[ORRando] Alsea Falls 400

[Michael Wolfe]

Well, when I did it, the traffic was moderate and courteous, there was a
good shoulder most of the way, and the sight lines were excellent up until
the last 2.5 miles, where the road is winding up the hillside.  The curves
definitely slowed down the uphill traffic, too.  I saw several cyclists
returning from Mary's Peak, and there was a "Cyclists on the road" sign, so
some bike traffic is expected and looked for.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Jim Bronson <jim.bronson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow.  Oregon 34 between Philomath and the Mary's Peak turnoff used to
> be scary bad to drive on when I was a kid.  Poor alignment, narrow,
> non-existent grading, sharp blind corners, and scary oncoming traffic.
>  I used to close my eyes going that way in our old station wagon and
> my sister used to get carsick.  Has it improved now?
>
> Wish I could be there to ride it though, but my work schedule didn't
> allow for much time off around my class reunion in Corvallis.
>
> Nevertheless, bon courage!  bonne route!
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Sam Huffman<shuffman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I bikeroutetoasted the loop here:
> > http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=71943
> >
> > No guarantees as to the accuracy of the map above, but the distances
> mapped
> > to the cue-sheet well until the last couple turns, where the cue sheet
> looks
> > a couple miles short.
> >
> > Click the 'Summary' tab for the elevation profile. The first climb is
> > definitely notable, but after that it's pretty flat the entire way, aside
> > from a couple several hundred foot hills.
> >
> >
> > sam
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:00 PM, John Henry Maurice <
> jmaurice at easystreet.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> What have I gotten myself into? The Alsea Falls 400 is 252 miles long
> and
> >> I have to climb nearly 2500 feet in the first 25 miles. And I have to do
> >> this in 2 hours and 40 minutes! That is nearly 10 mph! If I do not meet
> the
> >> time limit, then it is a DNF.
> >>
> >> If I do make the time limit, I have to make it to Brownsville before
> 11:30
> >> pm so I can refuel (calories, not gasoline) at he Chevron station (which
> I
> >> am sure is stocked with nice, healthy food). If not, then there are no
> >> services along the route until Salem, 45 miles later. If I do reach the
> >> Chevron station after it closes, and I need calories, then that means a
> six
> >> mile off route detour to I-5.
> >>
> >> Yes, I am suffering from a confidence melt down.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Henry Maurice
> >> www.onyourleft.net
> >>
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