North Georgia is home to some pretty decent riding, and the roads are lightly trafficked for the most part. So why on earth would someone contend with 3 hours plus of Atlanta’s world class traffic to ride a MUP?
Yes, if there is anything that Atlanta is world class in, traffic is it…
Well, after the doc had to extract part of a bug that had impaled my leg and caused it to then become infected, thus necessitating a course of antibiotics, prednisone, 5 days off the bike, then a further 5 days chained to the trainer, I thought maybe I could use a long ride, but didn’t want to do a bunch of climbing…
Most of the cyclists you see in the North Georgia Mountains on any given weekend don’t live here, they drove up to ride in the Gaps, and it’s something of an ‘event’. As such, they tend to ride their ‘Sunday best’…
The Tour de Georgia introduced Brasstown Bald to pro cycling in 2004, and the peloton has been wincing ever since. “It feels like your arms and head are going to explode,” says Discovery Channel climbing ace Tom Danielson. “Seriously, your arms feel worse than your legs, because you’re working them so hard just to keep moving forward.”