It was another bad weather day in Newburg for Cheesehead Roubaix XII. Approximately 40 riders left Fireman’s Park in a 44° rain. The rain lasted for almost the entire ride and the wind speed increased, becoming an icy headwind for much of the trip back from the rest stop in Belgium. But I heard only good reviews of the new route, and everyone seemed happy enough at the ride’s end. These pictures will give you some idea of what the riders faced!
The first unpaved sector, St. Augustine—Blue Goose, would be used again as the last unpaved sector. This was the first time Cheesehead Roubaix covered the same sector in each direction.
The railroad crossing in Fredonia is always an exercise in bike handling. Riders weave through a maze of chain link fencing designed to slow bike and pedestrian traffic.
We lost the hilly Lovers Lane in Washington County this year but we kept the flat Lovers Lane in Ozaukee County, much to the delight of this rider from Illinois:
Gravel and more gravel! At the south end of Alder Road, we go east on Silver Beach.
Cedar Creek Outdoors generously supplied the rest stop.
Cheesehead Roubaix remains committed to clean sport and dirty roads!
Up the Hofmannberg … not far to the finish line now!
See you again next year!
First time doing the CR. Down from central WI (the flat parts). The route was awesome; conditions less so. Thanks for the experience! Be back next year.
ReplyDeleteBest ride to get me in shape early in the year. 1st gravel section and the rest rotors were grinding a little. Shifting bad last 20 miles. Everything soaked but not too cold. must have dressed right.
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