Cycling in and around Union County, NC
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Last week About.com posted an article by David Fiedler about buying bicycle tires. While it has some good advise, there are a few things that are plain wrong. I am surprised that someone who claims to be an expert with hundreds of articles and two books would publish an article like this without even checking his facts first.
So you don’t have to click on the article and read it yourselves I will summarize and correct the sections that need fixing.
JohnD and I went out today to ride a metric century from Mint Hill toward Polkton and back. It was a beautiful day for a ride. Warm and sunny. We had very little traffic going out and with a tailwind and generally downhill route we were able to average nearly 20 mph for the first half of the ride.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
The Burnsville Metric is a scenic metric century in beautiful Western North Carolina, benefiting Local Services of Yancey & Mitchell Counties.
Call the Bicycle Inn at (828) 688-9333 or The Celo Inn at (828) 675-5132 for more details.
This was my first ride with this group and on this route. There is a considerable amount of riding within Matthews and Charlotte, but once out of town you have some very good roads in Cabarrus County and the very northeastern part of Union County. I have included splits for each mile so you can see for yourself when the ride speeds up or slows down. The splits also give you an idea of the elevation gain per mile, red means you are generally going uphill and green downhill. Please note that the elevation changes are not cumulative for the splits.
This challenging ride will begin in downtown Greenville and end in Pickens County. The ride will include Paris Mountain and Caesar’s Head with nothing held back in the foothills of North Carolina. 75 and 40 mile ride options are also available.
For more info call 877.558.HELP
Free training schedules by Jim Cunningham Coaching are available. Great training for the Assault on Mt. Mitchell
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE HOMELESS THROUGH MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES.
The AMGEN Tour of California will bring the drama and excitement of a professional bicycle stage race to the California coast. The world’s top professional teams will compete over an eight-day, 650-mile race on a route that includes the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast.
I do not know this cyclist personally but I have been asked about Matt Allen several times so I thought a quick post would be in order. Please, this is all the information I know about the situation.
On Saturday, Matt Allen, 42, suffered what appeared to be a heart attack during a club supported training ride. Two riders stopped and since they could not find a pulse administered CPR until EMTs arrived at the scene.
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