Did the Maple City Century this past Sunday. WOW what a great ride! Probably one of the best run "events" I've done. The day was amazing. Started out nice and cool and stayed that way all day. My buddy Charlie and I hooked up with 3 Pa riders (Joe,Dennis,and George) at about mile 10. We rode together the rest of the way. I must say the century route was challenging , I ended up with 100 miles and 9000ft.
The ride was almost all gravel/dirt, probably over 90 miles of it. This area of PA is absolutely stunning, I'm from North Jersey so it was a real treat for me. The organizers Zach and Stacey and all the volunteers were awesome. I was amazed at how they were check names at each stop and the finish to make sure everyone got through ok.
The 5 of us ended the day with zero mechanicals and huge smiles on our faces. Oh and the post ride food was an add treat!
Here is the ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/1861820732
Having done that ride it is a good ride. The previous year it was really hot and the 1st food/fluid stop was something like 44 miles for the metric which was kind of late. If you liked this ride you have to go do Ride the Ridges in Cabot VT. It is the nicest ride I have done on the East Coast so far and was about 90% gravel. I had 7000 feet of climbing in the metric ride. Glad you enjoyed that ride @ Honesdale PA.
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