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Originally Posted by heleu
It was a tough route. Worse than Gran Fondo Whistler IMHO. The hills aren't very long, but must be 15% grade in some places. Also, a much more technical route ; I needed to brake hard on quite a few of the steep twisty descents.
One of my friends bailed on one of the turns, but thankfully he is ok. Bike got pretty banged up though.
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One reason I'm afraid of descents is bailing. Love the climbs, but brakes are always at my finger tips for descents. Doesn't help with carbon braking surface and SLR brakes. Ask tomatogunk, I must have annoyed the hell out of him coming down hills when my brakes screech like a banshee.
For sure I annoyed the hell out of the dogs in the neighborhood. Glad you had a blast. Double digit gradients are tough but just gotta spin to win.