Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
I believe so.
HOH 2020 - April 5th
- Thread starter Patrick
- Start date
I believe so.
You can do the full.
iman29
Well-Known Member
Yes I’ve done it 4 times before if you wanted shorter loop you had to find it yourself and you were on your own.
There was always one or two bailout spots to shorten it up, they just charged everyone the same.
I think.
Mare
Well-Known Member
They still do charge everyone the same.
But you can still get the amount of beer and pizza afterwards...
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Actually, they called the middle distance that. For real.
Kinda funny, Hell wad alittle overstated except for that one year it was 40 and heavy rain.
This route zig zags quite a bit. After the first half, you can basically dump to 518 at multiple points to get you back.
rick81721
Lothar
How many people skip the last amwell-hopewell hump climb and just turn right at the end of aunt molly?
Probably a bunch, that hump and the top of Lindbergh are stingers at the end.
mwlikesbikes
Well-Known Member
I don’t remember on previous years of the current loop but last year at Aunt Molly & 518 they had a sign for the short cut back to the start.
iman29
Well-Known Member
Yes that’s been the only official shortcut since they moved the ride to the current start/finish spot a few years ago.
It’s a good option for anyone who is toast and needs to just get done because that last climb section is a killer for sure.
The whole course has plenty of “unofficial” shortcuts if you study the map for a few minutes it’s not hard to spot these.
With the new official distances I see it that they are catering to some folks who want to try a ride like this in smaller increments to see how it goes.
And yes you can ride 25s on this event I’ve done it 4 times with conti gator skins and been fine.
It’s a good option for anyone who is toast and needs to just get done because that last climb section is a killer for sure.
The whole course has plenty of “unofficial” shortcuts if you study the map for a few minutes it’s not hard to spot these.
With the new official distances I see it that they are catering to some folks who want to try a ride like this in smaller increments to see how it goes.
And yes you can ride 25s on this event I’ve done it 4 times with conti gator skins and been fine.
CrankAddictRich
Well-Known Member
Doing HOH for the first time this year... I've always heard so many good things about this ride, so I'm stoked to give it a try. I've done many of the roads on self supported rides out to New Hope, but it will be cool to see the route as a whole.