WARNING
THIS TOUR IS NOT RECOMMENDED
FOR FIRST TIME RIDERS.
Training
is a must for this Tour.
Note this climbing chart below.
If you are not ready, then
your legs will know it!
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Total Climbing is 7682.2 Vertical Feet in 34.2 Total Miles
By the time you are about 2/3
way through the tour
or starting about 11:00 AM in the morning
the Temperature may be well over 90 degrees
and higher than 95% Humidity.
Heat Index will = +105 degrees or better by around 12 noon - sort of liquid air
Please try to be in the water
shed by noon
or at least water stop 4 or your will be out in the full sun
Roasting !
All riders will be required to keep your own time for the tour.
There will be a clock showing
the current time from the start of the tour.
This is really for those that do not have a cycle computer.
We do not attempt to score and
place riders in this event,
but we ask that someone tell us who the first 3 arrivals are
for both Men and Women. Under 18 male and female as well.
Remember that this is NOT A RACE but rather a TOUR.
Flat Landers - take note of the climbing chart above!
This course will get your legs if you are not ready!
Suggested Gearing
45 inch gear
for Advanced - Seasoned Riders
At least a 35 inch gear for Tourist or Beginners.
Inch - Gears Explained
You don't understand this mess - your bike shop will ! Go see them and get the right gearing!
Here is the way to calculate the in-gear on a bicycle:
Divide the front chain ring teeth by the rear cog teeth
and multiply by the wheel size.
For convince on a road bike we use 27" for the wheel size, a mountain bike
may use 26", or in the case of a small bike 20" tire, you would use
20".
Example: 39 front divide by 26 rear x 27 ( road bike ) = 40.5 inch-gear
If you multiply the in-gear by the constant (pie ) 3.1415 , you will get the distance traveled in inches, with one complete pedal revolution. The lower the in-gear, the shorter distance traveled per pedal revolution, but it is easier!
Example: 40.5 x 3.1415 = 127.23 inches (Bike travels with one complete pedal rev)
You can see by this that the smaller the in-gear the more mechanical advantage you have, but the bike speed or movement per pedal revolution drops.
Note: The wheel size is not a consideration when computing the distance traveled with one pedal revolution. It is only brought into consideration when calculating the in-gear.
The number 27" for a road bike is approximate since tire sizes vary and today's bikes use 700 C wheels. The change is so small most folks don't worry about it.
Incidentally, if you know the in-gear and the pedal revolutions, you can calculate the bike speed as follows.
In - Gear x Rev (RPM ) x Pie (3.1415) divide by 12, divide by 88 ( this gets you to MPH) equals speed in Miles per hour.
Example going up Mitchell in a 40.5 in-gear at 60 rpm pedal speed: 40.5 x 60 x Pie ( 3.1415) divide by 12, divide by 88 = 7.22 MPH.
Yup This is a very confusing way of how to figure it out, but, the bicycle shops know how to do it for you!
Revised: 05/09/2008
