|   any hillclimb-type races in the Midwest? | weiwentg
Jul 15, 2002 1:19 AM | | as in, near enough to Michigan for a poor college student to get there. |
| I can only think of Snake Alley | Alex-in-Evanston
Jul 15, 2002 7:05 AM | | Memorial day weekend, one of 4 races in the Moline, IA area. Snake alley is a crit containing the "steepest street in the United States" every lap. It's a cobbled road that switches back up and forth up a bluff (Moline's a river town).
Alex |
| I can only think of Snake Alley | jjeff
Jul 18, 2002 4:30 PM | | snake alley in in Burlington, IA - about an hour south of Moline (i.e. the quad cities) on the Mississippi. |
| is there a website? nm | weiwentg
Jul 22, 2002 11:24 PM | | |
| re: any hillclimb-type races in the Midwest? | pben
Jul 15, 2002 9:47 AM | | Not sure if this race is still being put on, or when it is, but: the Apple Cup in Columbia, MO. had a hellacious up hill time trial. If memory serves, it was a five mile prelim tt. If you make the time you get to race the road race later that day, followed by a crit the next day. It's been a LONG time since I did the race but it definitely had some good hills. Hopefully it's still being put on and hasn't already happened. |
| re: any hillclimb-type races in the Midwest? | thebadger
Jul 27, 2002 3:29 AM | | Apple Cup no longer exists. Its now just a downtown crit called Columbia Cup |
| Tour of Kansas City/Cliff Drive Classic | Canidraftyou
Jul 15, 2002 7:23 PM | | The Sunday crit, is not much for climbing, but the Sat. race is a circuit race, approx. a six mile course you'll have a half mile at 4 to 5% then right into approx. 1/3 mile climb at 12 to 14%, do that 8 times around and a smile comes to the face just finishing.
Give it a try.
Peace |
| Tour of Kansas City/Cliff Drive Classic | thebadger
Jul 27, 2002 3:33 AM | | Just a little correction on the Cliff Drive Classic. Its a much shorter course, just under 3 miles (7 laps = 20 miles). You are right though that the hill is a good little test. Race flyer can be found at http://www.slimenundgrossen.com/raceflyer02.pdf |
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