Use this page to post questions, answers and general comments for the SBFL event. Go to the SBFL page to register for the event.
Use this page to post questions, answers and general comments for the SBFL event. Go to the SBFL page to register for the event.
Hey out there all ye SBFL peeps, I did a little GPS Recon Saturday as part of my efforts to Make This Event’s Course Better Than Originally Planned. Watch for more new better GPX file(s) to be posted.
Just curious, will the new gpx file have the detour to Pancho’s too?
I’ll put a waypoint to Pancho’s in there; but personally I prefer the Punky’s pulled-pork burrito smothered with green chili washed down with a vanilla malt.
Just sayin’
Yesterday I scouted and confirmed a route addition that I drew on the topo map using TopoFusion. WIN WIN WIN! There is a new long route now that I have confirmed and posted. I have also updated the Basic route to make it more better! And I found the coolest hike-a-bike and rolling descent into a ghost town! The SBFL just got about 85% better.
Check out story and pics of my scouting effort here:
http://teamvelveeta.tom-purvis.com/2012/04/scouting-success.html
I am having issues printing your maps….any ideas? can you make it a different file type, jpeg possibly?
Hey Taf, glad you and Ken are doing this!
The files are GPX, so they aren’t map graphics. You can use something like TopoFusion, Google Maps, or National Geographic TOPO! to print them, but they are mainly meant to be loaded into a GPS and followed. I will make up some topo maps in jpg and post them this weekend though if that will help.
Perfect!! Glad you added the Futurity Loop!!!
I am thinking K’s is the fuel up spot!!!!
OK Folks, I had to confirm a piece of the routes I had not ridden since 2005. So I took the afternoon off and went up Friday to check it out. Well, the long route just got a little longer, and the short route just got a little shorter. See the story here: http://teamvelveeta.tom-purvis.com/2012/04/doing-it-hard-way.html
Updated GPX files are linked (as of 4/21/2012)
Hi Tom — You previously had a larger version available of the .jpg image file with your blue arrows (clickable from the map). It is no longer clickable — could you please make the larger version of the map available again? I’d like to use that in conjunction with the .gps file this weekend to pre-ride Aspen Ridge. Thank you, Tom! Kristi Olson
Hey Kristi, I took down that other Topo map because the route had been revised, so it isn’t valid any longer. I have promised that I’ll do topo maps, so I need to get off the dime and get that done. I’ll try to get new ones out there by sundown.
Here is a link to a page with SBFL Topo Maps:
http://schizoidepics.wordpress.com/sbfl-maps/
Did the race get rescheduled from the 16th to the 9th? I could’ve sworn it was the 16th when I signed up (someone else had the same question on mtbr). I’ll still be able to ride either way.
http://forums.mtbr.com/endurance-racing/2012-colorado-endurance-series-758418.html
The change was un-avoidable due to a conflict with a race associated with the FIBArk whitewater festival. An email went out to the SWES email list on February 21. If you know of anyone who signed up for this event before mid-February, please let them know.
Hey Tom,
Given your familiarity with the route what is your guestimation of ride time. Perhaps a middle of the road time so folks can scale up/down.
Thank,
Dan
Dan
I’ll do the best I can on this. In order to most accurately estimate the time needed to complete either of these courses, I am going to attempt to use science.
On Sunday of this past weekend I rode from Salida to BV on the first half of the route. It took me about 7:45 (elapsed time, not ride time). I am slow. You, Mr Durland, are not slow.
In order to translate this number into a not-slow-person equivalent, I have developed what I am calling The Turgeon Index. I have compared some of my split times in the Vapor Trail 125 to Matt Turgeon’s splits in the same segments. That number is 0.7357747. When my time to BV on the course is factored against The Turgeon Index, the number is 5:42.
My intent Sunday was to complete the whole short course. But I was too shelled to do that. I ate a tastey pulled pork sandwich and too many french fries, then battled a gnarly crosswind all the way home to Salida on Hwy 285. If I had been virtuous enough to do the whole thing, I could have applied The Turgeon Index to my time and given you an accurate number. Instead, I will guess (which is a part of the scientific method known as making a hypothesis).
The second half of the base course is I think a little easier than the first half. It has lots of climbing, but for the most part the climbs are more aerobic. But we’ll be tired. Double it? Eleven to twelve for the full short course, for a person of Turgeon-like ability? Throw another hour or 90 minutes at it for the long course? I fully expect the fastest times to be maybe a little quicker than that, given a margin of error on The Turgeon Index, and the fact that every once in a long while, somebody comes to one of these things ready to ride even faster than Matt Turgeon.
I’m going to decide about whether my own choice will be long course or short course when I get to that fork in the road (that road being the Lenhardy Cutoff). I’m giving myself 16-18 hours to finish. Yes, I am bringing a light.