Cycling: Having a good time is the name of the game. A group of guys went to Cheaha State Park in Alabama last weekend. This is the highest point in Alabama. We stayed in a swanky cabin on a lake. There were challenges everywhere – the cabin had a pool table, ping pong table and foosball table. The mountain was also quite a challenge. We all had doubts on whether we would complete the climbs. We attached the peak from the east. This is by far the steepest climb – only lasting about 3 and a half miles. We are talking low –low gear and spinning along at 5 -6 MPH. Tough stuff. We then rode down the south side of the peak and gained speeds approaching 50 MPH (my highest speed recorded was 48.6 MPH). This road going south comes to an end (end of pavement that is) at Adam’s Gap. We turned around and tackled the peak once again. This was more of a gradual accent. We also got another ride in the next day. On yeah, I took my wetsuit and did a cold 20 – 30 second swim. It took longer to get the wetsuit on than the actual swim. It was hard to swim in the cold water after a hard ride – especially while all of your friends are on the dock having a post ride adult beverage or two.
We raced to the top of the climbs so that we could take pictures of the back of the pack. All in good fun.
6 comments:
That looks amazing!
Gerat pics! Thanks for sharing, looks like y'all had a great time!
Those photos are awesome! So peaceful and fun.
Amazing pics, it's fun to be out there enjoying everything, but I need structure too :)
looks like fun riding. pick a big event every 3 months to peak for. :-) that way you are always on a plan of some kind...
That's a great place to ride...I have been there many times myself. If you mtn bike you should try Oak Mtn too.
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