Chinaman 100 Reconnaissance Ride

As if we haven't been bringing you enough entertainment this year, the Board of Directors of the MRC have decided to soften up the legs with a casual, and I mean casual, recon of the Chinaman 100 course. If you plan on joining we are rolling from the Ashokan Parking lot off 28A around 9:30 Saturday 7/6.
Features include a LONG grinder (roughly 4-7%) up Rt 214 followed with some rollers before the suicidal descent of Bloomer Road/Platte Clove Road which is guaranteed to melt tubulars, explode clinchers off of carbon rims and cause a pucker factor that you wouldn't believe. Unfortunately our master of descending, Braveheart will not be in attendance for a clinic in how to get your bike up to Mach 2 and break the sound barrier while still on the ground as he is pushing the limits of sanity on the glaciers of Switzerland.

The course does get a bit tricky to follow so it is strongly recommended that you come prepared to translate the course maps our personal bike mechanic, Lars Rifman, drew up.