This is the second installment of Virtual Turkey Burn reports I received this year. ( Two-in-one today) I VERY lightly edited the submissions where I found a mistake. Images are credited to the authors. Thanks for reading these and for submitting a report if you did so. Remember that some of these reports fall on double-post days, so be sure to scroll down the page to make sure you don't miss any content!
Tom's Turkey Burn Ride Challenge Report:
Just want to share my submission for this year’s 2024 Turkey Burn. This year was nothing fancy, just a quick 35 mile gravel loop south of town. I suppose I completed this loop several times this week, so I guess you could say I achieved the century mark in terms of mileage over the challenge period.
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| Tom's bike at the intersection of Quarry Road and Aker Road. |
It was a cold one; I want to say it was hovering around 10F when I left my house this morning. Nothing real interesting to report, though I did find an empty can of Yuengling Lager on the intersection of Quarry (and Aker Road), which I found pretty interesting considering you can only find that on the east coast and select states.
Way to go, Tom! You are made of much tougher stuff than I! Those winds were no joke and there is NOTHING to hide you from the elements out there, as you well know.
Next up we have a report from Tennessee sent to me by Mike.
Mike's Virtual Turkey Burn Challenge Ride Report:
Greetings from Columbia (Muletown), TN! It has been a chilly weekend but I was able to eek out a metric.
Went out to my local mountain bike trails at Chickasaw Trace. Columbia Cycling Club puts a ton of work into the trails and they are a blast. It is my favorite time of year to ride single track. The thin layer of frost in the ground grips like Velcro. It was 19 degrees when I left the house. That’s pretty cold by Tennessee standards.
One morning, I took the fat bike out for a random spin around town. Took a few pics of our adopted home town of Columbia. It’s a really fun place.
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| I have a feeling this |"TED" guy and I just might get along! (Guitar Ted) |
Was hoping to get out for some miles on Natchez Trace Parkway but my blood has thinned out quite a bit since I left Illinois. Since the weather has not been cooperating, I did have to get in some “cheater” miles on the spin bike to finish my metric.
Happy Thanksgiving to y’all!
Thanks Mike! Tennessee looks pretty frosty and HILLY! Good to see that you got out and made it work!
Stay tuned for reports from across the ocean tomorrow and Thursday!
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