I live on the loop (or right next to it) so I am very familiar with the area. Props to everyone who does it, but for some reason, I have little to no desire to ride my bike for that long.
2016 Hillier Than Thou: New Jersey's Toughest Century
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I live on the loop (or right next to it) so I am very familiar with the area. Props to everyone who does it, but for some reason, I have little to no desire to ride my bike for that long.
drafting doesn't help much at 5 mph lolI'll let you draft me @jimmy g
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
I did it simi
lar starting from @jimmy g s house.Just eat and stay hydrated and you will be fine. I enjoy long grueling rides the most...not sure why.
phillychris498
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I'll suggest it to my boss
Tarroneus
Active Member
Me too. Organic milk and Knob Creek under one roof.
I'll suggest it to my boss
i rode from robbinsville to branchburg - about 35m. with under 500' of climbing - and it was all in the last 4 miles.
been on some of those climbs - fun. just not all together!
qclabrat
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there is, ride the pine barrens, Aka boring as hell
adogg
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Jersey Devil Century Ride
http://www.sjwheelmen.org/c_jerdevil.html
http://www.sjwheelmen.org/c_jerdevil.html
Never done much riding in southern NJ so not familiar if this ride is any good. Looks like about 100 miles with only 2,000 ft elevation gain.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Booooooooring
EJphotos
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Come down to my neck of the woods.
rick81721
Lothar
Jeeze guys it was a joke. I like climbing tho I've choked on 2 of the HTT hills (Fiddlers and Iron bridge).
keithgarrison
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Did a good portion (95 miles/10.3k feet) of this route yesterday. We cut off a few of the final climbs because the group was starting to crack. Went for a dip in the river along Black River Rd and felt like I could have done the rest but food was calling. Would like to try the whole thing again someday but September conflicts with cross season
https://www.strava.com/activities/622047392/overview
https://www.strava.com/activities/622047392/overview
phillychris498
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Did a good portion (95 miles/10.3k feet) of this route yesterday. We cut off a few of the final climbs because the group was starting to crack. Went for a dip in the river along Black River Rd and felt like I could have done the rest but food was calling. Would like to try the whole thing again someday but September conflicts with cross season
https://www.strava.com/activities/622047392/overview
Nice ride! very similar to what the HTT loop is shaping up to be. I might be leading some group rides that hit different portions of the loop on Sunday mornings. PM me if interested
bigW
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Twin Lights in September from Sandy Hook fits the bill. Not boring and kinda funky vibe with all sorts of different ride lengths finishing at the same time. Bad band and good lobster roll at the finish.
Mashed my way through HTT a few times but the worst was last year (cancelled) where I just rode the course solo. Pushed it pretty hard so the last 30 miles were not fun.
No need to do that again.
Will be there this year.
-W
phillychris498
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Went back to the drawing board, came up with this route: https://www.strava.com/routes/5536872
Check it out!! Any feedback about the new route versus the originally posted route would be appreciated.
Check it out!! Any feedback about the new route versus the originally posted route would be appreciated.
Estimated moving time of 5:38? Damn son!
This has already been on my radar but typically conflicts with the TDP or around that same weekend. I love me some climbing and that area but don't feel the need to do this one.
Been there, climbed that. I think I did this about 4 yrs in a row, one year I got 3 rd?
I don't put the road miles in that I used to. I'm more mtber less roadie these days.
Still this is a real measure of roadie climbing bad ass. It's kinda like being Rocky in the ring, you look up and get punched in the face. By the end you get numb to it.
Yo Adrian.
I don't put the road miles in that I used to. I'm more mtber less roadie these days.
Still this is a real measure of roadie climbing bad ass. It's kinda like being Rocky in the ring, you look up and get punched in the face. By the end you get numb to it.
Yo Adrian.