[speedier racer]

HI

My GPS did not record all of the info for the Breck 100. Does anyone have the final mileage and elevation gain?

 

[zrm]

The info on the Warriors cycling B-100 website came from a guy who rode all the loops a week or so before the race.

 

[chuckred]

Speaking of GPS

HI

My GPS did not record all of the info for the Breck 100. Does anyone have the final mileage and elevation gain?

Mine fell off (Garimin 305) on the decent into the second aid station of the second lap... just in case anyone found one!

How was your race? I did the 68 and suffered mightely - a great course though!

Only major glitch I saw was the aid station running out of water - I know there were some pretty upset people. I never fully trust that the aid stations will be fully stocked and try to plan to have enought to get to the next one if needed, but usually water is a safe bet.

I saw people who had run out of water 5 miles before though - that seems like a bad miscalculation. Also, guys with flats but no spares nor means of inflation. I tried to give a guy a tube, but he had no way to pump it up! Unfortunatley I didn't really have time to wait for him to change it and give him my CO2.

 

[6thElement]

I never rely on aid stations for food, but running out of water, damn that's bad.

 

[rfxc]

Aid Stations are kind of a misnomer if they don't have water available. I'm really hoping they are well stocked this year. do most folks do this race with just two bottles, or use a camelbak?

 

[coyotegulch]

This will be my first year doing the Breck 100 and I am planning on using bottles.

I have a question for anyone who has done the race in the past. How much of the Wheeler Trail downhill is actually ridden during the race? We did the road climb up to the Wheeler trail sign post, and then got on the trail. It was pretty challenging to ride any of the single track up to the top of the pass, and then the descent from the top into Frisco was pretty loose and chllenging even for the guy I rode with who is an excellent descender. I was just wondering how much of this rail is ridden or walked during the actual event? Thanks.

 

[donkey]

This will be my first year doing the Breck 100 and I am planning on using bottles.

I have a question for anyone who has done the race in the past. How much of the Wheeler Trail downhill is actually ridden during the race? We did the road climb up to the Wheeler trail sign post, and then got on the trail. It was pretty challenging to ride any of the single track up to the top of the pass, and then the descent from the top into Frisco was pretty loose and chllenging even for the guy I rode with who is an excellent descender. I was just wondering how much of this rail is ridden or walked during the actual event? Thanks.

I believe all of it if I remember correctly.

BB

 

[coyotegulch]

Let me clarify my question, do people actually ride the upper sections of the Wheeler trail during the race or are they walking it? Thanks.

 

[Foote30]

As I recall it from 2011, which was a greater snow year we walked the upper most portion of Wheeler on the Breck side due to a large snowfield, it looked steep enough that even this year with no snow I will be walking on the SS. As I recall it I rode the entire descent, albeit cautiously. I am an average descender at best and I found it rideable but I rode carefully so as to not ruin my race 10 miles in. Hope this helps, should be a good race. I made the Boreus cutoff by about 30 minutes last year and I have lost a step this year so making the cutoff maybe a challenge in itself for me, cant' wait.

 

[Timo]

Let me clarify my question, do people actually ride the upper sections of the Wheeler trail during the race or are they walking it? Thanks.

When the switchbacks start at the top of Wheeler it's a group walk....but then again I'm normally not following Josh's wheel at the time.

 

[zrm]

Pretty much everyone pushes the last 3-400 yards to the summit. The decent from the top down is all rideable although there are a couple short (10-30 feet) rock sections that are quite tricky.

 

[coyotegulch]

Anyone interested in a pre=ride of loop one tomorrow around 8 AM? PM me if you are.