Dairyland Dare : Official Thread

anyone know if all the courses are marked?

Some of them are, I have been following them on FB and they have had several posts that they were out marking the XX course.

I don't know whether they're marked yet, but when I rode it last year, it was one of the best-marked rides I've been on.  As long as you're not colorblind.

If you haven't ridden it before, watch out for Roberts Road (I think that was what it was called), a killer hill a little ways past the first checkpoint (15 to 20 mins maybe?).  I thought i had done some pretty good hill training last year, but this one almost got me.  I was sorely tempted to stop and walk (like just about everyone else was doing), but i didn't think I had enough forward momentum in 42/23 (my lowest gear) to be able to unclip and get a foot down before falling over.  On a positive note, there's a long, fast, snaking downhill on the other side.

The weekend is nearly upon us, who is still in???  I've opted for the 150K. Fingers crossed the weather forecasters are wrong!