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Comment by Jeff Bull on May 17, 2013 at 2:48pm

Never knew about Chainlink before, but had to register specifically because of Delavan last weekend.  I did my first brevet ever.  

I have to admit, hearing some veterans complain about the wind makes me not feel like a total wuss.  On the other, some of the times despite the wind do make me feel like a total wuss.

Had a great time though and plan to try my hand (legs?) at the 300 on the 1st.  (Any yes, we got crossed up in Milton, too.)

Comment by Lee on May 14, 2013 at 3:21pm

Hello everyone,

I have updated the 200k and 300k route maps at:

http://goo.gl/maps/F6eBY

and

http://goo.gl/maps/Lpnm9

to reflect expected construction on the middle section of Co. Road M south-east of Milton.

The preferred route will be to turn right off of M onto Emerald Green and follow that south to MM and take that east back to M. If M is blocked prior to Emerald Green then the first option will be to take Tarant south to MM. If M is blocked prior to Tarant then we will use Milton-Shopiere to reach MM.

I have added a note regarding the route through Milton. After turning right onto Janesville/Hwy 26, the route crosses the railroad tracks and then follows the first turn to the left.

I have notified Eric and I anticipate that he will update the GPX files to reflect these changes on his site.

HTH,

Lee

Comment by Deet 4.5mi on May 14, 2013 at 1:12pm

One nice thing about riding in the hell wind last weekend was it made todays moderate south wind seem like nothing.

Comment by ilter on May 13, 2013 at 6:38pm

I know that turn well, because I spent 15 minutes there once waiting for a train to pass :)  Also when I first passed that section during my first ever 200K, I too was being guided as Mike W. had been kindly pulling me since Brodhead :)

Comment by Adam Z on May 13, 2013 at 3:52pm

That part was tricky.  Ilter saved us there because he remembered to stay left after turning right on Janesville on the road past the railroad tracks.  In fact, I believe Ilter has saved me on that turn every time I've been on the route.  "Chief! Stay left!"  Yeah I can hear it now.

Comment by Scott Stelzer on May 13, 2013 at 2:49pm

Jim, this observation will fit in with the curmudgeonly character of my ride report...but it figures that the section of County M that you said made the ride worthwhile, was the section I missed due to getting lost... ;)

Comment by Adam Z on May 13, 2013 at 1:25pm

When you ride as slowly as we do, the scenery really sinks in...

Comment by Lanterne Rouge on May 13, 2013 at 12:35pm

Thankfully Ilter and Adam have photographic memories from riding this route and knew where to make that turn on Chicago/Sunnyside/whateveritwas.

I'm pretty much in agreement with Deet though -getting up to the far point of the course was probably the hardest cycling I've ever done in my life. At some points, I wanted to just get off, throw my bike in a ditch, and take up bird-watching instead.

On the flip side, the ride back from Oregon to the hotel is probably some of the best cycling I've ever done. I'll forever remember a point on the freshly paved County RD M where the wind was blowing hard from the NW, us heading SE, the sun shining, and hearing nothing but the hum of my tires as I glided along effortlessly in the big ring and the outside of my freewheel. That's what makes it all worthwhile. 

Comment by Deet 4.5mi on May 13, 2013 at 8:50am

Yes we had a moment of confusion there as well, but thanks for the i phone we figured it out. Great ride, nice to meet some of you. Jim thank you for all your efforts, i will be up there a couple more times this season.

Comment by spencewine on May 13, 2013 at 8:02am

I rode with 3 others on that leg through Milton and we had trouble with the sunnyside turn as well. We managed to find the road with the turn-abouts mostly through luck.

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