SLICK 50 - 2015 Edition
Posted March 16, 2015 @ 5:14pm
It's become somewhat of an institution around these parts, and of course I'm talking about the Slick 50 Spring Class-Sick ride. I try to never use the same route twice, and this year we'll be heading easterly, foraging some new and old roads, a mixture of fast urban path climbing, wide-shouldered country byways, and greasy peanut butter secteurs.The planned end point is the [*EDIT] Flat Earth Brewing Co. located over near Swede Hollow, on the grounds of the famous Hamm's Brewery, Wabasha Brewing Company [*EDIT] Please remember, the Slick 50 is not a race, although the pace can be, uh, "spirited," and selections may be made. But fear not, we'll regroup after the return via Concord Ave and the Wabasha Bridge, before dropping down Bum's Row for the second time and onto the Bruce Vento trail to Flat Earth, via Swede Hollow. There may, or maybe not, be a food truck there. I'd pack an extra burrito in your jersey pocket, just in...
When Breadwinner Cycles chose me (!) to complete their team for the Rouge Roubaix Builders Challenge, you might say I was flabbergasted. Stoked, hell yes, but flabbergasted, none the less. What's a 47 year old geezer like me doing with these fast hot-shots? Apparently there were over 200 applicants, but they liked my answers best, (sample questions: Stage Race or 1-day classic? Pantani's skull cap or Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns?) I received my new B-Road late last week and was able to get a couple of long rides in before boarding the plane today. Now here we are, in Baton Rouge, on the eve of a long weekend of great riding with great riders, and great builders, for the Rouge Roubaix. There'll be updates all weekend long on The Radavist, as well as Instagram. Stay tuned.