Onion Valley Road out of Independence, CA...

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

Thats almost identical to the dimensions of a race one of my buddies did this past weekend. It was 3 laps of 16 miles and 1,500 feet each. He got dropped on the second lap after dropping his chain twice on the big climb when the guys were hammering and couldn't make his way back. He soloed the last 30 miles in TT mode.

That's reason #311 why I don't plan to race. I can do a solo 40 mile ride anytime I want without paying money to do so.

I was embarrassed, but people pointed out that other people had actually trained for this race. It was in Devil's Punchbowl, aptly named.

I soloed for longer than I care to remember. Once the pro girls came by, I sunk my head in shame. I stayed with them, then I thought that was cheating and let them go. It was truly a low event of my racing career. Coupling that with flulike symptoms and it was a tough ride for me.