Epic Ride

One of my buddies from work, Ladislau, has been bugging me to do an "Epic" ride for awhile. Since we had Friday off (Thursday was a ship party for internal work Milestone as well as an office move day so they gave us a 4 day weekend) and I had my new bike, Ladislau was conviced the stars had aligned for the "Epic" ride.

For this particular journey, he wanted to revisit a route that had brutalized him a year or so ago with an other avid biker from MS. The route takes you from the bottom of Raineer (Park Exit on Map) to Paradise. This trip was originally suppose to be four of us, but Saeed wimped out at the last moment.

To get an idea of the ride, take a look at the following profile from RamRod (a truely Epic ride). We started at the 120 mark, went to Paradise (backwards on profile), had lunch, and then biked back to the park Exit.



Stats from Ride (partially from my Polar, partially provided from Thom):

Distance: 83.12 miles (from Thom)
Riding Time: 6h 17m (from Thom)
Climbing: 10,426 ft (from Thom)
Speed Max: 37.2 MPH, Avg 12.5 MPH
Water Consumed on Ride: 1.6 gallons (204 oz)
Calories expended: ~5,875 riding, ~7225 total (from Thom)
Mechanicals: 0
Flat Tires: 0
Crashes/Wreaks/gunfights/explosions: 0
Bad drivers: 1 (red neck in a truck at very end)
Cops out patrolling: too many to count! (Too bad they didn't see the truck)