bestbike85 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Filled up in less than 2 hours! I was occupied with work and ended up on the waitlist. Pissed! Anyone here get into the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Wait-list. I was in the middle of the SSUSA Barton Creek Greenbelt ride at noon. We finished around 1:00 and everything was already full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 There's nothing that I can think of to stop us from having an impromptu gravel ride on most of those courses. Not as fun since there's no big party and prizes, but we could do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbike85 Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, mack_turtle said: There's nothing that I can think of to stop us from having an impromptu gravel ride on most of those courses. Not as fun since there's no big party and prizes, but we could do it. This is true. They did cap the waitlists for all distances pretty low, so I’m thinking they may just dump them into the pack in the coming weeks. It’s money just waiting to be made. We’ll see. Edited November 2, 2019 by bestbike85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAF Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 On 11/2/2019 at 6:40 AM, mack_turtle said: Wait-list. I was in the middle of the SSUSA Barton Creek Greenbelt ride at noon. We finished around 1:00 and everything was already full. What - you don't get cell service in the Green Belt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 21 minutes ago, TAF said: What - you don't get cell service in the Green Belt? I do, but there was no option to stop long enough to enter my personal information, find my password for the registration site, dig out a credit card, etc. I tried twice but didn't want to hold up the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAF Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Ah, I have mine set up so that Bikereg automatically logs me in as a participant, and pays using Paypal which accepts a fingerprint as a login. Took me sixty seconds to sign up for the 3/4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbike85 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 It is a bit disappointing to see them throw in a number of people after the even had filled up and closed, while the waitlist hasn’t budged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fontarin Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 23 hours ago, bestbike85 said: It is a bit disappointing to see them throw in a number of people after the even had filled up and closed, while the waitlist hasn’t budged. Based on some of the names I see, I think those are event volunteers who got free registration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbike85 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Just got an email that I was pushed into the field from the waitlist. Should be a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, bestbike85 said: Just got an email that I was pushed into the field from the waitlist. Should be a good time. Me too. Good times indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 11/2/2019 at 6:41 AM, mack_turtle said: There's nothing that I can think of to stop us from having an impromptu gravel ride on most of those courses. Not as fun since there's no big party and prizes, but we could do it. We've used this free resource for planning gravel road rides; a company called Texas Trails Maps makes county maps showing all public roads; most Chambers of Commerce/Visitor Centers stock them for free, at least in the Hill Country. The company is based out of Llano and if you contact the Chamber of Commerce in Llano or Mason, they will be happy to mail you a map for their respective county. In fact, the Llano CoC mailed me maps of Mason and Llano Counties, IIRC. http://www.llanochamber.org/ Phone: 325-247-5354 We did two rides out of Castell three or four years ago and used the maps to plan our route. Each road or highway is named; you can sus out the gravel/dirt roads based on the narrower, lighter line marking the road. We found them to be accurate. Also, it's easy enough to check out google maps to confirm road surface. These are big fold-out maps, so a bit cumbersome to carry; we made copies of the route on regular 8.5 x 11 sheets and and carried those with us as we rode. You can also cut off all the superfluous ads and whatnot on the margins and have a more manageable size. Either way -- quite handy. When we were in Mason this fall to ride on the James River Road, we stopped in at the Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center on the square and stocked up on maps for San Saba, Kerr, Northern Burnet, Blanco, Hayes, Lampasas, Menard, Mason and Llano counties. As noted above, these are fold out maps; the full county map is on one side, and a map of the county seat on the other, plus a few other towns if there's room. Ya, ya, paper maps are quaint in this era of GPS, google maps, whatever, but there's nothing like it for an overview for figuring out where the **** you actually are. More germane to this thread, you can use them as you preview/review your route for the Grind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 https://gravelmap.com/#@30.618986107079774,-98.75127622431619,11,roadmap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/22/2019 at 4:19 PM, June Bug said: We've used this free resource for planning gravel road rides; a company called Texas Trails Maps makes county maps showing all public roads; most Chambers of Commerce/Visitor Centers stock them for free, at least in the Hill Country. The company is based out of Llano and if you contact the Chamber of Commerce in Llano or Mason, they will be happy to mail you a map for their respective county. In fact, the Llano CoC mailed me maps of Mason and Llano Counties, IIRC. http://www.llanochamber.org/ I wish I had done this a long time ago. I just contacted them to get some of these maps. We went on a ride yesterday and relied on some Ride with GPS routes and Google maps. as it turns out, many of the roads you see on Google Maps are in fact private roads, but not marked as such. We took 114 south from Llano and ended up looping back to Hwy 16 so we could get back before sundown. we only hit a few miles of actual dirt and the slog back to the car sucked. I'll have to find some better routes for next time. I also zoomed in on the satelite picture for several roads I know I rode during HHH, and it appears that a lot of those roads are paved now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fontarin Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 12/30/2019 at 3:24 PM, mack_turtle said: I wish I had done this a long time ago. I just contacted them to get some of these maps. We went on a ride yesterday and relied on some Ride with GPS routes and Google maps. as it turns out, many of the roads you see on Google Maps are in fact private roads, but not marked as such. We took 114 south from Llano and ended up looping back to Hwy 16 so we could get back before sundown. we only hit a few miles of actual dirt and the slog back to the car sucked. I'll have to find some better routes for next time. I also zoomed in on the satelite picture for several roads I know I rode during HHH, and it appears that a lot of those roads are paved now. Yeah, you have to be careful to really study when you're planning routes and use street view when possible. There's quite a few times I've had to change routes because of that issue - looks like a county road on the map but has a big gate when viewed via street view. Sucks, too, because sometimes it's really the only good way through without going many miles around or getting on unsafe roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Castell Grind has been postponed until mid October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbike85 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 If anyone would like my registration for the 3/4 grind, it’s up for grabs to be transferred into your name. Unfortunately October doesn’t work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) I'll trade my 1/2 grind registration for a 12-pack of Charmin Ultra. No, seriously, I can't go that day. Anyone wanna transfer? Edited March 16, 2020 by mack_turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Castell has been canceled for the year and rescheduled for next April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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