Eastern PA 100K/200K
Saturday October 21, 2006
Saturday October 21, 2006
General Info
Choose between two scenic routes: a 100K or challenging 200k. Both rides are randonneur style events sanctioned by RUSA. First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on your first PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as PA and NJ vehicle laws. Safety is a primary concern ... please read and carry these Safety Instructions with you.
Start/Finish Location
Weisel Youth Hostel
7347 Richlandtown Road
Quakertown, PA
(215) 536-8749
DIRECTIONS
Traveling far? Friday night accommodations are available at the hostel. Make reservations on the registration form.
Registration
Mail Registration Form -or- Register On-Line
On-site registration available (late fee applies).
All riders must sign waiver
Schedule
6:30AM On-site Registration, Sign-in,
and Bike Inspection opens
7:00AM On-site Registration closes
7:20AM Rider meeting
7:30AM Riders depart
100K Time limit: 6 hr. 40 min.
200K Time limit: 13 hr. 30 min.
Daylight hours: 7:21AM - 6:12 PM
Post Ride
Showers available at the hostel -- bring your own towel. Join us for a BBQ and share your epic stories, tall tales, and goals for the coming year. Relax in the hostel's comfortable great room or porch. A dormatory in the hostel is available to rest before traveling home.
Choose between two scenic routes: a 100K or challenging 200k. Both rides are randonneur style events sanctioned by RUSA. First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on your first PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as PA and NJ vehicle laws. Safety is a primary concern ... please read and carry these Safety Instructions with you.
Start/Finish Location
Weisel Youth Hostel
7347 Richlandtown Road
Quakertown, PA
(215) 536-8749
DIRECTIONS
Traveling far? Friday night accommodations are available at the hostel. Make reservations on the registration form.
Registration
Mail Registration Form -or- Register On-Line
On-site registration available (late fee applies).
All riders must sign waiver
Schedule
6:30AM On-site Registration, Sign-in,
and Bike Inspection opens
7:00AM On-site Registration closes
7:20AM Rider meeting
7:30AM Riders depart
100K Time limit: 6 hr. 40 min.
200K Time limit: 13 hr. 30 min.
Daylight hours: 7:21AM - 6:12 PM
Post Ride
Showers available at the hostel -- bring your own towel. Join us for a BBQ and share your epic stories, tall tales, and goals for the coming year. Relax in the hostel's comfortable great room or porch. A dormatory in the hostel is available to rest before traveling home.
Ride Description
The leaves are just beginning to change ... hopefully, the foiliage will be peaking just in time for our event. Due to several road/bridge closures, this edition of the PA200k will offer several new roads along with our favorites of Mud Run, Cherry Valley, Sweet Hollow, and Headquarters Rd. There is a new section that avoids the dreaded Lower Saucon Valley climb in the beginning -- the back side was recently tar
and chipped, making for a hazardous descent -- so we'll be heading over to Gallows Hill Rd instead. We'll still climb Fox Gap but head over to Portland along a very scenic route near Lake Minsi. Since the Belvidere
Bridge is scheduled for construction, we'll cross over into NJ at Portland for a whole new section to Belvidere.
Another change that I hope you'll enjoy is a 1.4 mile section along the scenic Canal Towpath. The canal path avoids the knee-busting climb up Bridgeton Hill Rd that can be a bit busy with traffic in the late afternoon. Instead, we climb up to Chestnut Ridge via Red Cliff Rd that I think you'll like a whole
bunch more than Bridgeton Hill.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
The leaves are just beginning to change ... hopefully, the foiliage will be peaking just in time for our event. Due to several road/bridge closures, this edition of the PA200k will offer several new roads along with our favorites of Mud Run, Cherry Valley, Sweet Hollow, and Headquarters Rd. There is a new section that avoids the dreaded Lower Saucon Valley climb in the beginning -- the back side was recently tar
and chipped, making for a hazardous descent -- so we'll be heading over to Gallows Hill Rd instead. We'll still climb Fox Gap but head over to Portland along a very scenic route near Lake Minsi. Since the Belvidere
Bridge is scheduled for construction, we'll cross over into NJ at Portland for a whole new section to Belvidere.
Another change that I hope you'll enjoy is a 1.4 mile section along the scenic Canal Towpath. The canal path avoids the knee-busting climb up Bridgeton Hill Rd that can be a bit busy with traffic in the late afternoon. Instead, we climb up to Chestnut Ridge via Red Cliff Rd that I think you'll like a whole
bunch more than Bridgeton Hill.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
100K: Cue sheet and Map/Profile
200K: Cue sheet and Map/Profile
Registered Riders
Preliminary Results
Pictures and Ride Report
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