Chicago Randonneurs

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Comment by ilter on June 28, 2013 at 9:08pm

If you do not want to drive, your other option is FoxValleyPermanent. If you don`t mind driving, check out Minnesota, Little Egypt and Iowa randonneurs.

Comment by ilter on June 27, 2013 at 9:55pm

I think I am going for the 400K on the 13th. Had low enough gears on the 300K, sounds like will be enough for 400K as well. If not, I can always walk :)

Comment by spencewine on June 27, 2013 at 9:36pm

Damn, those are western type elevation gain numbers....except worse because I'm sure the are a harder grade.

Comment by Eric Peterson on June 27, 2013 at 9:35pm

The main hills are between Verona and Baraboo. There is a pretty long uphill after Sauk City on Freedom Rd. Some climbing leaving Baraboo, then a little more into Lodi. Probably nothing steeper that anything on the 300K.

Comment by ilter on June 27, 2013 at 9:25pm

Ops, I forgot the graph for the grade is also available there. I see it approaches 8% at times, but those steep sections seem shorter than 300K.

Comment by ilter on June 27, 2013 at 9:11pm

Hi Eric, thank you! That is very helpful.

I did not know you rode this course before. One more question, should we expect hills as steep as those in 300K, or is it a more regular milder slope?  I am mostly interested in the section going in & out of Baraboo.

Comment by Eric Peterson on June 27, 2013 at 9:04pm

Ilter,

I uploaded an actual track from 2008 to ridewithgps and it reported 10,963 ft of climbing. The 2008 route is pretty similar to 2013.

http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1445047

The good news is that there is not a lot of climbing in the last 90 miles.

Eric

Comment by ilter on June 27, 2013 at 6:30pm

Anyone has an accurate estimate of the new old 400K route elevation gain?  I have Adam`s imported 400K route from ridewithgps.com that shows ~4700ft, but I suspect that is an under estimation due to minimal data points.

Btw, 200K has ~4000ft, 300K has about ~9000ft elevation gain/loss according to GLR website.

Comment by Jeff Bull on June 25, 2013 at 3:13pm

By the way, David, a flat 67mi in 4:30 is probably right around my speed.  So you'd probably be good to go.

Comment by Jeff Bull on June 25, 2013 at 3:10pm

David P, I did my first two this year and I'm definitely one of the slower ones out there (I climb like a boulder rolling up hill), so don't worry about pace.  Just ride your own ride.  The only way you'll know is to try one.  I've discovered that I am probably too slow to ever do a 600 or 1200 because I won't have time for sleep, but I enjoyed them and finished with time to spare on the 200K and 300K (I was the sweeper on the 300!) and have a couple other 200's on my list.

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