Brevet Week 600K
Water Gap Edition
Saturday May 21, 2011
Water Gap Edition
Saturday May 21, 2011
General Info
This ride is a randonneur style event sanctioned by RUSA and ACP. First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on a PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as PA and NJ vehicle laws. Safety is a primary concern ... please read and carry these Safety Instructions with you.
Start/Finish Location
Hampton Inn Quakertown
1915 John Fries Highway
Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951
DIRECTIONS
Tel: 215-536-7779
Traveling far? Friday night accommodations are available at the hotel. Make your own reservations. Several other chain hotels are also available in nearby Quakertown.
Registration
Mail Registration Form -or- Register On-Line
Pre-registration required
All riders must sign waiver
Field Limit: 25 riders
$5 discount for PA Club Members
Event runs rain or shine.
Refund policy: 90% before event. 50% for no-show
Schedule
3:00AM Sign-in, Bike Inspection
3:50AM Rider meeting
4:00AM Riders depart (40 hr. time limit)
Daylight hours: 5:33 AM - 8:25 PM
Sleep Over Controle
The route returns to the start/finish hotel at approximately the 400K point. There are 3 volunteer rooms available for showers and taking a short nap. Alternatively, there are several nearby hotels available if you would rather stay in a private room.
Post Ride
Volunteer rooms available at start/finish hotel for showers and resting before traveling home.
This ride is a randonneur style event sanctioned by RUSA and ACP. First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on a PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as PA and NJ vehicle laws. Safety is a primary concern ... please read and carry these Safety Instructions with you.
Start/Finish Location
Hampton Inn Quakertown
1915 John Fries Highway
Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951
DIRECTIONS
Tel: 215-536-7779
Traveling far? Friday night accommodations are available at the hotel. Make your own reservations. Several other chain hotels are also available in nearby Quakertown.
Registration
Mail Registration Form -or- Register On-Line
Pre-registration required
All riders must sign waiver
Field Limit: 25 riders
$5 discount for PA Club Members
Event runs rain or shine.
Refund policy: 90% before event. 50% for no-show
Schedule
3:00AM Sign-in, Bike Inspection
3:50AM Rider meeting
4:00AM Riders depart (40 hr. time limit)
Daylight hours: 5:33 AM - 8:25 PM
Sleep Over Controle
The route returns to the start/finish hotel at approximately the 400K point. There are 3 volunteer rooms available for showers and taking a short nap. Alternatively, there are several nearby hotels available if you would rather stay in a private room.
Post Ride
Volunteer rooms available at start/finish hotel for showers and resting before traveling home.
Ride Description (revised 5/19)
This revised edition of the PA600k is composed of two loops that start and return back to the Weisel hostel. The first loop is approximately 400k and head up to the Rt 97 corridor and Hawks Nest. After returning back to the hostel for the sleep-over stop, the second loop is a 200k out-and-back course into the Lancaster area.
Setting out at the hostel start/finish, we follow the PA300k route to Cherryville. We then head to Danielsville where we make our first crossing over the Applachian Trail at Little Gap. After an exhilarating descent past the Blue Mountain Ski resort, we follow the valley road which offers spectacular views of the mountain ridge off to our right. As we approach Wind Gap, we head up the Allegheny Front through Promised Land and on to Hawley. We then ride along the scenic Lackawaxen River and, after crossing the historic Roebling Aqueduct, join up with scenic Rt 97 for the run to Port Jervis.
At Port Jervis, we begin our return leg back to the hostel overnight controle -- down along the Delaware River through, Dingmans Ferry, the PA side of the DWGRA, Water Gap, Portland, Bloomsbury, Rieglesville.
The second day's loop is an out and back segment through French Creek state park and into the Amish country near Lancaster.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
Historical Records
May 22, 2010 Results Ride Report
May 30, 2009 Results Ride Report
June 7, 2008 Results Ride Report
May 19, 2007 Results Ride Report
Course Record: 29:15 Ed Pavelka
This revised edition of the PA600k is composed of two loops that start and return back to the Weisel hostel. The first loop is approximately 400k and head up to the Rt 97 corridor and Hawks Nest. After returning back to the hostel for the sleep-over stop, the second loop is a 200k out-and-back course into the Lancaster area.
Setting out at the hostel start/finish, we follow the PA300k route to Cherryville. We then head to Danielsville where we make our first crossing over the Applachian Trail at Little Gap. After an exhilarating descent past the Blue Mountain Ski resort, we follow the valley road which offers spectacular views of the mountain ridge off to our right. As we approach Wind Gap, we head up the Allegheny Front through Promised Land and on to Hawley. We then ride along the scenic Lackawaxen River and, after crossing the historic Roebling Aqueduct, join up with scenic Rt 97 for the run to Port Jervis.
At Port Jervis, we begin our return leg back to the hostel overnight controle -- down along the Delaware River through, Dingmans Ferry, the PA side of the DWGRA, Water Gap, Portland, Bloomsbury, Rieglesville.
The second day's loop is an out and back segment through French Creek state park and into the Amish country near Lancaster.
As shown in the route profile, there are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
Historical Records
May 22, 2010 Results Ride Report
May 30, 2009 Results Ride Report
June 7, 2008 Results Ride Report
May 19, 2007 Results Ride Report
Course Record: 29:15 Ed Pavelka
Cue sheet and Map/Profile (Draft 11 - 5/16)
Registered Riders
Message Board
Volunteer Preride Report
Preliminary Results
Pictures and Ride Report
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