L'Eroica Roanoke "America's Friendliest Group Ride"

Come to Cardinal Bicycle tonight and / or Big Lick Brewing Company tomorrow to share your Bicycle Network thoughts and input!

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Dear L'Eroica Family, Please click the link below and vote for Brooks to help make Roanoke safer for kids to bike! Thank you!

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This coming Tuesday, there will be some silly L'Eroica Crowell Gap ride options! Summiting Crowell on a road bike is an enduring and stout challenge. It's tough, not necessarily advisable, but ... it's awesome! This challenge has been around since way before "gravel bikes" were invented, but a gravel bike or a bigger tired all-road type bike would be sensible. The climb to the top is short, you might walk a little, everyone that doesn't give up makes it to the top ... and so far, everyone has survived ;) Party & Refreshments at the summit too!

Express: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43768725
Classic: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29852722
Impossible: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43769670

Preview: https://carlinthecyclist.com/leroica-roanoke-the-valleys-friendly-ride/

L’Eroica Roanoke The Valley’s Friendly Ride L'Eroica is a Friendly Ride in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia. this bike ride features friendly people in a non competitive environment

7/25 L'Eroica Classic Crowell Option

L'Eroica "4-Crossings + Crowell Gap" (Dirty Option) Route cross the Blue Ridge Parkway 4 times and summits the mighty Crowell Gap! - 32.5 mi, +2214 ft. Bike ride in Roanoke, VA

7/25 L'Eroica Crowell Gap Express Option (out and back)

L'Eroica Crowell Gap Express From the Start to the top of Crowell Gap! - 13.3 mi, +1224 ft. Bike ride in Roanoke, VA

7/25 L'Eroica ... Impossible / Flying A-Holes Option

L'Eroica ... Impossible Cross the Blue Ridge Parkway 4 times, + Crowells Gap + Webb Mountain - 38.7 mi, +3428 ft. Bike ride in Roanoke, VA

Did you know? Cardinal Bicycle Cafe offers their full menu Tuesday evenings for L’Eroica riders! Last year they just did pizza and snacks post-ride - but for all of 2023 it’s full-menu!! Check out their menu here: https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/cardinal-bicycle-cafe-roanoke

***L’Eroica Flying A-holes (Elite group) will be doing Bradshaw tonight. Last year rides were typically a 48 mile, 22 mph avg, 2:15 moving time which would get us back just before sunset.

This is NOT a no drop ride. We will be riding hard and efficiently in an attempt to get the group back before sunset. Plan to get dropped and have the route/lights/nutrition with you. If you have not joined the Elite/RUG group yet, please consider doing so on a normal route night before joining this ride.

This was a last minute change for tonight and we can discuss how to regularly add it to the mix as we ride this evening. If you normally ride with us and this route doesn’t for you tonight, consider jumping in with the classic route riders.

Yours truly,
Flying A-holes middle management