ft, 12% max
Asbury Bloomsbury Rd: 150 ft, 8% max
Iron Bridge Road: 500ft: 18% max
Charlestown Road: 100ft, 8% max

That should be sufficient for a good workout

RidewithGPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29562261

We'll do a more challenging version of this ride in the fall (110 miles / 13,703 ft of climbing)
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